CRYSBRO prepares for a sustainable future

CRYSBRO, a pioneer in Sri Lanka’s poultry industry, in preparing for the company’s 50th milestone year in 2022 has initiated a series of sustainable business processes and plans to become a fully-fledged eco-friendly operation within the next four years.

CRYSBRO is the only ISO 14001:2015 certified poultry company in Sri Lanka. The certification sets out a framework that a company or organisation can follow to set up an effective environmental management system.

“Sustainable use of resources and effectively managing our impact on the environment are going to be key aspects of business success in the near future. We envision a business process that is both responsible and economically viable through the adoption of inventive solutions to existing industry wide challenges in terms of waste disposal and energy usage,” said Amores Sellar, Senior Marketing Manager of Crysbro Group of Companies, in a media release issued by the company.

Exploring solutions to problems arising from unsystematic disposal of chicken litter and unwanted chicken parts, CRYSBRO has adopted a recycling process which incorporates using latest technology to recycle unwanted chicken parts as an ingredient to produce chicken feed. Moreover, the company is set to launch an alternative energy system fuelled by Chicken Briquettes, which are generated from compressed chicken litter. Fortune Agro, a subsidiary of CRYSBRO, will become the first ever feed mill to introduce an alternative green source of energy in the form of chicken briquettes to the industry.

While remaining committed to ‘going green’, CRYSBRO consistently takes action to ensure economic sustainability of employees and other stakeholders. Accordingly, the Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) commitments include awarding scholarships to employees’ children, providing financial assistance to children who excel academically and the provision of books and other stationary.

Established 46 years ago, CRYSBRO has grown at a steady pace to become a group of companies with six subsidiaries and an employee base comprising 1100 individuals. CRYSBRO operates among 17 business locations and markets 39 poultry products.