Official lauds National Green Reporting System

Disna Mudalige

The National Green Reporting System initiated last year has become a remarkable step towards "the greening the industries in Sri Lanka", said Environment Ministry Secretary B M U D Basnayake.

He said under this mission, strategies and actions have been developed to minimise environmental degradation by promoting sustainable and cleaner production in industries.

Participating in the Annual Green Reporting Ceremony 2012 at Waters Edge in Battaramulla recently, he observed the operations of industries could lead to environment damage to its surroundings mainly through the discharge of effluents and emissions.

"A Green Report provides an excellent approach for an organisation to maintain sustainable production process while controlling emissions. It is an effective communication tool that can be used for sharing information on the sustainability performances on social, economic, environmental and governance system of an organisation," he said.

The award for the Best Green Reporter in 2011 was won by Textured Jersey Lanka PLC, while Ocean Lanka (Pvt) Ltd and Heritance Kandalama won appreciation certificates during this event.

The objective of National Green Report ceremony was to recognise and reward on their sustainable reports on social, economic and environment, submitted for July 1 to December 31, 2011 by the manufacturing and service sectors.