Pressroom | The Morning Realising the value of ‘Made in Sri Lanka’March 14, 2021June 14, 2025Lessons from the Dilmah CEO on replicating the success of Ceylon Tea
Pressroom | The Morning Wisdom in the Leaf: Sri Lanka’s new tea-making bibleMarch 8, 2021June 14, 2025Tea is one of Sri Lanka’s most prolific industries. Ceylon Tea is sought the world over, and though Sri Lanka’s tea industry is only 150 years old, we simply cannot picture a world without our tea.
DailyFT | Pressroom Dilmah Beach Caretaker Program: A success story in community-led coastal conservationMarch 5, 2021June 14, 2025Protecting 50 km of Sri Lankan coasts while empowering livelihoods
Pressroom | The Island Dilmah blends tea and kithul served with a treacle & jaggery sconeFebruary 28, 2021June 14, 2025The well known Dilmah tea brand has crafted what it calls the “next generation of Chai” (Hindi for tea) blending Ceylon Tea and Kithul treacle, the company announced last week.
Pressroom | The Morning Re-inventing tea at t-Lounge by DilmahFebruary 24, 2021June 14, 2025The t-Lounge by Dilmah, an upscale location designed with the hopes of providing their guests with a place to relax and appreciate the fine art of tea, recently launched their range of liquor-infused chai on 3 February at the t-lounge at One Galle Face, by the Founder of Dilmah Merrill J. Fernando, along with his son Dilhan C. Fernando.
Life Online | Pressroom Plantation companies join hands with WWCT to protect Peak Ridge Forest CorridorFebruary 23, 2021June 14, 2025Upon identifying a significant leopard population along an 18km long corridor between Castlereagh and Maussakelle Reservoirs, the Wilderness and Wildlife Conservation Trust (WWCT) has joined hands with several plantation companies to protect this sensitive ecosystem.
Pressroom | The Morning A new model of collaborative conservation: The Peak RidgesFebruary 21, 2021June 14, 2025“Protect Sri Lanka’s wildlife” is a refrain we hear again and again from both state and private conservationists. As of 2015, Sri Lanka contained a total of 26 national parks which collectively cover 5,734 km2, almost 9% of Sri Lanka’s total area (65,610 km2). Inside these national parks, the Department of Wildlife Conservation and the Forest Department hold sway, observing and protecting the flora and fauna within.
Pressroom | The Sunday Times Keeping a close eye on extreme weather, rain or sunshineFebruary 14, 2021June 14, 2025The One Earth Centre for Climate Change Research and Adaptation established by Dilmah in Nawalapitiya is the first private sector initiative in Sri Lanka to research climate change.
Pressroom | The Morning The Peak Ridge Forest Corridor CollaborationFebruary 5, 2021June 14, 2025A collaborative partnership of a variety of actors, the Peak Ridge Forest Corridor Collaboration, is coming together to identify key wilderness and mixed landscape areas of importance to leopard conservation in this unprotected Central Highlands area.
DailyFT | Pressroom Trying to make sense of what is going on in the world? This is your answerFebruary 3, 2021June 14, 2025As we adapt to a new norm, the world as we know it is more fragmented than ever before and demands systemic change to overcome its challenges. Simon Anholt, founder of the Good Country Project, breaks down how we can make that change by being “good”.
Pressroom | The Sunday Observer Empower differently-abled children with skills trainingJanuary 24, 2021June 14, 2025Childhood disability has a lasting impact on physical, mental and emotional health
Biznomics | Pressroom Talking to a Tea TitanJanuary 19, 2021June 14, 2025There aren’t many people in the world who can boast of having spent as much time as Dilmah founder Merrill J. Fernando, doing what they are passionate about and love. The results of this effort are clearly evident with Dilmah today Sri Lanka’s only significant globally recognised brand name.
