SLBBP gets New Advisory Commitee
The Sri Lanka Business and Biodiversity (SL B&B) Platform of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce recently appointed its second Advisory Committee for its new term of operation. The overall mandate of the Platform is to encourage dialogue amongst stakeholders, and to help raise awareness on biodiversity and sustainability issues amongst the Sri Lankan business community. Working to assist companies in understanding and mainstreaming biodiversity, the Platform has the ultimate aim of ensuring that a majority of companies will eventually be on a sustainable ecological footing with a vastly reduced negative impact upon biodiversity.
The new Advisory committee comprises the following team.
Mr. Dilhan C. Fernando – Director Marketing of Ceylon Tea Services PLC, the new Chairman of the Advisory Committee and representative of Dilmah Conservation, Dr. Ananda Mallawatanti, representing the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Mr. Samantha Ranatunga, representing the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Prema Cooray, representing the Business and Environmental Sector expertise and Mr. A. J. Alles and Mr. Sumal Perera, representing the Private Sector.
Sampath Bank Celebrates Green Day
Sri Lanka Business and Biodiversity Platform’s patron member Sampath Bank PLC celebrates ‘Green Day’ on the theme ‘Love Life – Love Nature’.