Hayleys Stories

Sustainability genuinely penetrates our core operations. As a socially conscious corporate, we endorse the practice of 'hands on rather than hand outs' - an approach where interactions with our stakeholders promote valid discourse and give light to issues. We aim to cement our growing role of leadership in corporate sustainability in our vision of becoming Sri Lanka's corporate inspiration.

Whilst being conscious of the fact that profit is the raison d'être of business, we are mindful that sustainable profit does not happen in isolation of our People and our Planet.

Tsunami Disaster Recovery

Tsunami Disaster Recovery

As a light drizzle cooled its terraced lawns on Thursday, May 18, the school opened its doors to its first batch of students, who had spent four and a half terms in makeshift sheds and an assembly hall of an adjacent school, as they watched it take shape. Consisting of 34,000 square feet of building space, the new school has 15 classrooms each capable of accommodating up to 40 children, two computer rooms with 10 computers, a laboratory, a library, assembly hall, rooms for music, dancing and art, a toy room, a sick room, counselling room, the principal’s office, administration office, teachers’ meeting room, playground, children’s park and toilets, with all utilities such as water, power supply and access roads.

Case Studies by INSEAD

Case Studies by INSEAD

Hayleys was honored to receive this recognition from INSEAD- the world’s 5th ranked business school. Five companies of Hayleys Group were chosen as subjects of Case Studies by INSEAD for successes achieved by these companies in aligning sustainability practices to their business strategies and thus creating win-win scenarios. The cases are discussion material for the university’s MBA students and were published in July 2009.

The Hayleys Community

The Hayleys Community

In a history spanning 130 years, Hayleys has operated amidst all communities in a multitude of locations. Our integration with them, the mutual understanding we enjoy and the contribution we have been able to make to these communities is for us a matter of pride and satisfaction.