Established in 1972, Haribon is regarded as a pioneer on environmental issues. Its programmes include nature conservation through community empowerment and research on environmental issues. It is also an advocate of renewable energy practices and forest conservation in the Philippines (Haribon Foundation, 2011). While other ASEAN countries have recorded rising C02 emission in terms of metric tonnes per capita, Singapore's level in 2008, though much higher than that of I ndonesia's 1.7, Viet Nam's 1.2, Thailand’s 3.4, Philippines’ 0.8 and Malaysia's 6.7 in 2008, has fallen from 10.8 in 1995 to 9.2 in 2007 (International Energy Agency, 2010).