Championing Sustainability: Hayleys Plantations company Talawakelle Tea Estates honoured as “Best Corporate Citizen” at BCCSA 2023
Hayleys Group subsidiary Talawakelle Tea Estates (TTE PLC) won the coveted Best Corporate Citizen Award for 2023 – the inaugural win for a plantation company in the awards programme’s 20-year history.
Horana Plantations PLC takes home three Gold Awards at Commonwealth Business Excellence Awards 2023
Leading Sri Lankan Regional Plantation Company (RPC) Horana Plantations PLC (HPL), a member of the Hayleys Group, set industry benchmarks when it clinched three Gold Awards at the Commonwealth Business Excellence Awards 2023.
Global Spotlight on Sri Lanka: TTE PLC Highlighted for Sustainability in UN Global Compact SDG Stocktake Report 2023
Talawakelle Tea Estates (TTE PLC), a Hayleys Plantations company, has earned prestigious recognition as the sole representative from Sri Lanka to be featured in the United Nations Global Compact-Accenture Global Private Sector SDG Stocktake Report 2023.
Hayleys Plantations Pioneers Sustainable Tea Tourism, signs MOU with The Pekoe Trail
Comprising three major Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs), namely Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (KVPL), Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC (TTEL), and Horana Plantations PLC (HPL), Hayleys Plantations represents 4.6% of Sri Lanka’s total tea production. The Pekoe Trail cuts across 6 of their 44 prime tea estates, situated within scenic high and mid grown tea trails, providing the perfect platform to promote Ceylon Tea to a global audience.
US Ambassador visits Hayleys Plantations’ Pedro Tea Estate: gains insights on innovation, industry challenges and future prospects
Sri Lanka’s most awarded plantations company, Hayleys Plantations, recently hosted the U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, on an exclusive tour of its Pedro estate in Nuwara Eliya.
Hayleys Plantations Best Tea Harvester Competition returns; celebrates mastery and unwavering commitment to quality
Celebrating the masterful skill and unwavering commitment to quality that fuels Sri Lanka’s world-renowned tea, Hayleys Plantations, a trailblazer in sustainable agri-business, successfully concluded its second annual ‘Best Tea Harvester’ Competition for 2023.
Hayleys Plantations’ Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC awarded Global Honours for Good Governance
Talawakelle Tea Estates (TTE PLC), a member of the Hayleys Plantations Sector, won two major global awards over the recent months, consolidating its position as a global leader in reporting its value creation and ESG performance to its stakeholders.
Hayleys Plantations sets regional benchmark with GPTW certification for KVPL & TTEL
Hayleys Plantations set yet another benchmark in the local and regional industry when another subsidiary Kkvelani Valley Plantations PLC (KVPL), was ranked as a Great Place to Work (GPTW) in Asia and Sri Lanka, in addition to being recognised as one of the Best Workplaces for Women.
Hayleys Plantations creates history with first-ever Management Symposium for estate-based teams
Heralded as a first-of-its kind event for the Sri Lankan plantations industry and local corporates, Hayleys Plantations hosted its inaugural Management Symposium, showcasing powerful new innovations and best practices developed by its estate teams in response to historic recent challenges.
Kelani Valley Plantations’ Pedro Estate Tea graces the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Ceylon Tea from Kelani Valley Plantations’ Pedro Estate was on display at the joyous occasion of the Queen of England’s Platinum Jubilee, marking a sixty-eight-year legacy and evolution of one of Sri Lanka’s most celebrated and significant global exports.
Hayleys Plantations’ KVPL Secures World’s First Sustainability Framework Certificate
Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (KVPL), a valued member of the Hayleys Plantations sector, set a new global benchmark for the plantations industry, as all 10 of its rubber estates received the world’s first
TTEL Consolidates Sustainability Drive with Gold Status
Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC (TTEL), a leading member of the Hayleys Plantations Sector, obtained the Gold status for all three steps of Measure, Reduce and Contribute under the Climate Neutral Now (CNN) initiative of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), setting another regional benchmark in the plantations industry.
Hayleys Plantations’ TTEL First RPC to Earn Great Place to Work Certification
Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC (TTEL), a leading member of the Hayleys Plantations sector, set yet another benchmark in the industry as the first regional plantations company (RPC) to earn the Great Place to Work (GPTW) certification in recognition of its dedication to creating positive workplace experiences for its employees.
First Batch of Field Officers Graduate
Hayleys Plantations set a new benchmark for the Sri Lankan plantation sector, as 80 of its Field Officers became the first-ever graduates of the company’s ground-breaking Technical Skills Development Programme (HPTDP- Tea and Rubber).
All-time Tea Record Price by Somerset Estate
Somerset Estate, Talawakelle achieved an all-time record price of Rs. 890 on a BOPSp grade in the Western High Grown category, which was sold at the eighth E-Auctions for the year held on 23 February.
Hayleys Plantations Dominates Social Dialogue and Workplace Cooperation Awards
Hayleys Plantations set another unprecedented benchmark in the tea industry in Sri Lanka by bagging its largest haul of awards yet at the annual Social Dialogue and Workplace Cooperation Awards 2019 hosted by the Department of Labour.
Hayleys Best Tea Plucker Competition Sets Pace for Sri Lankan Tea Industry
Talawakelle Tea Estates (TTEL) emerged overall winners at the first ever Hayleys Plantations Best Tea Plucker Competition 2020 Palaniselvi, a Tea Harvester from the Bearwell Estate, sealed the win by plucking 9.7kg of prime tea in just 30 minutes (which amounts to a harvesting rate of 19.4 kg/h) gaining the top score of 88.63% from the judges.
Hayleys Plantations Wins Big at National Business Excellence Awards 2019
Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (KVPL) bagged six awards for the Hayleys Plantations sector at the National Business Excellence Awards 2019.
Hayleys Plantations’ management team return from AOTS- Japan training programme
A group of 25, corporate leaders and best-performing employees in estate management from Sri Lanka’s leading regional plantation company, Hayleys Plantations, recently returned home after completing the acclaimed AOTS-Japan training programme.
Hayleys Plantations Emerged as the Biggest Winner, Walking Away with the Highest Number of Awards
In recognition of their outstanding achievements, Hayleys Plantations emerged as one of the biggest winners at this year’s Social Dialogue and Workplace Cooperation Awards, organized by the Department of Labour at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute by securing highest number of prestigious awards.
Hayleys Emerges Winners at CA Sri Lanka’s 54th Annual Report Awards
Hayleys PLC, Sri Lanka’s largest and most diversified conglomerate, emerged triumphant by winning the coveted ‘Cyril Gardiner Memorial Trophy’ Gold Award for Overall Excellence in Annual Financial Reporting at the grand finale of the the 54th Annual Report Awards.
Hayleys Plantations wins Great HR Practices award
Hayleys Plantations, the most innovative plantation companies in Sri Lanka, reached another exceptional landmark being declared winners of Great HR Practices at the Institute of Personnel Management (IPM) National HR Conference 2018.
