Our Sustainability Framework seeks to ensure proactive compliance with laws, regulations, industry best practices and benchmarks across four broad areas of focus:

(Numbers represent annually published statistics for the most recent fiscal year – 2020/21)

Employee Relations:

• LKR 6,766 million worth of employee benefits
• Direct income generation to 12,500 families
• 58% of wealth distributed among employees
• LKR 5.7 million investment in training and development
• 41% representation of female employees

Socially Inclusive Development:

• LKR 136 million funds channeled for community development
• Of over 60% of employees from the ‘local’ community
• A network of over 10,000 suppliers and service providers
• Over 3,500 suppliers educated on social and environmental sustainability

Environment:

• LKR 55 million total investment on sustainability processes and action plans
• 52% water withdrawn is treated for reuse or safe disposal
• 36% of the total energy consumption and 44% of the direct energy consumption from renewable energy
• > 45,000 MT of residual municipal solid waste kept away from landfills
• Over 80ha of forest cover maintained in its pristine condition
• 37,338 tonnes CO2e emissions reduced and/ or offset

• Monitoring Our Impacts On Biodiversity

Economic Performance & Governance:

• LKR 47.9 million foreign currency generated to the country
• LKR 1.6 billion taxes paid to the Government
• Pioneering signatories to the UN Global Compact and Women’s Empowerment Principles
• Most awarded company at the Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award 2020
• Consistently ranked among the hall of fame top 20 of LMD’s Most Respected entities
• Platinum ranked in the STING – LMD Corporate Accountability Index since 2010
• Among the top companies in Sri Lanka’s first-ever assessment of transparency in corporate reporting by Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL)