ComBank, runner-up at Best Corporate Citizen awards

The Commercial Bank won the Best Corporate Citizen runner-up award at the 2014 Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Awards organised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.

The Bank also won seven other awards.While retaining its position as one of the Top 10 Best Corporate Citizens in Sri Lanka, the Bank emerged winner in the 'Economic Contribution' category and clinched the award for 'Economic Sustainability' in the Triple Bottom Line category and was the winner in 'Financial Services' in the sector awards.

The Bank was recognised with a special Long-Term Project Award for supporting the national healthcare system under the project category. This was the only award that was presented in this category and was a honour for the Bank's consistent and ongoing support to the national healthcare system.

Commercial Bank also received a Merit Award for its coral replanting project in Hikkaduwa.

This haul of accolades resulted in Commercial Bank becoming the most-awarded bank at this year's edition of the awards program, in only the third year of its participation.

"Sustainability and good corporate citizenship have always been at the top of our corporate values," Commercial Bank's Chairman Dharma Dheerasinghe said.

"We are delighted to top the Financial Services sector and to be recognised as the best in respect of our economic contribution and economic sustainability," the Bank's Managing Director and CEO Jegan Durairatnam said.

A ground-breaking project undertaken to replant coral in the Hikkaduwa Marine National Park with the Department of Wildlife Conservation won the Merit Award.

The initiative included the replanting of 1,000 square feet in the Walduwa area of the marine park, using techniques perfected in the Philippines.