Yellow Pages (Malta) Ltd recently sponsored a special tree-planting event at the Marsa Public Gardens, very close to where the company's offices are situated.

Environmental Landscapes Consortium Limited was entrusted with the provision and the planting of the trees - including Bougainvillea, Ceris Siliquastrum, Gharghar and Ficus Benjamina - all of which had a special commemorative tag attached to them.

John Muscat, one of the company's directors, said that the company believes it is its duty to invest in the environment and in a better quality of life.

This initiative is just one event from a much wider programme which is to be implemented throughout the coming years and which will see Yellow Pages actively contributing to the Marsa locality in a number of different ways.

The tree planting initiative is complimentary to the company's paper recycling measures which include the annual collection of old directories when the new ones are delivered on people's doorsteps.

Giving back trees to nature is another way of compensating for the use of paper in the production of Malta's most popular business directory.

The mayor of Marsa, Frans Debono, who was also present for the tree-planting event, explained that this initiative is an exemplary one and urged other companies to follow Yellow Page's example.