Four Best Corporate Citizen awards for CBL

Ceylon Biscuits Limited (CBL) clinched the second runner-up award at the 'Best Corporate Citizen of the Year' awards recently. The Company has received awards as one of the best ten corporates continuously for five years.

CBL's Munchee Samaga Gamata Sarana, the community development initiative won first place for best infrastructure development in the special projects category.

Munchee Samaga Gamta Sarana has reached thousands of people in all parts of the country through 50 projects.

Group Director and Head of Marketing and Sales, Nandana Wickramage said that CBL's recent winning streak has positioned the company as a gold standard for Sri Lanka standing out as a brand that delivers to all segments of the population.

"The villagers of Walagama in the Kegalle district were using a tree trunk across a river which tended to be slippery on rainy days and schoolchildren would often drop their books into the water while trying to maintain balance when crossing. The Munchee Samaga Gamata Sarana project constructed a bridge for easy access. These are simple infrastructure needs that we identify and develop so that the community and the village as a whole benefits and develops by it," Wickramage said.

"CBL won a first in the 'best employee relations' category. The award was in recognition of Munchee's excellence as a preferred employer and its continuous commitment towards producing future leaders through human resource development and innovation," said CBL's Group Managing Director Sheamalee Wickramasingha.

"This is indeed a recognition for company's 'Great Place to Work' concept. To achieve this concept, CBL has implemented many activities aiming at high employee satisfaction," she said.

"Our corporate social responsibility is to make a qualitative difference that impacts, benefits and influences the lives of Sri Lankans who do not have access to basics that we often take for granted," she said.