🌊 Bank of Ceylon Drives Coastal Sustainability with Negombo Beach Cleanup
• Environmental Sustainability: Bank of Ceylon (BOC) launched a major beach cleanup initiative at Palangaturai Beach, Negombo, driven by its Sustainable Banking Unit to support long-term coastal conservation. • Multisectoral Collaboration: Key government and corporate stakeholders joined the effort, including the Department of Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management, MEPA, Sri Lanka Air Force, Sri Lanka Police, Ernst & Young (EY), Biodiversity Sri Lanka, and the local Hotel Owners’ Association. • Community & Leadership Engagement: The initiative mobilized local volunteers, schoolchildren from Harischandra National School, and students from Ocean University, led on-site by BOC General Manager/CEO Y. A. Jayathilaka and COO R. M. N. Jeewantha alongside executive management and branch staff.