A team of officials from the Sri Lanka Retailers’ Association (SLRA) recently met with the Chairman and top officials of the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) in order to promote the ‘World Consumer Rights Day’ to be held in Sri Lanka on 15th March 2016 and the following ‘National Consumer Rewards Week’ during the week of 14th to 20th March 2016.
Asian Alliance Insurance PLC and Asiri Surgical Hospital, who are both members of the Softlogic Group, recently extended a helping hand to the people of the kidney disease-stricken Polpithigama area, by testing over 260 area residents for urological/kidney-related medical issues, in the first in a series of free health camps.
The recently concluded 3rd World Women Leadership Congress and World CSR Congress in Mumbai, recognised the top women leaders at Hemas for their outstanding leadership and achievements at an international level.
Fashion Bug, one of Sri Lanka’s leading retail clothing chain with over 16 Outlets Island wide, completed yet another CSR activity for the new year by refurbishing an entire ward at the Kalubowila Hospital and renewing the Hospital’s main sign board as well.
The Otara Foundation has welcomed the approval of the Animal Welfare Bill by the Cabinet of Ministers as a step in the right direction and pledged to continue its advocacy in order to ensure the enactment of the Bill as law.
Impressions Labels Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, one of Sri Lanka’s leading label manufacturers and the first in the industry to receive CarbonConscious® certification for their flagship factory in Homagama, reinstated their commitment to sustainability as the same factory was recently awardedWasteConscious® certification for its operations.
In a gesture of good corporate citizenship, Indocean Developers, the promoter of the trailblazing Altair luxury condominium development in Colombo, has further enhanced its support to an elders’ home in the city.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the National Aquaculture Development Authority (NAQDA) is constructing a marine finfish hatchery in Tharmapuram, Batticaloa to fulfill the national objectives to promote marine finfish farming in the country.
The Quality of life of the nearly one million population residing in Regional Plantation Company (RPC) estates is set to improve substantially, as a result of several major projects which are expected to commence this year – particularly initiatives focused on providing new individual housing, Child Development Centres (CDCs), sanitation facilities and access to safe drinking water.
The Carbon Consulting Company (CCC) – known for its innovative endeavors in the field of corporate environmental sustainability, launched a groundbreaking initiative to recognize and preserve the increasingly threatened biodiversity habitat across the country.
Holcim (Lanka) Ltd, a member of the LafargeHolcim Group, a leading company in building materials, together with World Vision Lanka, officially awarded 40 homes to the communities of Mundalama and Kalpitiya on 28 January 2016.
