KELANI VALLEY PLANTATIONS PLC
HIGHLIGHTS ON AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
NATIONAL BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS - 2019
- OVERALL EXCELLENCE - GOLD (KVPL).
- Extra Large Category - Gold (KVPL)
- Agriculture & Plantation Sector - Silver (KVPL)
- Excellence in Corporate Governance - Silver (KVPL)
- Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility - Gold (KVPL) .
- Excellence in Performance Management - Gold (KVPL)
Out of Eight (8) criteria awards Kelani Valley & Talawakelle won Five (5) Gold, Five (5) Silver and altogether Eleven (11) awards including Overall Excellence Gold Award. This is the first time an Agriculture company won the Overall Excellence in the National Business Excellence Awards history.
NATIONAL BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS - 2017
- Agriculture & Plantation Sector - Gold (KVPL)
- Excellence in Corporate Governance - Gold (KVPL)
- Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility - Gold (KVPL)
- Excellence in Performance Management - Gold (KVPL)
- Excellence in Local Market Reach - Gold (KVPL)
- Excellence in Capacity Building - Silver (KVPL)
- Excellence in Environmental Sustainability - Silver (KVPL)
- Extra Large Category - Silver (KVPL)
- Overall Excellence -- Bronze (KVPL)
Out of Eight (8) criteria awards Kelani Valley & Talawakelle won Six (6) Gold, Four (4) Silver and altogether Eleven (11) awards including Overall Excellence Bronze Award. This is the first time a Plantation company won an award under Overall Excellence in the National Business Excellence Awards history and also the highest number of Awards won by a single company.
ASIA PACIFIC HRM CONGRESS AWARD- 2017
- Hayleys Plantations Sector - Winner
PRESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD (National Green Awards) - PLANTATION SECTOR- 2019
- Kelani Valley - Merit ( National Green Reporting System )
SOUTH ASIAN BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2019
- Kelani Valley - Winner
SOUTH ASIAN PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT & BUSINESS AWARDS - BEST HR PRACTICES FOR ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT - 2017
- Hayleys Plantations Sector - Winner
GLOBAL HR EXCELLENCE AWRDS - LEADING HR PRACTICES IN QUALITY WORK LIFE 2017
- Hayleys Plantations Sector - Gold
GLOBAL HR EXCELLENCE AWRDS - BEST HR ORGANIZATION TO WORK FOR 2019
- Hayleys Plantations Sector - Winner
SLITAD PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT AWARDS - 2017
- Hayleys Plantations Sector - Gold
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS ANNUAL REPORT AWARDS - 2019 (PLANTATION COMPANIES)
- Kelani Valley - Gold (Joint Winner)
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS ANNUAL REPORT AWARDS - 2018
- Kelani Valley - Silver
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS ANNUAL REPORT AWARDS - 2017
- Kelani Valley - Silver
BEST PRESENTED ANNUAL REPORT AWARDS AND SAARC ANNIVERSARY AWARDS 2019
- Kelani Valley - Corporate Governance Disclosures - Agriculture Sector - Joint Winner
BEST PRESENTED ANNUAL REPORT AWARDS & SAARC ANNIVERSARY AWARDS 2017 (AGRICULTURAL SECTOR)
- Kelani Valley - 1st Runner-up
NATIONAL SOCIAL DIALOGUE AND WORK PLACE COOPERATION AWARDS 2019
Plantation Sector Large Scale
- Kelani Valley - Gold (Joint Winner) - Pedro
Plantation Sector Medium Scale
- Kelani Valley
- Silver - Nuwara Eliya & Annfield
- Bronze - Robgill
Plantation Sector Small Scale
- Kelani Valley
- Gold - Battalgalla
- Silver - Edinburgh & Oliphant
Service Sector Small Scale
- Kelani Valley - Gold
NATIONAL SOCIAL DIALOGUE AND WORK PLACE COOPERATION AWARDS-2018
- Kelani Valley
- Gold (Large & Small) - Ingestre & Kalupahana
- Silver (Medium) - Udaradella
- Bronze (Medium & Small) - Fordyce & Battalgalla
- Merit (Medium) - Ederapola
CHAIRMAN'S AWARDS 2017 - HAYLEYS PLC
- Kelani Valley - Merit ( Sustainability & Corporate Affairs Team)
- Kelani Valley - Merit (Up country Tea Group)
- Hayleys Plantations - Merit
CHAIRMAN'S AWARDS 2018 - HAYLEYS PLC
- Kelani Valley - Merit ( Sustainability & Corporate Affairs Team)
- Kelani Valley - Gold (Udaradella)
NATIONAL TEA AWARDS 2017 - ORGANIZED BY SRI LANKA TEA BOARD - TO CELEBRATE 150 YEARS OF SRI LANKA'S TEA INDUSTRY
- BEST TEA HARVESTER COMPETITION - Hayleys Plantations had the unique distinction of winning the first Three places in the All Island Competition.
- All Island Competition Mrs. M. Sivagami - Fordyce Estate -First Place (Kelani Valley)
NATIONAL TEA AWARDS 2017 - ORGANIZED BY SRI LANKA TEA BOARD - TO CELEBRATE 150 YEARS OF SRI LANKA'S TEA INDUSTRY
- BEST TEA FACTORIES IN HIGH GROWN (HATTON/NUWARA ELIYA)
- Kelani Valley - Second Place (Pedro)
CTTA /CBA TEA BOARD GSA RANKINGS FOR 2017
- The Three Hayleys Plantation Companies (Horana, Talawakelle & Kelani Valley) were ranked First, Second & Third for the High Grown
- Talawakelle was ranked First and Kelani Valley Second in the Low Grown
SPECIALTY TEA OF THE YEAR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION CHINA 2017
- Kelani Valley - Nuwara Eliya - Gold - Pedro
- Kelani Valley - Green Tea - Bronze - Glassaugh
THE GOLDEN GLOBE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HR LEADERSHIP - 2018
- AWARD FOR BEST ADVANCE IN PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT Hayleys Plantations Sector - Gold
CHARTED MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE - MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2017
- BEST CEO OF THE YEAR - LARGE SCALE - AGRICULTURE CATEGORY Dr. Roshan Rajadurai - Managing Director - Hayleys Plantations Sector
NATIONAL HR CONFERENCE 2018 - INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
- GREAT HR PRACTICES (YOU ARE IDENTIFIED) Hayleys Plantations Sector - Winner
GLOBAL HR EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2017 - BEST HR LEADER'S AWARD
- 100 Most influential Global HR Professionals Award 2017
SRI LANKA CORPORATE HEALTH & PRODUCTION AWARDS 2019 - CHAMBER OF NATIONAL YOUNG LANKAN ENTREPRENURES (COYLE) & JAPAN EXTERNAL TRADE ORGANIZATION (JETRO)
- Kelani Valley - First Plantation Company who won a Special Award to recognize the extraordinary efforts made to improve Employee Health & Well-being
IAN DIAS ABEYSINGHE MEMORIAL JASTECA CSR/SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS 2018
- Kelani Valley - Bronze (A Home For Every Plantation Worker)
- Kelani Valley - Sri Lanka's Seven Best CSR /Sustainability Projects (A Home For Every Plantation Worker)
GREAT HR PRACTICES 2019 - NATIONAL HR EXCELLENCE AWARDS
- Hayleys Plantations Sector - Winner
TOTAL EXCELLENCE IN TEA PRODUCTION AWARDS 2019
- Kelani Valley - Winner ( Nuwara Eliya Region - Pedro)
- Kelani Valley - Second Runner Up ( Nuwara Eliya Region – Inverness)
- Kelani Valley - Winner ( Dimbulla Region – Tillyrie)
SRI LANAKA CORPORATE HEALTH AND PRODUCTION AWARD 2020
- Kelani Valley - Silver Award (extra-large category)
HALLBARS SUSTAINABILITY REPORTS AWARDS 2020
- Kelani Valley - National Winner and Global winner for food & beverage category - Tea (Best In the world category)