Gherkins grown by a small family in a rural village of Sri Lanka ending up in a burger served by a global giant in New York may seems like a thing of the future when it comes to CSR initiatives. However, that is exactly what we at Hayleys have achieved. Our “Out Grower” program, which…
Twenty-seven estates spanning 13,000 hectares of land, spread over the three agro-climatic regions of Nuwara Eliya/Dickoya and Yatiyantota/Bulathkohupitiya, under almost equal extents of tea and rubber – this constitutes the Kelani Valley Plantations (KVPL) portfolio. Of this land extent, over 1,000 hectares comprise natural forest reserve. The portfolio spans properties situated from low country elevations…
MIT Cargo’s ‘Go Green’ programme comprises four main initiatives, i.e. ‘Recycling of polythene,’ ‘Food waste,’ ‘Paper collection’ and ‘Drive Green’. The Company also plans to introduce several more elements to the programme in the future. Under its ‘Recycling of Polythene’ project, MIT Cargo hands over all polythene waste to the KIOSK operated by the Colombo…
Moving away from the norm of the business community of providing donations that fail to sustain and uplift the living standards of its beneficiaries, Hayleys has directly tied its CSR initiatives to the company supply chain that link the communities. “Firstlight” is one such initiatives undertaken by the company that continue to prosper the “People”…
This project under the banner “Puritas Sath Diyawara” is the key Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative undertaken by the Hayleys Group at a cost of Rs. 21 million covering a total of six villages in the financial year 2014/2015. Puritas (Pvt) Ltd commissioned its first Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant in D10 Maithreepura, Padaviya under their…