Plantation Bay was built and is operated with appropriate regard for environmental concerns.
 

Construction

Our lovely artificial lagoon was built over a site consisting of barren rock, so no ecosystem was destroyed for the resort.  To create fabulous white-sand beaches bordering the lagoon, mountain stone was quarried and crushed into fine grains.  Thus, no natural beaches or sandbars were despoiled.

The fine woods used in some furniture were re-cycled from old house or church timbers.  The wood ceilings seen in the lobby and many bedrooms and meeting-rooms are actually made of ordinary plywood, carefully hand-stained to simulate the look of mahogany panels.

The magnificent Main Lobby floor, which looks like 12-inch solid hardwood planks, is made of a composite board of MDF laminated with a veneer of common wood (carefully sliced to yield an attractive grain).

Extensive use was made of coconut timber, a widely-available renewable resource.  Other coconut parts of little commercial value were used in decorations and finishes around the resort.

To minimize the use of insecticides, many trees and bushes with insect-repellant qualities were used in the landscaping.

The use of plastics was avoided wherever possible, a feature which also lessens fire and smoke hazards.
 

Sanitation

The resort employs septic tanks for residential sewage, spread out over a large area to avoid a concentration of effluent.  The laundry is equipped with a bio-mechanical waste treatment plant.  No wastes are dumped into the sea.  The resort’s garbage is trucked to landfills in Mactan; some garbage is recycled as fish-feed.  Bottles and cans are separated and sold to recyclers.
 

Marine life

Plantation Bay grows some of its own fish (for restaurant use) in fishponds within the hotel, and is implementing a major expansion of this feature.

In mid-1998, the resort will begin a program of re-seeding living corals offshore, in cooperation with marine biologists from the University of San Carlos.
 

The human community is an important part of our environment.

Plantation Bay provides free school-bus service in the community, making it possible for hundreds of local children (who could not afford public transportation) to obtain a basic education.  On a continuing basis we support a number of scholars for vocational training.  The scholars are carefully screened and selected for intelligence and motivation, and the first set has already found good jobs.

The employees of Plantation Bay enjoy good salaries and benefits.  Equally important, all staff members are treated with dignity and respect, as part of the Plantation Bay Family.  Training and career-advancement opportunities are provided to all staff members.  A flattened and informal hierarchy system improves work performance and efficiency while providing a personal sense of satisfaction to every staff member.

For these reasons, Plantation Bay is considered one of the best workplaces in the country.  Guests quickly notice and appreciate our staff’s excellent morale and eagerness to please.