Sampath Bank, Rotary Club affirm commitment towards tackling climate change

Nanda Fernando, Managing Director, Sampath Bank PLC, planting a sapling. Others in the picture include (from left) Aroshi Nanayakkara - President, Rotary Club of Colombo, Udara Premathilaka - Director, Plantations - Rubber, Kelani Valley Plantations PLC, Anura Senanayake - Regional General Manager, Kelani Valley Plantations PLC, and Asitha Thilakarathne - Estate Group Manager, We Oya Estate, Kelani Valley Plantations PLC

Sampath Bank recently inaugurated the ‘10,000 Trees Campaign’ in collaboration witht he Rotary Club of Colombo at the We Oya Estate of Kelani Valley Plantations in Yatiyanthota governed by the Hayleys group of companies.

The initiative marks the materialisation of the bank’s plan to plant a total of 7,500 trees at Hayleys Plantations. The objective is to protect the environment and mitigate the effects of climate change as part of the Rotary Club of Colombo’s ‘10,000 trees campaign’.

The planting ceremony held recently was graced by Nanda Fernando - Managing Director, Sampath Bank PLC, Tharaka Ranwala - Senior Deputy General Manager/Group Marketing, Deposit Mobilization and Digitalization, Sampath Bank PLC, Lalith Weragoda - Group Chief Human Resource Officer, Sampath Bank PLC, Dulsiri Jayasinghe - Assistant General Manager, Sampath Bank PLC and Aroshi Nanayakkara - President, the Rotary Club of Colombo and Non- Executive Director, Sampath Bank PLC. Officials from Kelani Valley Plantations and Sampath Bank were also present.