Oxford College of Business crowned as Asia’s Best Integrated Report (SME)

• Wins Platinum at AIRA 2025 and Silver at Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards

In a landmark achievement that reinforces Sri Lanka’s presence on the global stage, Oxford College of Business (OCB) has been awarded the Platinum Award for Asia’s Best Integrated Report (SME) — the highest honour of the night — at the 11th Asia Integrated Reporting Awards (AIRA) held at Grand Hyatt Hotel, Singapore. 

OCB also secured the Silver award for Asia’s Best Sustainability Report (SME) at the Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards (ASRA) presented at the same event.

Organised as a non-profit and industry-neutral initiative, the AIRA and ASRA stand as the region’s most respected and fiercely competitive sustainability and reporting recognitions, attracting leading institutions from Asia, the Pacific and Middle East. 

This year marked a historic evolution for the awards with the introduction of the Platinum Award — reserved only for the top-performing report in each category, surpassing the traditional Gold, Silver and Bronze tiers. In the fiercely contested Asia’s Best Integrated Report (SME) Category, OCB (Sri Lanka) emerged #1 in Asia, ahead of Alumex PLC (Sri Lanka) (Gold) and Salcon Berhad (Malaysia) (Silver).

In the Asia’s Best Sustainability Report (SME) Category, Nexif Ratch Energy (Singapore) secured Platinum, followed by Concept4 Limited (Hong Kong SAR) (Gold), with OCB (Sri Lanka) earning the Silver — further reinforcing OCB’s standing among Asia’s elite.

What sets OCB apart is that it is one of the only Sri Lankan institutions in Asia to be honoured simultaneously across both strategic and performance dimensions:

• Platinum — Asia’s Best Integrated Report (SME): Recognising OCB’s future-ready value creation model, forward-linked impact intelligence, and market-level stakeholder alignment.
• Silver — Asia’s Best Sustainability Report (SME): Recognising OCB’s measurable, real-world outcomes in sustainability impact — proving that its vision is backed by execution, not just narrative.

Together, the two awards firmly position OCB as a continental leader in both intelligence and delivery — vision and verification, purpose and performance.

“This recognition is not merely an award — it is a validation of OCB’s integrity in capitalism, leadership in climate action and sophistication in stakeholder value creation,” said OCB Director/CEO Malindu Ranasinghe. 

With its Platinum win, OCB not only becomes the highest-ranked Sri Lankan SME in 2025 for integrated and sustainability reporting— but also makes a strong case study for how small- and mid-sized institutions can outperform large, listed conglomerates through clarity of purpose, future-focused strategy and stakeholder trust.

Beyond technical reporting excellence, the jury praised OCB for three distinct strengths that position it as a model for Asian institutions of the future:

A forward-linked model of value creation, aligning education with long-term societal and economic transformation.
A deeply integrated sustainability and stakeholder ecosystem, where students, faculty, employers and community actively co-shape human-centred innovation.

A globally credible, yet authentically Sri Lankan approach — making OCB not an imitator of Western frameworks but a regional prototype for responsible Asian capitalism.

More importantly — OCB’s achievement, in tone and standard — positions it strongly for future global recognitions, including IIRC, WEF Lighthouse, Green Globe and Harvard Business Review future-of-capitalism citations.