SUSTAINABILITY
Clean and Healthy Environment
A climate resilient, future-ready tomorrow
As a brand that cares for people, planet and natural resources, we make a conscious effort to ensure that we never compromise on our core values, in the quest to achieve our goals. We embrace sustainable work practices and invest our energy in a manner that mother nature thrives, as we commit ourselves to our infrastructure development projects
Environment
Environmental sustainability is a key focus of the company not only to mitigate the impact of our business activities on the environment but also initiate projects and services that contribute to environmental sustainability. Arinma Holdings environmental sustainability strategy is concerned with the prevention of pollution, reduction of waste and consumption of depleting natural resources.
In our journey to become a more environmentally friendly and nature sensitive organization, we initiated several key initiatives within the company, under the theme ‘Arinma goes green’.
- A sustainability team was appointed formed to drive the group’s sustainability strategy and to initiate and execute its green initiatives
- The company obtained the ISO 14001:2015 certification which is concerned with standards related to environmental management
- Partnered with Green Movement Sri Lanka (GMSL) to implement a series of identified environmentally sustainable and community development projects
- The company discontinued the use of single-use plastics such as disposable plastic bottles for client meetings and have switched to a sustainable supplier of glass bottles
- Distributed reusable lunch boxes to staff with the hope of limiting the usage of lunch sheets in the office
- A process to track and limit the usage of paper in office was implemented, including a process for recycling paper
Environmental Management Sustainability Policy
Mangrove Conservation Project – Kalpitiya
Community Development
Besides the direct impact of the projects undertaken by the company that upscales and develops rural communities, the company directly contributes towards developing communities through the Malalasekera Foundation and the Foundation of Goodness.
The Malalasekera Foundation was developed to maintain and safeguard the great legacy of Prof. Gunapala Malalasekera for future generations. The vision of the foundation is to build on the rich heritage of Sri Lanka. Additionally, the foundation aims to create a value system among the youth of the country towards a dynamic and progressive future. This is achieved by forging harmonious relationships amongst all people in Sri Lanka by creating and maintaining establishments for enhancing knowledge, language and technological skills as well as by restoring and preserving temples and monuments that contain our cultural diversity.
To read more about the work of the Malalasekera Foundation, please click here.
Established in 1999, the Foundation of Goodness is a not-for-profit NGO registered in both Sri Lanka and the USA was set up by Kushil Gunesekera, to provide essential services to his ancestral village of Seenigama. Since then, he has been joined by a dedicated Board of Trustees and a committed team based in Seenigama and Colombo, all working together with villagers and donors to uplift the lives of rural communities in Sri Lanka. Today, the Foundation of Goodness, with their holistic approach to bridging the gap between the urban and rural sector in Sri Lanka, has established 10 Village Heartbeat Empowerment Centres Island-wide in addition to the MCC Centre of Excellence and Sports Academy which are the project headquarters in Seenigama through which they touch over 31,500 lives annually from 400+ villages via 30 sectors in action, free of cost.
To read more about the work of the Malalasekera Foundation, please click here.
Environmental Management Sustainability Policy
At Arinma Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, we believe that a CLEAN AND HEALTHY environment is paramount to the sustainable development of a country’s economy. We strive to continually improve ou green footprint throughout all our operations,including the development of local and global partnerships for project identification, design and development of proposals and advocacy of climate-smart infrastructure projects.
Our team is committed to:
- advocate and contribute towards minimizing the impact on global environmental issues
- prevent pollution, reduce waste and reduce consumption of depleting natural resources
- identify and comply with all relevant local and global environmental legislation
- consistently identify and mitigate aspects that result in significant environmental impacts of our business
- train and support all our employees, suppliers and contractors to advocate environmental awareness
- establish and operate a globally recognized environmental management system based on ISO 14001:2015
- select lifecycle environmentally friendly options in our CAP-EX and OP-EX procurement processes
- consider matters relating to environmental protection at the foundation of all our business strategies and initiatives
- conduct rigorous audits and self-assessments on conformance to this policy, measure progress of our environmental
efforts and report periodically to the management
This policy will be communicated to all interested parties and will be available to the public through selected media
Chairman
Date: 24 July 2020
Mangrove Conservation Project – Kalpitiya
A total area of 4 hectares of mangroves has been replanted with a community impact of over 85,000 people, in the area of Anaiwasala in the Kalpitiya Divisional Secretariat and the Anaiwasala Grama Niladhari Division, as part of the company’s commitment and support to community mobilization and lagoon restoration. This project was implemented by Green Movement Sri Lanka (GMSL) and as of recent is being monitored by the University of Ruhuna.
The selected Kalpitiya area along the Puttalam lagoon is one of the most extensive mangrove systems in Sri Lanka. Arinma Holdings provided the funding to implement the project and, by extension, played a pivotal role in rehabilitating the surrounding ecosystem of the Anaiwasala area. By supporting the local community, the initiative facilitated long-term opportunities for employment as well as educated the communities in carrying out activities that are environmentally friendly. It is envisioned that the second phase of this project will encompass a further 350 hectares of blue carbon ecosystem restoration island-wide.
A total area of 4 hectares of mangroves has been replanted with a community impact of over 85,000 people, in the area of Anaiwasala in the Kalpitiya Divisional Secretariat and the Anaiwasala Grama Niladhari Division, as part of the company’s commitment and support to community mobilization and lagoon restoration. This project was implemented by Green Movement Sri Lanka (GMSL) and as of recent is being monitored by the University of Ruhuna.
The selected Kalpitiya area along the Puttalam lagoon is one of the most extensive mangrove systems in Sri Lanka. Arinma Holdings provided the funding to implement the project and, by extension, played a pivotal role in rehabilitating the surrounding ecosystem of the Anaiwasala area. By supporting the local community, the initiative facilitated long-term opportunities for employment as well as educated the communities in carrying out activities that are environmentally friendly. It is envisioned that the second phase of this project will encompass a further 350 hectares of blue carbon ecosystem restoration island-wide.
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