S &D Chemicals Private Limited wins Presidential Environmental Awards

S & D Chemicals Pvt Ltd was adjudged the second best performer in the category of Chemical Products under the industrial sector and was awarded the Bronze Award as no candidate was selected for the Gold Award at the Presidential Environmental Awards 2016 organized by the Central Environmental Authority which was held on October 18, 2016 at BMICH.

S & D Chemicals is a leading private sector company in Sri Lanka which is engaged in manufacturing industrial chemicals, intermediates and polymers for various industrial applications. The manufacturing facilities of the company are located at the Biyagama Export Processing Zone (BEPZ) and Fullerton Industrial Estate in Kalutara. The company has now widen its wings and expanded its technical selling services in Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Maldives and in several Latin American& Middle Eastern countries.

Our production process runs on the basis of ‘Life Cycle Thinking’and the 3R Concept including the practical aspects of the terms Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. We are on the way forward to reduce our carbon foot print and to be the first carbon neutral company of the sector by 2025. The company has already facilitated with solar energy based electricity. We put our maximum effort to reduce the energy consumption in our production process. We initiate the produc- tion process only after running a proper risk assessment which involves athrough investigation of every possible accident that may occur during the production process and be prepared to implementpossible alternatives or management strategies. Our analytical laboratories use the world’s most sophisticated equipments such as Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS), High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Spectrophotometers, etc. Further we use UV disinfection and high tech membrane technologies such as Reverse Osmosis to treat water that is used in the production process. Also we follow strict regulations and standards in waste disposal. Solid waste and scheduled wasteare disposed through CEA approved organisations and liquid waste is pre-treated and disposed to the BOI central treatment plant. S & D Chemicals Pvt Ltd has already achieved Global Organic Textile Standard and are currently working towards achieving Blue Sign & Green Screen Standards said Dayantha De Silva, the Chairman of S & D Chemicals Pvt Ltd.

S & D Chemicals Pvt Ltd currently operates in an Integrated Management System which is guided by ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OSHAS18001 international standards. In addition to the production process,the company has recently contributedin community works in collaboration with the Central Environmental Authority.