Sadaharitha rewards stars at Annual Forestry Awards
This year’s theme at the annually held Sadaharitha Forestry Awards was ‘Beyond the Horizon’ and the spectacular evening bestowed a galaxy of best performers with honour, recognition and awards to motivate them to reach greater heights.
This year is a significant milestone for Sadaharitha Plantations because the company is celebrating its 15th year in commercial forestry having rapidly achieved market leadership within a short span of time.
This year’s winners were recognized for their achievements in the calendar year of 2016. The winners received jubilant fanfare from their peers in the audience. The sales force and staff members of over 700 that filled the Banquet & Convention Hall at Eagles’ Lakeside, in Attidiya were from 32 branches spread across the country.
Sadaharitha Group of Companies Chairman Sathis Nawarathne addressed the audience and outlined his ambitious plans for the company.
“We are now focusing strongly on research and development that will help us to expand the scope of business in commercial forestry so that the nation can achieve a higher level of forest cover. This will significantly help to protect and safeguard the planet, making it green and fertile while encouraging more and more customers to use commercial forestry as the preferred mode of financial investment,” he said.
“Agarwood is fast developing as the way forward to win in the international arena, perhaps overtaking Sri Lanka’s traditional exports. The business of manufacturing new fragrances that appeal to today’s young men and women is taking giant strides and this will result in a flourishing export potential for agarwood.”
The awards presented at this year’s Sadaharitha Forestry Awards demonstrated the diligent and professional approach to forestry that is the hallmark of Sadaharitha Plantations. Homagama 1 was named as Best Branch amidst resounding cheers. The Top Five Gold Award winners were J.H. Nihal Tissera from Region 1, who was adjudged Best Regional Manager, while the rest of the Golds were presented to winners from Homagama 1. J.A.D.S.M.S. Manathunga emerged Best Promotions Officer. M.M.C.K. Manathunga was Best Business Promotions Executive while K.V.G.S.N. Anuradha was named Best Marketing Executive (Team) with R.L. Wettasinghe adjudged Best Branch Sales Manager. Altogether over 130 awards, 29 overseas tours and cash awards were presented. Long Service Awards were presented to six employees who have served over 10 years.
Sadaharitha has 2,000 acres of commercial forestry and counts over 26,000 customers who have invested in commercial forestry and recently launched a novel propaganda vehicle that can be turned quickly into a comfortable mobile office for the convenience of customers. The concept of a two-in-one vehicle to promote forestry is perhaps for the first time in Sri Lanka.