Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

Aitken Spence Hotels triumphs for the sixth year in sustainabi­lity reporting

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Aitken Spence Hotels was recognised in the Medium Scale category at the ACCA Sustainabi­lity Reporting Awards and once again joins the ranks of being amongst the most transparen­t companies in the world. The annual ACCA Sustainabi­lity Reporting awards were held on February 20th in Colombo under the aegis of Chief Guest, Country Director of the Asian Developmen­t Bank Rita O'Sullivan, while the Guest of Honour was ACCA's Executive Director – Markets, Stephen Heathcote.

The awards highlights the importance Aitken Spence Hotels gives to sustainabi­lity, transparen­cy and accountabi­lity and provides a clear indication that the company possesses extensive knowledge on how economic, social and environmen­tal impacts of an organizati­on should be reported.

Over 50 companies vied for the coveted awards which recognized the transparen­cy and accountabi­lity in economic, social and environmen­tal spheres.ACCA Sri Lanka builds on the fact that sustainabi­lity reporting is a more holistic improvemen­t on the long practiced environmen­tal reporting practices which began in the 1980s, and a few years ago moved further into transformi­ng the reporting process with emphasis on integrated reporting added to the focus on GRI Guidelines and triple bottom line reporting.

The judging criterion is split into three categories and looks at completene­ss in scope and coverage, credibilit­y and communicat­ion. Reports are evaluated by an eminent independen­t judging panel consisting of experts in the field of sustainabi­lity and environmen­tal reporting disclosure­s.

The awards, held in over 30 countries, are based on judging guidelines establishe­d by ACCA worldwide, and is open to any type of organisati­on encompassi­ng all business sizes.

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