Sri Lanka’s largest textile manufacturer, Hayleys Fabric, hosted its inaugural Sustainability Forum ‘Nature’, showcasing a new generation of home-grown innovations with the potential to enable greater circularity in fashion globally. Drawing together an array of distinguished industry stakeholders, the event served as a platform for Hayleys Fabric to demonstrate the versatile form and function of…
First Sri Lankan conglomerate to be awarded member status Aims to mainstream stringent reporting on ESG standards across the entire Hayleys Group Marking a key milestone in its efforts to engage in sustainable development and drive excellence in ESG reporting, Hayleys PLC officially signed on as a Member of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) South…
Image: DPL smallholder farmers from Monaragala International rubber gloves exporter Dipped Products PLC has distributed 30,000 rubber saplings in its sustained drive to support the future yield and income of its Monaragala farmer network. The company’s distribution initiative began in March 2021, when DPL established its first rubber plant nursery and will culminate with one…
In a defining moment for Sri Lanka’s iconic diversified conglomerate, Hayleys commenced 2022 with the unveiling of ‘Lifecode’, an ambitious new framework that integrates Environment, Social and Governance related targets and goals into business strategy across each of its 16 business sectors. Distilled into a single document, the Hayleys Lifecode sets out a holistic framework…
Image: Hayleys Plantations Managing Director, Dr. Roshan Rajadurai Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (KVPL) secured the Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award in Agriculture at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Awards (BCCSA). The prestigious honour cements KVPL’s status as one of the country’s most respected pioneers in the field of sustainable and…
Initiative to support Sri Lanka’s commitment to global Bonn Challenge Mahaweli Authority to support project as technical partner University of Wayamba to conduct annual assessment of conservation areas Iconic diversified Sri Lankan conglomerate Hayleys PLC announced the successful completion of Phase I in its flagship biodiversity conservation initiative ‘Kirulu’, focused on restoring biological ecosystems and…
In conversation with Leonie Vaas By Imesh Ranasinghe In June 2021, The United Nations Global Compact announced 10 new Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Pioneers and among the 10 pioneers, Leonie Vaas was announced as the SDG Pioneer for Responsible Production for her extraordinary work at Hayleys Fabric PLC as the Manager of Sustainability and Innovations.…
Hayleys Travels, the travel and leisure arm of Hayleys PLC, has formalised a partnership with the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Sri Lanka (AHK Sri Lanka) to promote sustainable tourism and leverage on synergistic opportunities in the tourism sector. Sri Lanka remains poised to capitalise on growth prospects in tourism upon the gradual…
Hayleys Fabric Manager – Sustainability and Innovation Leonie Vaas becomes first Sri Lankan to win Global round of SDG Pioneers for 2021 at UN Global Compact’s Leaders Summit United Nations, New York: The United Nations Global Compact announced 10 new SDG Pioneers – business leaders who are doing an exceptional job to advance the Sustainable…
As part of its ongoing efforts to empower and uplift the livelihood of its farmer co-operative societies, Dipped Products PLC (DPL) distributed school bags to the children of 1,500 smallholder rubber farmers for the 10th consecutive year, under its flagship Firstlight CSR project. This year’s distribution recorded the largest donation of school bags, which was…