DailyFT | Pressroom Heads of state, CEOs, UN chiefs call for action on sustainability to recover better from COVID-19June 29, 2021June 14, 2025Over 20,000 business leaders joined heads of state, civil society leaders and UN chiefs to call for increased corporate ambition to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and net-zero by 2050 during extraordinary Leaders’ Summit
Pressroom | The Daily Mirror Kahawatte Plantation scores top 33 tea prices; makes a rebound in productionJune 26, 2021June 14, 2025At the recently concluded Colombo Tea Auctions held in May 2021, Craighead, Kataboola, Queensberry, Galamuduna and Rilhena Estates managed by Kahawatte Plantations PLC (KWPL) obtained 33 of the top prices for a range of tea grades.
Pressroom | Stir Coffee and Tea Tea Branding: Authenticity, Transparency, TrustJune 16, 2021June 14, 2025Three characteristics shared by successful 21st century tea brands
Pressroom | The Island Top SL business leaders panelist at UN Global Compact Summit 2021June 13, 2021June 14, 2025Sri Lanka co-hosts three sessions
Pressroom | The Island Dilmah revives Rs. 2mn Ecovation award for second runJune 6, 2021June 14, 2025Theme: Sustainable Enviornmentally friendly Packaging and Resource efficiency
Pressroom | Times Online Partnering for ‘the Green Normal’June 3, 2021June 14, 2025Initiated by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Dilmah Conservation and now boasting over 90 private sector members, Biodiversity Sri Lanka (BSL) is such a coalition, that is taking the lead in uniting business on biodiversity conservation actions in Sri Lanka.
Newswire | Pressroom A&E Lanka partners with Biodiversity Sri Lanka for Forest restoration in KanneliyaJune 1, 2021June 14, 2025As part of its ongoing efforts to give back to the community & society, American & Efird Lanka (A&E Lanka), a Portfolio Company of Elevate Textiles, recently partnered with Biodiversity Sri Lanka (BSL) to support their efforts in Forest Restoration of the Kanneliya Conservation Forest in Halgahawela, Opatha.
DailyFT | Pressroom ‘Stronger Together’: Collaboration for the future of Sri Lanka’s plantation sectorMay 21, 2021June 14, 2025The auction raised Rs. 2.3 million which was matched twice over by Dilmah’s MJF Charitable Foundation as part of its three year – Rs. 300 million initiative to support communities in the estate sector. The funds committed are already at work to support the plantation community with the prospect of several other plantation entities joining the effort.
DailyFT | Pressroom Perspective – Tea is not the problemMay 21, 2021June 14, 2025Tea was once prized as a wonderful, healthy and exotic herb. It has not changed, and is still nature’s gift, yet from certain perspective, the herb progressively lost that allure. The change was not in tea but in the perspective – and actions – of the businesses which bought over the tea businesses that made tea great, and then changed their direction from passion to profit.
Pressroom | The Island The Supply Chain is as strong as its weakest link: The business case for Sustainable Supply Chains and Ethical SourcingMay 16, 2021June 14, 2025The UN Global Compact Network Sri Lanka’s Working Group on Sustainable Supply Chain hosted its first webinar on April 29, 2021, titled “Transforming Supply Chain Sustainability through Ethical Sourcing”. This webinar brought together Supply Chain experts from Sri Lanka, Singapore and Spain, a news release connected to the event said.
Daily News | Pressroom Craft a farming mentality to tea – Dilmah FounderMay 7, 2021June 14, 2025Dilmah Founder Merril J Fernando noted that in the agricultural business a farming mentality would deliver better results than a trading mentality
DailyFT | Pressroom A life devoted to tea and kindnessMay 6, 2021June 14, 2025Sri Lanka’s ‘Mr. Dilmah’ celebrates 71 years of brewing cups of kindness
