Nature’s Secrets honoured with Sri Lanka’s highest green award
Thursday, 22 May 2014 00:28
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The only gold award winner in the cosmetics and pharmaceutical sector
Nature’s Beauty Creations Ltd., the manufacturer of Sri Lanka’s No. 1 herbal cosmetics brand Nature’s Secrets was recently awarded the Gold Award at the National Green Awards Ceremony 2013/14 held at the BMICH auditorium.
Nature’s Beauty Creations Ltd. is the only ever recipient of the prestigious Gold Award in the cosmetics and pharmaceutical sector in the history of the National Green Awards. The Gold Award was presented to the company’s Chairman/Managing Director Samantha Kumarasinghe by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
The National Green Awards is the country’s highest environmental award and is organised by the Central Environmental Authority of the Ministry of Environment to recognise private sector companies and government institutes that carry out exceptional initiatives towards a greener, cleaner and more sustainable environment.
A leader and pioneer in green practices and sustainability, Nature’s Secrets is at the forefront in their initiatives to responsibly protect the environment through optimised resource management, clean and green production processes, reduced energy consumption, eco-friendly waste management, green procurement policies, effective preservation of ecological balance, conservation of valuable medicinal plants and other environment-friendly focused activities.
Since the inception of the National Green Awards in 2011, Nature’s Secrets has consecutively won a National Green Award each year, a clear indication of the company’s continued commitment towards green, sustainable management.
Nature’s Secrets Chairman/Managing Director Samantha Kumarasinghe had the following to say regarding the company’s Gold Award: “This award is one we are greatly proud of as it is on a subject very close to our company’s heart. Our company has always embraced nature, and since our company’s inception, we have been passionately committed towards protecting our environment and have implemented a wide variety of green initiatives. As a Sri Lankan company we are deeply honoured by the recognition we have received for our commitment towards creating a greener future for Sri Lanka.”
Nature’s Secrets has also been awarded the world recognised ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System for their green environmental standards. In addition to ISO 14001:2004 accreditation, Nature’s Secrets is also the largest herbal cosmetics firm in Sri Lanka to have European recognised GMP and ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System certifications. Their ultra-modern, top-notch, purpose-built factory uses modern science to transform age-old Sri Lankan herbal remedies into world class cosmetics.
Around its factory premises, Nature’s Secrets has also created a lush 13 acre herbal garden consisting of more than 500 varieties of valuable medicinal plants, including those endemic to Sri Lanka; an attempt to preserve the island’s valuable herbal heritage and educate current and future generations about the natural healing powers of medicinal plants.
As a company that has always embraced and thrived on research and development, Nature’s Secrets also established the first privately owned Plant Research Centre in Sri Lanka to promote research into the island’s medicinal plants. A complementary modern Plant Tissue Culture Lab has also been set up with the objective of mass propagating and distributing rare and valuable medicinal plants amongst citizens and farmers to preserve them for future generations.
Today, the Nature’s Secrets brand is registered in over 50 countries and their products are available in many countries across South & South East Asia, Europe, Africa and Oceania. Nature’s Secrets is steadily progressing towards their vision of creating a global brand of herbal cosmetics from Sri Lanka by 2020.
