MBSL wins sector gold for 2nd consecutive year at Annual Report Awards

From left: MBSL Finance & Strategic Planning Executive Prabath Perera, CA Sri Lanka Secretary/Chief Executive Officer Aruna Alwis, MBSL Finance and Strategic Planning Deputy General Manager Priyantha Herath, CA Sri Lanka Past President/Member of the final panel of judges Indrajith Fernando, Annual Report Awards Committee Chairman Tishan Subasinghe, MBSL Finance & Strategic Planning Assistant Manager Dinithi Nuwangee, MBSL Finance and Strategic Planning Executive Secretary Suganya Wijesekara

Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka and Finance PLC (MBSL) won the coveted Gold Award for the Specialised Leasing Company sector at the recently concluded Annual Report Awards organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. This is the second consecutive year in which MBSL received this prestigious accolade, demonstrating its continued commitment to excellence in corporate reporting. 

The Annual Report for 2014 marked an important milestone in MBSL’s reporting philosophy as it transitioned to an integrated form of reporting, in accordance with the Integrated Reporting Framework issued by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC). Through the report, MBSL was able to provide all key stakeholders with a comprehensive yet concise analysis on the Group’s value creation process, with an integrated view on strategy, performance, governance and sustainability. 

The Report also complied with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)-G4 Core Criteria and the Financial Services sector supplement for sustainability reporting. In recent years the Group has focused on strengthening its social and environmental disclosures in line with evolving best practices in corporate and sustainability reporting.