Category: Others

  • Habitat Youth Build 2015

    Habitat Youth Build 2015

    Two teams consisting of 20 staff volunteers from the John Keells Group, were part of Habitat Youth Build (HYB) 2015 in Trincomalee on the 21st of March 2015 to assist in constructing two houses for the people who had lost their homes during the war. 70 teams were part of HYB 2015, which claimed to…

  • John Keells Wins Gold at the HRM Awards 2014

    John Keells Wins Gold at the HRM Awards 2014

    John Keells Holdings PLC won the Gold Award at the HRM awards 2014 held on March 6th 2015. The Association of Human Resource Professionals (AHRP) hosted the sixth bi-annual Human Resource Management (HRM) Awards. The HRM Awards provides a platform for the public and private sector companies in Sri Lanka to assess the efficacy of their…

  • The John Keells Group once again shone at the ACCA

    The John Keells Group once again shone at the ACCA

    The John Keells Group once again shone at the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Sustainability Reporting Awards held yesterday, in the categories Conglomerates and Diversified, Leisure & Connected Services, Financial Services & Insurance and overall runners up.

  • Kala Pola 2015

    Kala Pola 2015

    Kala Pola : the annual open air art fair, organized by the George Keyt Foundation together with John Keells Holdings PLC, took place along the sidewalks of Nelum Pokuna Mawatha on the 25h January 2015. This was the 22nd Anniversary of Kala Pola and John Keells Group have proudly supported the event for 21 consecutive…

  • Mr. Susantha Ratnayake is LMD’s “Sri Lankan of the Year” 2013

    Mr. Susantha Ratnayake is LMD’s “Sri Lankan of the Year” 2013

    Launched in January 1996, LMD’s Sri Lankan of the Year has been an annual feature ever since. Nominees have included Lakshman Kadirgamar (1995), Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (2002),  Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya (2008), President Mahinda Rajapaksa (2009), and Kumar Sangakkara (2011)   December 12, 2013 Mr. Hiran Hewavisenti – Managing Director LMD, presented the award for LMD’s Sri Lankan of…

  • Commemorating World AIDS Day 2013

    Commemorating World AIDS Day 2013

    The John Keells Foundation commemorated World AIDS DAY on the 2nd of December 2013 by pinning the Red Ribbons on every individual who works at the Cinnamon Lakeside Commercial Complex in Colombo 2.

  • JKH wins at 10th Annual ACCA Sustainability Reporting Awards 2014!

    JKH wins at 10th Annual ACCA Sustainability Reporting Awards 2014!

    JKH won two awards at the annual ACCA Sustainability Reporting Awards, for the categories of “Diversified Group” and the “Overall Sustainability Reporting Award 2014” The ACCA Sri Lanka Sustainability Reporting Awards, which reached its 10-year milestone in rewarding Sri Lanka’s most transparent entities took place on last evening (25th  February 2014) at Cinnamon Grand, under…

  • Kala Pola 2014 was held at the Nelum Pokuna Mawatha, Colombo 7 On the 26th of January 2014 from 8.00 a.m to 10.00 p.m.

    Kala Pola 2014 was held at the Nelum Pokuna Mawatha, Colombo 7 On the 26th of January 2014 from 8.00 a.m to 10.00 p.m.

    Artists and Visitors started to ply the place as early as 7.30 a.m and by 8, the venue was alive with  colour, vibrance and enthusiasm. seen below are some of the Visitors and Buyers in the morning.     Kala Pola 2014 went straight on for 14 hours and despite the heat of the afternoon,…

  • JKH Corporate Heritage profile on LMD website this week

    JKH Corporate Heritage profile on LMD website this week

    Media Services’ latest coffee-table publication, Corporate Heritage, features John Keells Holdings among its elite group of organisations who have stood the test of time, and emerged as household names amongst Sri Lankans.

  • Echelon Magazine’s Most 50 Most Powerful Women in Business

    Echelon Magazine’s Most 50 Most Powerful Women in Business

    Dilani Alagaratnam – President HR, Legal and Secretarial and Nadija Tambiah – Executive Vice President, Head of Legal and CSR listed as 2 of Echelon Magazine’s 50 most Powerful Women in Business.”