Hirdaramani recognised for sustainability efforts at Presidential Environment Awards 2024

• Secures Gold Award in ‘Apparel Industry’ category among other wins

Hirdaramani Apparel clinched the Gold Award in the ‘Apparel Industry’ category at the prestigious Presidential Environment Awards 2024, securing its position as a leader in sustainability in Sri Lanka. 

The company’s Mihila facility secured this top award, while Hirdaramani Ja-Ela/Sithro (washing) and Hirdaramani Seethawaka (washing) secured Silver and Bronze Awards respectively in the ‘Textile Processing Sector’ category. Hirdaramani Kuruwita walked away with a Merit Award in the ‘Apparel Industry’ category, bringing the company’s total award count to four.

Hirdaramani Group Director Siddarth Hirdaramani said: “We are deeply honoured to receive this recognition at the Presidential Environment Awards 2024, attesting to our efforts in sustainability. At Hirdaramani, sustainability is a way of life and a continuous journey of improvement, and bringing this to life through our Future First Sustainability Roadmap 2025 has been a challenging yet rewarding journey. Our teams are fully geared and dedicated to delivering on our sustainability targets across our businesses, people, communities, and environment, and accolades like these continue to fuel our efforts and vision in doing the right thing for the future.”

Hirdaramani’s Future First Sustainability Roadmap 2025 reinforces the organisation’s commitment to making responsible choices today to shape a better future. Future First is founded on four pillars – conserve the environment, empower our associates, support our communities, and trust in good choices. The roadmap outlines a list of environmental, social, and governance targets that propel the company’s ambition to be a global benchmark in sustainability by understanding the values of its collective stakeholders.

Hirdaramani is working towards strengthening its business on its journey towards continuous progression, and in doing so in a sustainable and responsible manner.

Organised by the Central Environmental Authority (CEA), the Presidential Environment Awards 2024 was held under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.