Financial assistance of Rs.1 mn to Tisaru Dilan Sandanayake whose parents are disabled.
Inauguration of the Medical & Distress Fund by Honourable Minister for Law & Order and Southern Development Mr Sagala Ratnayake.
Certis Lanka, the trend setter in commercial and industrial security in Sri Lanka is a joint venture with Certis CISCO Security (Pte) Ltd., of Singapore, a wholly-owned company of Temasek Holdings which is the private investment arm of the Singapore government. Certis Lanka has been operating as an independent entity providing security services in Sri Lanka for the past thirty nine years.
Over the past three decades, Certis Lanka has concentrated their focus on providing the customers with comprehensive, state of the art security solutions. Today they set the standard for Commercial and Industrial Security in Sri Lanka with an Island wide branch network, located in main cities of the island. Certis Lanka group has been into Transportation of Cash and Valuables, Electronic Security Systems, Courier Services and Home Nursing through it’s subsidiary companies.
The companies which comes under Certis Lanka Group are Certis Lanka Security Solutions, providing Manpower & Integrated Security, Certis Lanka Secure Logistics , providing Cash & Valuables Collection & Transport, ATM Replenishment & Pay packeting, Certis Lanka Technology & Consultancy, providing Electronic Security Systems including Central Alarm Monitoring Service, Certis Lanka Home Nursing & Swift Care, providing Doctor on Call, Ambulance Services and Home & Industrial Nursing, Certis Lanka Courier Services, providing Domestic & International Courier Service.
The Group consists of over 8500 employees who are honest, committed and capable. The clientele consists of Banks, Financial Institutions, Embassies, BOI companies, Supermarkets and Garment Factories.
Certis Lanka has received the ISO 9001, 14001 & 50001 certifications for Quality Management, Environment Management and Energy Management respectively. Receiving International Awards for Quality Management in the years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016 at conventions held in London, Germany, Geneva and the USA has been another achievement for Certis Lanka. In addition to these awards Certis Lanka received a merit award at the National Chamber of Commerce Awards of Excellence held in 2014. All these achievements had been possible due to the untiring efforts of the management and the employees.
In order to recognize and encourage the employees, improve their living standards and provide them opportunities for career development, the Management of Certis Lanka named the year 2016 as the ‘Human Resources Development Year’ under the tag line of ‘shaping people for the future.’ During this year special training programmes are being conducted for the employees and employees are also provided advice on their health. A special feature this year was the inauguration of the Medical and Distress Fund for the employees and their immediate families. The medical and distress fund was inaugurated at our 39th Anniversary Celebrations held at the BMICH under the distinguished patronage of Honorable Sagala Ratnayake Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development. Rupees 25 million which Certis Lanka hopes to raise for this purpose, will be deposited In a bank and the Rs.2,5 million interest per annum which is anticipated will be utilized to disburse the much needed medical and distress funds for the employees. Another feature was awarding scholarships to 62 children of employees for their A Level and University studies which they received at the special ceremony. The 39th Anniversary celebrations was culminated by presentation of awards to the Best Security Officer, Driver, Nurse Aide, Courier, Supervisor and other high performers.
A health and Eye Camp for employees over 40 years of age has been planned in the month of November as another noteworthy feature in this ‘Human Resources Development Year’.
Prior to the launching of the Medical and Distress fund , the company provided various welfare benefits such as death donation, Ge Dora Shana ( special loan scheme) , special assistance during illness for the employees and their immediate families and scholarships to their children. Also employees could select and follow study programmes for their career development and a 25% grant on the course fee is provided to them. An annual sports festival and an avurudu ulela is also held to provide an opportunity to the employees to show their talents.
Certis Lanka has not failed in their Corporate Social Responsibility and has given assistance to flood victims in remote areas, conducted medical camps and provided assistance to Elders and Children’s homes.
With 12 fully fledged branches and 32 sub offices Certis Lanka has the edge over their competitors as they could provide a faster and an efficient service to their clients through the branch network and is the only security company which could provide all 5 services under one roof.
In their expansion plan Certis Lanka has commenced on a new project in Wadduwa, to open an addiction treatment retreat to treat drug and alcohol addicts. The target market will be Foreigners and this will earn much needed foreign exchange to the country. Certis Lanka also plans to open a Branch in North of Colombo and 4 sub offices in the year 2017.
The Management of Certis Lanka wishes to thank the employees for their untiring efforts, the clients for their support by utilising our products and services, and the Ministry of Defense for their guidance without which Certis Lanka could not have existed for the past 39 years rendering invaluable service whilst keeping their unblemished record.
