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Aitken Spence Wins Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Awards for Diversified and Best Presentation

Aitken Spence emerged overall first runner up at the Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Awards 2023 organised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. The company also walked away with multiple awards from the main categories. Aitken Spence was also the winner in the Diversified Holdings category and for the Best Presented Application. The latter is a noteworthy accomplishment considering their application was developed entirely with in-house capacity.

Aitken Spence is the only company recognised for the 18th consecutive year among the Top 10 Corporate Citizens and is the 9th occasion that Aitken Spence has been ranked among the Top 3. These achievements demonstrate the comprehensive and consistent efforts of the Group within their sustainability strategy. The leadership and their teams have shown unwavering commitment to sustainability, even in the face of significant challenges.

• Overall 1st Runner up
• Winner - Best Presentation
• Top 10 Corporate Citizens
• Winner - Diversified Holdings category
• Winner - Supplier Relations category
• 2nd Runner up - Planning and adoption in resilient practices
• Consistent Commitment and Continuous Improvement - Community Relations

Managed by Aitken Spence Plantation Managements PLC, Elpitiya Plantations PLC also won 3 awards that included receiving the First Runner up in the below LKR 15 Bn Category B, Top 10 Corporate Citizen award for the second consecutive year and among the best project awards for their Biochar project ‘Fix to Fix It’.

Aitken Spence PLC together with Elpitiya Plantations PLC walked away with a total of 10 awards.

With an indisputable repute as one of Sri Lanka’s pioneering corporates, Aitken Spence is a blue-chip conglomerate anchored to a heritage of excellence spanning over 150 years. Listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange since 1983, Aitken Spence is a responsible enterprise driven by over 13,000 employees across 10 countries and in 16 industries - hotels, travels, maritime, freight and logistics solutions, plantations, renewable energy, apparel, insurance, and other services.

Dr. Rohan Fernando – Director & Head of Sustainability of Aitken Spence and Ms. Yasangi Randeni - General Manager Corporate Strategy & Sustainability of Aitken Spence, accepting the overall 1st Runner up award

Aitken Spence Team with their awards