Hayleys Group CKD – CSR Water Initiative “Puritas Sath Diyawara” wins prestigious Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Award 2015

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Published Date Friday, 17 July 2015 05:11

Puritas Private Limited, wholly owned Environmental Engineering arm of Haycarb PLC, brought home the prestigious Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Awards 2015 under the category of SME Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - Drinking water based broad spectrum community development project. The Award honours Small and Medium Enterprises that have successful CSR policies that forms part of their core business and are appropriate to their size and business operations.

Puritas (Pvt) Ltd has been in the forefront of providing environmental engineering solutions with over 280 treatment plants in Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives, Thailand and Indonesia treating over 24 million litres of water and wastewater per day. With over 20 years of experience in the purification industry, Puritas (Pvt) Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of Haycarb PLC, the world’s leading coconut shell based activated carbon manufacturer and is also a member of the Hayleys Group which is one of the largest multinational conglomerates in Sri Lanka.

CKD is the most common illness amongst the farmers of the North Central Province of Sri Lanka. While the underlying cause of CKD is yet to be determined 400,000 individuals are said to be affected with the disease and more than 22,000 lives lost. It is believed to be a water borne disease and has been proven that consumption of quality drinking water not only prevents the disease, but also reverses the early stages of the ailment. Puritas, being the specialist in water and wastewater treatment, designed “Puritas Sath Diyawara” to provide a self-sustaining, integrated solution for the communities in CKD affected areas. The project includes a Reverse Osmosis water purification system, cost effective distribution methodology, effective waste management system, knowledge dissemination centre, organic farming initiatives, good health and sanitation initiatives, and livelihood development activities. The project was implemented with the Sponsorship of different sectors of the Hayleys Group and is successfully operating in four villages of the North Central Province with two nearing completion and four more such projects are in progress and expected to be completed by December 2015.

Mr. Mohan Pandithage, Chairman – Hayleys Group said that “we are pleased and honoured to have been selected for this CSR award. “Puritas Sath Diyawara”, the CKD - CSR water project of the Hayelys Group is a result of prime collective initiative of the various sectors of group coming forward to provide hope in the form of water and related infrastructure for chosen villages, covering close to 15,000 people in ten villages”.

"There was a real need to step in and support the farming community in the North Central Province by providing them with good quality drinking water and a solution to the community’s needs. Starting with our first project at Maithreepura, Padaviya for a village of 1,500 people, we are touched by expanding the reach to cover ten villages by end of 2015. An investment of Rs. 3.5 million per project sponsored by leading sectors of the Hayleys Group, with many valuable and committed hours of our team’s own expertise in water purification, we feel honoured to be recognized and ranked amongst the top organisations in the region for CSR," Rajitha Kariyawasan, Managing Director of Haycarb PLC said.

Mr. Rajitha Kariyawasan, Managing Director of Haycarb PLC and Ms. Sharmila Ragunathan, Director of Puritas (Pvt) Ltd accepted the award at the prestigious International CSR Summit 2015 which was held at Banyan Ballroom, Banyan Tree, Macau SAR on the 19^th of June 2015.

Enterprise Asia’s Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Awards program (AREA) recognizes and honours Asian businesses for championing sustainable and responsible entrepreneurship. The programme highlights the participants’ leadership, sincerity and on-going commitment in incorporating responsible and ethical values, legal compliance, respect for people and individuals, involvement in communities and in protection of the environment into the way they run their businesses.

Hayleys Group CKD – CSR Water Initiative “Puritas Sath Diyawara” wins prestigious Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Award 2015

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