CSR Lanka organized round of workshops on “Strengthening Community Resilience Through Women-Led Networks” at member companies Adventist Development and Relief Agency-ADRA, Cargills and Hemas for their employees. Workshops at Adventist Development and Relief Agency - ADRA (held on 25th February 2020) and Cargills (Held on 4th March 2020) were conducted by widely known professional, Mrs. Prema Gamage Consultant on '' Gender Equality and Social Inclusion'' and the workshop at Hemas which held on 4th March 2020 was conducted by industry expert Ms. Shyamala Y. M. Gomez a Human Rights Lawyer and Women’s Rights Activist. The objective of this workshop was to empower women and to provide understanding that women have great power and ability to keep the society together and that they are great change agents for many gender based issues women in Sri Lanka facing currently. Having that as a core objective CSR Lanka organized the workshop to improve...

CSR Lanka organized a workshop on “Strengthening Community Resilience Through Women-Led Networks” on 22nd February 2020 in Kandy. The workshop was mobilized by the Central Province Women Chamber of Small Industries and Commerce. The workshop was conducted by widely known professional, Dishani Jayaweera the Co- founder /Directress of Centre for Peace Building and Reconciliation (CPBR) – Home for Diversity, Co-Founder of CPBR sister wing “WOMAN”, Initiator of CPBR youth wing “ Youth for Love and Life”, Facilitator and Mentor of CPBR and interfaith wing APINAM: Religions for humanity. Sinthuja Shanmuganathan, a Young Psychologist & Humanist who is playing the role of program team leader of the CPBR, was co-facilitated the workshop. The objective of this workshop was to empower women and to provide understanding that women have great power and ability to keep the society together and that they are great change agents for many gender based issues women in...

CSR Lanka organized a workshop and a panel discussion on “Strengthening Community Resilience Through Women-Led Networks” recently at the Lighthouse Auditorium and Lawns. The workshop facilitator was Professor Kamala Liyanage, who is a Professor Emeritus, University of Peradeniya and Independent Gender & Human Rights Consultant. The panel discussion was conducted by an eminent panel comprised of widely known professionals who are actively working towards peace and security of women in the country namely Dr. Sulochana Segera, Founder/Chairperson of Women in Management in Sri Lanka/Maldives and Canada.  Ms. Kshyahla Pinto-Jaywardena, motivational speaker and peacebuilder with a passion for empowering and enhancing leadership capacities in women and Ms. Wimarshana Ranasinghe, a peace builder, a facilitator and a certified trainer of Creators of Peace-Women Peace circles. Mr. Rizvi Zaheed, the Vice Chairman of CSR Lanka moderated the panel discussion. The objective of this workshop was to empower women and to provide understanding that...

CSR Sri Lanka had its 5th Annual General Meeting on Thursday 20th September from 5.00pm to 7.00pm at “Sankathani" Auditorium of Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration (SLIDA) attended by the Member Companies, some distinguished guests and other invitees. To mark the theme of the day, CSR Sri Lanka had organized a keynote speech on “Opportunities for a Circular Economy through the International Collaborations on Sustainable & Inclusive Business” which was delivered by Her Excellency, Eva Van Woersem, the Deputy Ambassador of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands who inspired the audience with the knowledge and insights shared. The keynote speech identified the need for more efficient use of raw materials as one of the key challenges of the 21st century. Vital change of usage is required to ensure a safe and healthy environment for future generations. Circular economy emerges to address those challenges through both social and...

CSR Sri Lanka in collaboration with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) conducted a forum “Water and Sustainable Business” with 70 private, public and I/NGO sector representatives on Tuesday 27th of March 2018 in Colombo. Having identified the need for matching diverse interests of different stakeholders through sustainable and inclusive business opportunities to improve the quality and efficiency in Water, Sanitation & Health (WASH) and Water Resources Management (WRM) in Sri Lanka, CSR Sri Lanka and USAID created a platform through this forum for participants to discuss challenges and find solutions that can be continued in future. The forum resulted in establishing a Workgroup consisting of eminent persons from the Private, Public and Non-Government Sectors who will initially work to action a few solutions identified against the most critical challenges discussed. CSR Sri Lanka will facilitate the operations of the workgroup towards concrete outcomes. The event was attended by...

CSR Netherlands and CSR Sri Lanka have tied up cooperation with each other to match Sri Lankan industries to Dutch counterparts to develop sustainable value chains. As the first step in this strategic initiative, experts from CSR Netherlands conducted a Sustainable and Inclusive Business (SIB) scan in Sri Lanka in the Agriculture, Tourism and Apparel sectors. The SIB Scan consisted of a series of sector roundtables with business leaders on sustainability challenges & solutions and co-creating an agenda for international collaboration. The roundtables were held from February 19th to 23rd at the Galle Face Hotel Colombo. CSR Netherlands and CSR Sri Lanka shared with Sri Lankan business leaders and SMEs the international best practices and innovative solutions to various sectoral challenges in the field of sustainability and inclusiveness. Focus of the discussions was on soliciting inputs from the private sector and other experts on avoiding negative and creating positive impact...

“Impact of Natural Disasters to business sustainability and responsibility of corporates” CSR Sri Lanka bring together more than 50 corporate leaders and sustainability representatives from private sector companies in a forum to discuss the impact of climate change to business sustainability and responsibility of corporates. The forum assembled at the Conference Room 6 of Galle Face Hotel Colombo last Friday 27th October 2017 from 5.00pm to 7.00pm. The keynote address of the event was delivered by Professor Buddhi Marambe, the Chairman of Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture (PGIA), University of Peradeniya and of the National Experts Committee on Climate Change Adaptation (NECCCA), Ministry of Environment. The session was moderated by CSR Sri Lanka Director Mr. Mahesh Wijewardene, Director Sales and Commercial of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC. This is the first of a series of topical discussions with corporate leaders to be organized by CSR Sri Lanka to enlighten the private sector...

A discussion panel was held by CSR Lanka together with the World Food Programme and USAID on the 17th of July 2017 to discuss the importance of private sector partnership in achieving food security and nutrition in Sri Lanka. The discussion focused around a number of topics such as the importance of nutrition and the ways in the people of Sri Lanka could get the right types of nutrition for their lifestyles, as well as the role that the private sector may play in it. The discussion was moderated by Mr Rizvi Zaheed, Managing Director of Hayleys Agriculture and tabled by Brenda Barton, Country Director of the WFP and Chandula Abeywickrama, Chairman of CSR Lanka, alongside several other representatives from the private and public sectors alike. Presentations were also prepared by Laksiri Nanayakkara of the WFP, Sashrika Jayasinghe of the WFP and Maree Bouterakos of the FAO, who brought to...

CSR SRI LANKA launched the project ‘’Stakeholder Collaboration for Sustainable Development’’- SCoSD which was awarded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The SCoSD project spans over two years and seeks solutions relating to Corporate Social Responsibility with sustainability through a wide collaboration of stakeholders. The Project launching ceremony took place on the 31st January 2017 at Ramada in the presence of Ann Marie Yastishock – USAID’S Acting Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia, Dr Andrew Sisson – Mission Director, USAID Sri Lanka and the Maldives, CSR SL members and the Board of Directors, Corporate sector representatives, Officials from the government and civil society representatives. Dr. Andrew Sisson, USAID Mission Director and Mr. Chandula Abeywickrema, Chairman, CSR SL officially launched the project. As a key initiative of empowering the sustainability in the corporate sector in Sri Lanka with the support and encouragement of USAID, the CSR Sri...

MillenniumIT (a member of London Stock Exchange Group) together with CSR Sri Lanka has launched Mahoga, a revolutionary matchmaking platform that paves the way for corporations to engage in meaningful corporate social responsibility (CSR) activity. The launch was held in the presence of MillenniumIT CEO Mack Gill, CSR Sri Lanka Chairman Chandula Abeywickrema and board members, British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka James Dauris, USAID Mission Director to Sri Lanka Andrew Sisson, investors, beneficiaries and senior members of the corporate sector Visit Mahoga