Commercial Bank wins international award for Social Empowerment
View(s):The Commercial Bank CSR Trust has won the prestigious Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Award (AREA) in the sphere of ‘Social Empowerment’ at the 2014 awards held in New Delhi.
Here Priyanthi Perera, Coordinator of the Commercial Bank CSR Trust (right) receives the award for Social Empowerment from Lt. General Sudhir Sharma, Adviser to Enterprise Asia and Ms. Neetu Mehta, Executive Committee Member of Enterprise Asia.
Considered Asia’s leading award for responsible entrepreneurship, the AREA award is presented annually in seven categories by Enterprise Asia, a non-governmental organisation in pursuit of entrepreneurship development across the Asian region. It aims to inculcate a culture of ethics and universal justice in the running of businesses as part of a sustainable entrepreneurial framework.
The award presented to Commercial Bank is in recognition of the Bank’s contributions to the education sector in Sri Lanka with three nationally-scaled programmes – the donation of IT laboratories to schools, the annual presentation of scholarships and laptops to undergraduates and a programme to promote English literacy among rural children, the bank said in a media release.
“We are encouraged to be assessed alongside our peers not only in Sri Lanka but across the South Asian region for this award,” said Ravi Dias, Managing Director. “Responsible entrepreneurship is one of the cornerstones of Commercial Bank’s corporate value structure, and recognition of this nature will inspire the team to even higher levels of commitment.”