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Standing from left: Dr. Ananda Mallawatantri – Chairman, Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award panel of evaluators, Damith Tennakoon – Executive Director/Deputy Chief Executive Officer/ Chief Financial Officer, CDB, Aroshi Ranatunga – Head of Sustainability/Talent Management and Development, CDB, Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya – Chairman, The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Hasitha Dassanayake – General Manager - Innovation and Business Intelligence, CDB, and Ovini Dias – Senior Executive Sustainability, CDB
Citizens Development Business Finance PLC (CDB), one of the foremost non-banking financial institutions in Sri Lanka, has been ranked among the ‘Top 10 Best Corporate Citizens of Sri Lanka’ at the Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Awards 2020, held on 29 March.
CDB is being recognised with the award for the fourth time, three of which were consecutively won from 2018-2020, for its unwavering commitment to sustainable business practices across all disciplines over a long period of time, and for integrating sustainability as a performance benchmark.
The Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award is presented by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s premier business chamber, to recognise and reward local corporate entities for efforts made in sustainability and implementation, on new initiatives and improvements to existing activities carried out during the financial year in consideration.
The impact and implications of these initiatives on environmental, social, economic and compliance factors are evaluated by an eminent multi-disciplinary panel in several stages prior to announcing the winners.
Citizens Development Business Finance (CDB) is a public quoted corporate leader positioned among the top five largest non-banking financial institutions in Sri Lanka with an island-wide presence, driven by a state-of-the-art technological platform that has revolutionised the way financial services are performed in Sri Lanka.
