Tokyo Cement Group’s longstanding commitment to social progress and sustainability was honoured with a CSR Brand of the Year Merit Award at the SLIM Brand Excellence 2025 Awards ceremony held recently. The accolade recognises the Group’s flagship environmental conservation and community empowerment initiatives, designed to drive national transformation through meaningful, measurable CSR initiatives.

The Tokyo Cement led environmental stewardship programmes appraised by the award includes mangrove restoration, forest plant nurseries, coral reef rehabilitation, and marine biodiversity conservation projects, aimed at creating a sustainable and greener future. Through decades of collaborative engagement with expert project partners Tokyo Cement has delivered remarkable milestones in each focus area. This includes planting nearly 100,000 mangrove saplings along the Northern and Eastern coastlines and supplying over 116,000 forest trees nurtured at its own nurseries. The company’s Coral Reef Rehabilitation project, which upcycles ready-mixed concrete waste, has deployed more than 1,000 Reef Balls that act as artificial reef substrates at critical reef restoration sites around the island.

Among Tokyo Cement’s most influential sustainability initiatives is its Renewable Energy Programme that makes its entire local manufacturing process 100% energy independent through an installed capacity of 24MW. With the support of nearly 2,500 farming families across the Mahiyangana, Badulla, Monaragala, Trincomalee, Kilinochchi, and Jaffna districts, who have helped plant more than 10 million Gliricidia trees, the company plays a key role in mobilising the country’s rural economy.

In addition, Tokyo Cement leads several community outreach projects designed to empower individuals and communities to reach their full potential and play a meaningful role in building the nation. A key contributor in this sphere is the A.Y.S. Gnanam Village Heartbeat Empowerment Centers in Dambulla and Trincomalee, that provide free skills development and vocational training opportunities to rural children, youth, and women. Tokyo Cement has also installed water purification systems under its Fountain of Life initiative, providing 38,000 liters of clean drinking water each day to more than 4,400 beneficiaries in the North and North Central provinces, which have been affected by chronic kidney disease.

One of the most impactful initiatives undertaken by Tokyo Cement is the Nourishing the Future school meal project, which provides a nutritious midday meal to 1,317 students in 11 discerning remote schools in Monaragala, Trincomalee, Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts. During the year in evaluation, the programme had provided 212,500 mid-day meals to children whose primary education is at risk due to economic challenges. The initiative has significantly boosted school attendance, with students demonstrating renewed enthusiasm for learning, evidenced in outstanding examination results and increased participation in extracurricular activities since the deployment of the project, underscoring its transformative impact.

The SLIM Brand Excellence CSR Brand of the Year Merit Award affirms the effectiveness and depth of Tokyo Cement Group’s concerted efforts focused on enriching the country, its people, and the environment. It is a testament of the brand loyalty of all Tokyo Cement stakeholders, allowing the company to deliver value across every stratum of society through programmes that nourish future generations, heal ecosystems, and uplift communities. This latest award presented to Sri Lanka’s leading manufacturer of cement, concrete and cement-based value-added products, underscores Tokyo Cement Group’s commitment to integrate social welfare and environmental stewardship into its corporate DNA, advancing its vision of becoming the leading partner in nation-building.

Image Caption : Tokyo Cement team accepting the Merit Award for CSR Brand of the Year at SLIM Brand Excellence 2025 Awards ceremony