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John Keells Holdings is Sri Lanka’s Most Respected Entity for a Record 16th Year!
For a record 16th year, John Keells Holdings PLC (JKH), was ranked as the Most Respected entity in Sri Lanka, in the recently released edition of LMD’s Most Respected Entities issue. In terms of the 12 attribute rankings, JKH has taken the lead in all 12 categories; namely Financial Performance, Quality Consciousness, Management Profile, Honesty, Innovation, Dynamism,…
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JK Times – The Quarterly Newsletter of John Keells Group (2Q 2021)
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John Keells Group records strong Q1 performance despite impact of Leisure and third wave; Q1 EBITDA at Rs.4.76 billion
Summarised below are the key operational and financial highlights of our performance during the quarter under review: Group EBITDA recorded a significant improvement to Rs.4.76 billion during the quarter under review, which is a 494 per cent increase against the comparative period [2020/21 Q1: Rs.802 million]. The comparative performance with the first quarter in the…
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Developing Skills For a Resilient and Career-Ready Youth
“Before this programme, I was not confident in communicating in English. Today, I am able to provide my feedback on the programme in English, without the help of anyone after following this programme. I believe that this will help me to a great extent in the future. I would like to thank John Keells for…
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John Keells Praja Shakthi Empowers Women’s Entrepreneurship
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected livelihoods of many, more so of daily wage earners and micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSME). For Sri Lankan MSMEs, especially women-led enterprises, the pandemic was not the only hurdle they had to overcome. Jeewani Fernando together with 13 members of the ‘Ranliya Women’s Society of Batewela’ in Ranala…
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Plasticcycle commemorates World Environment Day 2021 with a multi-stakeholder webinar to discuss plastic pollution and ecosystem restoration.
Plasticcycle, the Social Entrepreneurship Project of the John Keells Group hosted “Plastics: It’s Now or Forever” on 11th June 2021, a multi-stakeholder webinar in lieu of World Environment Day closely looking at the theme of ‘eradicating and mitigating plastic pollution to restore ecosystems’. The panel moderated by Talitha Perera – Executive Plasticcycle comprised of Andrew…
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Kala Pola continues to support Local Artists amidst the Pandemic
Sri Lanka is known for talented artists that add value to the culture, heritage and diversity of the country. Both artists and art lovers alike look forward to ‘Kala Pola’ as Sri Lanka’s renowned annual fair for visual art. Conceptualized by the George Keyt Foundation in 1993 and supported by the unbroken patronage of the…
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John Keells Foundation partners with Ruk Rakaganno to reforest 20 hectares of Suduwalipotha forest
John Keells Foundation – the CSR entity of the John Keells Group – entered into a three-year collaboration with Ruk Rakaganno – a non-governmental organization engaged in the field of conservation and restoration of trees and forests – to re-forest 20 hectares of Suduwalipotha Forest located in Kukulagema Beat, Kalawana Range, Kalawana DS Division in…
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JKH releases Annual Report for the Financial Year 2020/21
John Keells Group records strong recurring EBITDA of Rs.7.17 billion in Q4 despite underperformance of Leisure; Q4 recurring EBITDA growth of 43%, excluding Leisure The full version of the Annual Report is available on: https://keells.com/resource/annual-report/John_Keells_Holdings_PLC_AR_2020_21_CSE.pdf
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Cinnamon Life Overcomes All Challenges to Achieve Major Completion Milestone
Sri Lanka’s largest and most iconic mixed development, Cinnamon Life announced another major milestone in its journey to completion with the securing of a Certificate of Conformity (COC) for the project’s office and ‘The Suites’ residential towers. Notably, the pace and the progress of the Cinnamon Life project continued to gain momentum, despite the challenges…