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
Daily News | Pressroom Dilmah founder celebrates 71 yearsMay 5, 2021June 14, 2025Founder of Dilmah Tea Merrill J. Fernando recently celebrated 71 years in the tea industry.
DailyFT | Pressroom Hilton supports Dilmah’s ECHS in inspiring next generation of chefsApril 30, 2021June 14, 2025The Hilton, Colombo supported a visit by the students of the current intakes of the Empower Culinary and Hospitality School (ECHS) which introduced them to all aspects of a hotel and its inner workings.
DailyFT | Pressroom Dilmah Tea awarded Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award 2020April 19, 2021June 14, 2025Dilmah Tea was awarded the Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award 2020 by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, with their independent panel of judges assessing the company’s commitment to quality, tradition, customer, employees, innovation, ethics, integrity, and sustainability.
DailyFT | Pressroom Dilmah Conservation publications: Making knowledge accessible, affordablyApril 2, 2021June 14, 2025Dilmah Conservation’s focus towards education and awareness, has resulted in 15 extensively researched publications – broadly classified into field guides on Sri Lanka’s flora and fauna, and books on culture and heritage, Ayurveda, and organic home gardening.
Pressroom | The Morning Community, food, and music: MJF Centre, Moratuwa to host its inaugural Night MarketMarch 25, 2021June 14, 2025On 27 March, the MJF (Merrill J. Fernando) Centre Moratuwa will host its inaugural Night Market, a street food fiesta with a cause, where residents of Moratuwa can get together for an evening of food, music, entertainment, and shopping.
ECONOMYNEXT | Pressroom Restarting South Asia: The Tea industry faces up to its challengesMarch 23, 2021June 14, 2025The coronavirus pandemic wrought havoc on almost all walks of life, and the various industries ranging from commodities, tourism to apparel are even today trying to get back to normal. It was no different for the Tea industry, though it seems that some of the challenges it faced have helped the industry see things differently.
Pressroom | The Sunday Observer Down Syndrome: Early intervention reduces disabilitiesMarch 21, 2021June 14, 2025The Sunday Observer spoke to Head of Rehabilitation Services, MJF Charitable Foundation, Dr Gopi Kitnasamy who has hands on experience in dealing with Down’s Syndrome patients, especially, children who, he says, can suffer from many mental and physical disabilities, including speech disorders, gait and other associated problems if they are not treated in their early growing stage.
Pressroom | The Sunday Times Global tea in challenging timesMarch 21, 2021June 14, 2025During a webinar dialogue on tea on the topic “Restart Asian Economies: Ideas and Actions for the tea industry” hosted by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and held on Monday, Dilmah Tea CEO Dilhan Fernando and Luxmi Teas Managing Director Rudra Chatterjee detailed the key concerns, challenges and overcoming them to cater to the growing demand for quality teas.
Pressroom | The Sunday Times Sri Lanka’s tea industry urged to speak with ‘one voice’March 21, 2021June 14, 2025Veterans of Sri Lanka’s tea industry on Wednesday urged various sections of the industry to come together on a joint platform of work, action and policy-making as tea is facing one of its strongest challenges while it marks 150 years of Ceylon Tea.
