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
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.
