The chief guest will be Japanese Ambassador in Sri Lanka, Kenichi Suganuma, while a global expert on Corporate Sustainability, David Bent will deliver the keynote address.
The event, which is to be held for the 14th consecutive year will have the attendance of 350 top corporate executives representing firms, which have embraced sustainability practices into their business models.
During the evaluation process of applications sent for this year’s competition, the evaluators mainly took into consideration the sustainable work done by local firms going in line with the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has lined up a galaxy of awards to recognize the best performers in corporate sustainability initiatives and those firms would be duly recognized on the ‘Awards Night’.
Among the trophies to grab are ‘The Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award 2017’, Top Ten corporate firms, Category awards, Sector awards and The Best Presented Application, among several other awards.