Focus Areas

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52% water withdrawn is treated for reuse or safe disposal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)