In keeping with its heritage of commitment to both people and environment, the sustainability arm of Brown and Company PLC, Browns Green recently launched ‘Plant a Tree, Plant a Life,’ initiated by its Pharmaceuticals Division.
The programme coincided with the theme for World Earth Day this April, which calls businesses to shift thinking towards more sustainable practices. The tree planting programme was initiated in keeping with the effort to create more mindfulness in the younger generation on the importance and role of trees in providing life to all living beings.
Inaugurated on April 19 at Wekada Maha Vidyalaya, Chilaw, over 130 sixth-grade students launched the programme by planting tree saplings within the school premises. Under the guidance of Mangala Wijesinghe, Cluster Chief Operating Officer – Pharma, Consumer and Integrated Engineering Solutions, the ‘Plant a Tree, Plant a Life’ project aims to plant 100,000 trees in schools across the island.
As the industry leader for Veterinary Biological products in Sri Lanka, the Quality and Environmental Management Team of Browns Pharmaceuticals carried out the project in the presence of key senior officials from the Browns Group; Sanakan Thamotharampillai Director and CEO, Ajith De Silva, Cluster Chief Operating Officer Automotive and Hardware and Sanjaya Nissanka, Cluster Chief Operating Officer Agriculture and Heavy Equipment. Mangala Wijesinghe said that the objective of the programme was to, prepare children to be environmentally-conscious citizens and to ensure a secure ecosystem for future generations. He further stated that the project was in keeping with Brown and Company’s belief in the power of a business to do good, with the hope of inspiring like-minded entities to follow in the same footsteps. With its ISO 14001 Certification in 2022 for numerous efforts to preserve the environment and its lifeforms, Browns Pharmaceuticals has more plans in the pipeline to assist our country towards a greener and more sustainable future.