Climate Vulnerable Forum Climate Vulnerable Forum Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Dilmah TeaJuly 19, 2024September 4, 2025The Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dilmah, the world renowned, family-owned tea company from Sri Lanka, to advance climate resilience and sustainable agriculture.
DailyFT Dilhan Fernando appointed Adjunct Professor of Sustainability at Edith Cowan University’s School of Business and Law, AustraliaJune 3, 2024September 4, 2025The global tea brand Dilmah CEO and Chairperson Dilhan C. Fernando has been appointed as an Adjunct Professor of Practice in Sustainability at Edith Cowan University’s (ECU’s) School of Business and Law (SBL).
The Island Dilmah’s Climate Forward: Energising Green Innovators for Climate ActionJune 2, 2024September 4, 2025Embracing its commitment to environmental sustainability, Dilmah launches “Climate Forward,” engaging undergraduates and postgraduates to innovate green solution
The Morning Dilmah forays into cinnamonMay 6, 2024September 4, 2025Dilmah Tea marked a milestone on 28 April with the unveiling of its newest product range – Dilmah Finest Ceylon Cinnamon. The Dilmah brand, renowned for elevating Ceylon Tea in the global market, has ventured into the Sri Lankan cinnamon industry by expanding its domestic exports through the company, introducing high-quality cinnamon products to the global market.
The Island RW’s deep knowledge of Ceylon historyMay 5, 2024September 4, 2025This short speech made by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on April 28 clearly indicates his grip on Ceylon history. He made it on an occasion where he was chief guest at an event hosted at the Galle Face Hotel by Dilmah, the well known tea company now into cinnamon. Dilmah has about 700 acres of cinnamon plantation is estates of Kahawatte Plantations PLC it controls and is revolutionizing the industry.
The Sunday Times President hails Dilmah’s entry into cinnamon cultivationMay 5, 2024September 4, 2025President Ranil Wickremesinghe has expressed his government’s commitment to implement programmes aimed at popularising cinnamon cultivation.
DailyFT Ceylon Chamber Sri Lanka Climate Summit 2024 on 7-9 MayApril 29, 2024September 4, 2025The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has announced the inaugural Sri Lanka Climate Summit 2024, themed “Code Red: Climate Risks and Opportunities for Sri Lankan Businesses,” from 7 to 9 May at the Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo.
The Morning The success story of the Endana Biodiversity CorridorApril 13, 2024September 4, 2025Sri Lanka’s relationship with conservation is complicated to say the least, with increasing deforestation and land reclamation seeing a growing number of habitats destroyed each year. While State institutions play a vital role in conserving our natural resources and biodiversity, private institutions can and do play a significant role in conservation by rebuilding environments within which plants and wildlife can thrive. The Endana Biodiversity Corridor (EBC), established in 2018 and spearheaded by Dilmah Conservation, is one such private project that looks to strengthen Lankan biodiversity.
Ceylon Today Enhancing ecological connectivityApril 11, 2024September 4, 2025In 2018, the visionary Founder of Dilmah Tea and Dilmah Conservation Merrill J. Fernando took a ground-breaking step by initiating a rainforest corridor project. Named Endane Biodiversity Corridor Project, the endeavour kicked off with the symbolic removal of tea plants in a land strip at the Dilmah Endane Estate which has segregated two rainforest patches bordering the Sinharaja Rainforest – Iharakanda Forest Reserve and Walankanda Forest Reserve – for over a century due to continuous tea monoculture.
DailyFT HSBC Ceylon Literary & Art Festival partners Dilmah Ceylon Tea to launch Future Writers ProgramMarch 29, 2024September 4, 2025The HSBC Ceylon Literary & Art Festival in collaboration with Dilmah Ceylon Tea opened its inaugural edition in Kandy announcing the launch of the Future Writers Program
The Island Ali Nena Mansala, a significant milestone in promoting conservation awarenessMarch 25, 2024September 4, 2025The recently-reopened Udawalawe Information Centre, now known as the Elephant Knowledge Walk at the Elephant Transit Home (ETH) in UdaWalawe, stands as a treasure trove for enthusiasts keen on studying paleontology and all things related to elephants.
The Daily Mirror Uda Walawe ETH: A home away from home for baby jumbosMarch 25, 2024September 4, 2025In a bid to spread more awareness among visitors to the Uda Walawe ETH, Dilmah Conservation in collaboration with the Department of Wildlife Conservation renovated the ‘Elephant Knowledge Walk’ to educate local and international visitors on why the Asian elephant needs to be protected
