CCC’s launches Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Awards 2021

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has announced the ‘Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award 2021 (BCCS Awards)’, for the 18^th consecutive year. It is one of the most anticipated events in the corporate calendar, with each application evaluated by Sri Lanka’s experts in the sustainability sector, the chamber said in a media release.

The chamber said it has considered the COVID-19 pandemic that affected corporates and the sustainability in 2020 and adopted an improved evaluation criteria in this year awards. It highlights the need to mainstream business emergency preparedness, resilience, and stakeholder management in the core business to meet unforeseen challenges. Accordingly, the chamber has introduced awards for corporates that have successfully demonstrated Resilient Practices for COVID-19 Context.

The BCCS Awards will play a vital role in inspiring businesses and to uphold their morale. The awards are not just for large corporations, but is a holistic competition which encourages efforts of smaller enterprises as well. It recognises the efforts of the private and public sector to interact responsibly with its stakeholders, through recognising the importance of corporate sustainability in Sri Lanka, the release said.

Focal areas of the competition include environment, customer relations, community relations, governance, financial performance, and economic contribution, to name a few.

The chamber said it will conduct the preliminary briefing on the application process on August 12 at 2.00 pm via MS Teams and the updates of BCCS Awards 2021 will be posted on its social media platforms to create awareness amongst the prospective applicants. The programme will be conducted using a digital platform.