SWITCH-Asia unveils success stories
SWITCH-Asia Food and Beverages Project of the Ceylon Chamber of
Commerce held a mini symposium on Sustainable Consumption and Production
recently.
SWITCH-Asia Programme Project Director S.M. Sathiacama, speaking at
the event said that the project which was commenced in 2009 helps Small
and Medium Enterprises make their production process efficient by
conserving energy and translate these savings to profits.
The implementing agency of the project highlighted the importance of
food and beverage producers as well as all other manufacturers to be
environmentally friendly and adopt practices that conserve energy and
resources, CCC Solutions CEO Prema Cooray said.
The event was attended by a large number of the project's
stakeholders in the Food and Beverages Industry ranging from plantations
to dairy processing companies and representatives from the European
Union, the project's funding agency and also personnel from the
Ministries of Environment, Finance and Industry and Commerce.
Minister Counsellor, Head of Finance and Contracts of the European
Union Wim Prud'homme highlighted the relationship between the European
Union and Sri Lanka and its presence in the country for a long period of
time and about its grants extended to Sri Lanka to rebuild after the
conflict.
A number of stakeholders of the SWITCH-Asia Food and Beverages
Project presented their successful case studies and shared their
experiences and knowledge thus inspiring more and more organizations to
learn and adopt their conservation success stories.
The entities that shared their success stories were: Convenience Food
(Lanka) PLC, Dunagaha Coconut Producers Co-operatives Society, Foreconns
Canneries Pvt Ltd, Glenugie Tea Processing Centre-Maskeliya Plantation
PLC,
Laxapana Tea Processing Centre-Maskeliya Plantation PLC, Maxies and
Company Pvt Ltd, Panilkanda Tea Factory-New Saman Group Pvt Ltd and
Richlife Dairies Pvt Ltd. (SJ) |