Bureau Veritas Sri Lanka, part of the world leader in laboratory testing, inspection and certification services recently stepped up to sponsor and participate with a project aimed at the reforestation of Bundala National Park, Hambanthota in view of its efforts towards nature conservation, by contributing to maintain the ecosystem balance and biodiversity.

Bureau Veritas has set a target to achieve carbon neutrality as an organization by 2050. Their efforts towards this goal began in 2020 and encompass a range of environmental initiatives. These include implementing solar energy systems to reduce energy consumption, adopting measures to minimize water usage, implementing waste reduction strategies, actively reducing the use of Ozone Depletion Substances (ODS), promoting paper consumption reduction, and participating in projects to offset carbon emissions through tree planting initiatives.

The project organized by the HSSE department of Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services Lanka (Pvt) Ltd together with partners Wildlife and Nature Protection Society (WNPS) and Vidul Plantation Pvt Ltd, kickstarted with an event on 10th June 2023 and saw the participation of many employees including its General Manager, Harsha Wanasinghe. The Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) along with the University of Sri Jayewardenepura were the project advisory partners.

The primary objective is to restore the natural habitat by enabling the natural flora species to flourish in Hambanthota District. Under this project, a total of around 681 seedlings will be planted per acre at an 8 x 8-foot spacing, consisting of Wood apple, Wild Mango, Weera, Palu, Maliththan varieties.

With the new generation of seedling, the maintenance of this plant nursery will include a complete overseeing, from planning the replanting with the onset of rain, site cleaning and digging the holes, to plant placements and soiling including protectors.

Bureau Veritas is a “Business to Business to Society” services company, supporting hundreds of thousands of clients to be more efficient, more methodical and more trustworthy in their journey towards more sustainable business and a more sustainable world. In Sri Lanka, Bureau Veritas has been in operations for over six decades. Today, most of Sri Lanka’s best and largest organizations continue to be certified to Management Systems by Bureau Veritas Certification.

Bureau Veritas Sri Lanka has over 300 highly skilled and dedicated employees with over 40 accreditations and engagements and continues to add value for clients by offering an in-depth knowledge of the standards applicable to one’s operations and provide independent third-party verification of compliance, identifying and controlling risks from the design stage to project completion, optimizing, and improving supply chain performance, and enabling access to global markets.

Photo Caption: Seen here are employees of Bureau Veritas Sri Lanka participating at the reforestation of Bundala National Park