Mobilizing key pillars of the community for a worthy cause, and engaging with people from all walks of life to embrace a commitment to PET plastic recycling, Coca-Cola, along with implementing partner SEVANATHA Urban Resource Center and its official recycling partner Eco-Spindles Pvt. Ltd (subsidiary of BPPL Holdings PLC) launched the first-ever PET plastic recycling programme in temples across Sri Lanka.
Strengthening the nation’s ability to respond to the COVID-19 global pandemic, Sampath Bank PLC, CBL Group and WSO2 jointly donated a fully equipped PCR laboratory to the Army Hospital in Colombo, recently.
Continuing to empower and uplift the livelihood of farmer co-operative societies in its loyalty network, Dipped Products PLC (DPL) invested Rs. 2.1 million towards the distribution of fertiliser for 1,500 smallholder rubber producers in the Monaragala District under its flagship sustainability initiative: DPL Firstlight.
Moving towards a ‘Circular Economy’ is an action that many world business leaders, policy makers, academics and NGOs argue is necessary to help solve global environmental and economic challenges which directly link to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12- sustainable production and consumption.
Anverally & Sons, one of the largest tea exporters in Sri Lanka, gave physical expression to the phrase ‘tea and sympathy’ when it donated a consignment of tea to the people of Beirut following the explosion that killed more than 220 people in the Lebanese capital.
In an effort to bolster national fish production as well as to improve the livelihoods and food security initiatives of smallholder farmers in Sri Lanka, Oceanpick (Pvt) Ltd. - South Asia’s spearheading oceanic farming operator-, recently distributed free fingerlings to small-scale fish farmers across the island.
Following the President’s visit to the Lankagama-Neluwa village on 29th August 2020, where he stated that he will direct the SLT Group to provide a solution to establish high-speed broadband and voice facilities in the Lankagama village.
Entering the third phase of its Rs. 130 million contribution towards combating the COVID-19 outbreak, Coca-Cola, together with its implementing partner Sri Lanka Red Cross Society, handed over 16,800 + COVID-19 PCR Kits and Viral Transport Media (VTM) to the Ministry of Health (MoH) to enhance testing facilities for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka.
As a bank that takes pride in its Sri Lankan roots, Sampath Bank has always appreciated the immense value generated by the tank (Wewa) systems in and around the country and its ‘Wewata Jeewayak’ programme is a committed endeavour to restore the traditional irrigation networks that were constructed by the ancient kings of Sri Lanka.
As the National Mobile Service Provider, Mobitel, has spearheaded the corporate sector in the battle against COVID-19 in numerous ways.
The MarCom Collective, the industry body comprising of eight associations linked to the advertising and marketing communications sectors as well as businesses and professionals associated with them, continued to engage with its members and other stakeholders to bring to light the diverse issues faced by the sectors and how they could work together to address them in a post COVID-19 business environment.
