Ceylon Chamber’s “Sustainability” seminar attracts wide interest
View(s):Several corporate entities took part in the recent seminar organized by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) to create awareness about its upcoming “Best Corporate Citizens Sustainability Award 2014.
The speakers at the seminar, comprising members of the evaluation panel, explained to the audience the importance of taking part in this annual competition and guided the participants on the content to be included, the process of applying and presentation of the application, according to CCC statement.
The panel emphasized that companies applying for the awards can learn a lot on how to improve the company’s performance on the areas that are covered in the application such as environmental compliance, development of the human resources, resource use, product-market development etc. in addition to gaining recognition through winning awards.
The annual competition assesses the sustainability initiatives taken by the corporate firms covering the areas of Environment, Employee, Customer, Community Relations, CSR, Governance, Finance Performances and Economic Contribution.
The winner will take away the “Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award 2014,’ while awards will also be given to the ‘Best 10 Corporate’ firms. Many more category awards and Sustainability pillar awards have also been lined up.This year, the chamber will also award sector based best performers, such as the ones involved in Agriculture, Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Banking & Finance, Non Financial Services and Diversified sectors.
‘The Best Presented Application’ will also be awarded for its hard work and creativity.