Laid the foundation on the 14th of November  for a fully fledged day care centre for the
children of our workers and the village in Ranna, Tangalle on our own land  for peace of mind and productivity!

Worker managed fruit & vegetable cultivation at Green plant – BAM Apparel Kithulgala & BAM Knitting Thulhiriya.

Carbon Financing

Our environment friendly manufacturing facility BAM Apparel at Kithulgala which is operated

• with minimum artificial lighting

• which uses natural ventilation and natural water supply from earth born springs (for general purposes and drinking after purification) and

• Construction of five water holes / ponds in the Yala Sanctuary to retain and or fill water for the animals during the dry season. Three more under construction.

• Total cost of project – Rs.800,000/=

• The above projects has been done under the knowledge and approval of the Ministry of Environment Mr. Champika Ranawaka.

Commemorating the “world environment day” every year in the month of June by educating school children and the children of our employees all around the country, the importance of environment conservation and reforestation.

Donating valuable plants to the country for growing and nurturing as our contribution to the nation’s reforestation program.

Planting trees in our business compounds to achieve further green balance.

This year about 200 plants were given away to the villagers for replanting on World Environment Day.

Our manufacturing processes don’t have air emissions, combustion related or otherwise, except for Diesel generators and boilers which are regularly maintained for optimum efficiencies. No chemicals or harmful liquids are used.

The water used in the garment washing plant, flexible packing plant is treated and disposed while flexible packing plant has the loop type water recycle system. 

The yarn dyeing facility at Thulhiriya MAS Fabric Park purifies and recycles water through connection to the central water treatment plant of the complex.

Other solid waste such as fabric / cotton waste and, paper are recycled (paper) and donated for reuse (cotton waste) in self employment projects and also for export to Korea for recycling.

Being manufactures for leading UK brands NEXT and M&S we have to be compliant with their vendor compliance requirements. These requirements are as follows.

Optimizing resources such as by

• Food- by educating workers on the importance of serving what you can eat and not throwing away food

• Water – by installing pressure taps to control water wastage.

• Energy (electricity) – by using natural sunlight, natural ventilation, evaporating cooling systems instead of Air conditioning.

Energy saving Measures

Introducing sun light to the production floor and minimizing the use of artificial lighting through Suntec system.

Preserving energy by adopting evaporating air cooling systems instead of Air conditioning for comfort of staff.

Benefits

• Reduced amounts on electricity bills:-Rs. 140,000/= per month (14,000 Kw) in four plants which has sun light operations by switching off 1500 of 40W normal tube lights.

• 63.5% reduction of electricity cost of Thermoplastics by using totally day light for day time production and ‘high bay lighting’ for night time and also by task point lighting. Workings as follows.

Renewable Energy Use

• We have set up a department for renewable energy under a project dedicated Engineer Mr. Asanka Tennakoon.

• Our new hotel projects in the East (approved by the government) is envisaged to totally use renewable / solar energy for lighting purposes.

Specific eco-friendly Projects

• Constructing 05 water holes for animals at Yala Sanctuary Park.

• Organic farming in Nuwaraeliya which is a pilot project. BAM Holdings Holiday Complex, Upper Lake Road, Nuwaraeliya

• Handing over about 200 plants to employees and villagers.

Community Relations

• Trained entire staff at the Homagama hospital on how to greet, treat people and set them a vision to be the best hospital in Asia by 2015.

• Seminar advocating the need to invest in the East. Brought in business and industry leaders for a joint business forum to encourage business in the North and East as a means of developing this part of the country uplifting the community, quality of life of people and bridging the wealth divide.

• Communicating with employees who represent the community through regular meetings with the societal representatives such as Grama-sewaka, religious leaders, parents of workers etc.

Philanthropic initiatives & Child/ Elder care programs

• Donation of a neo natal infant ventilator to the children’s ICU of the Homagama base hospital – satisfying a long felt need of the hospital – to reduce the infant mortality.

• Donation of

• Distribution of scholarships worth Rs. 1.5million in 2009 to children of heroes who died in the war to ensure a sizeable saving for their future and for their education on World childrens’ day 2009. These children come from villages close to or within our operational areas.

Infrastructure development at village/other level

      Construction and donation of a new out patients department, clinics and diagnostics center, for the Homagama base hospital at a cost of Rs.100 million, This is the stage one of a 3 phased multi million rupee development program undertaken by BAM Holdings PVT Ltd - Bamunu Arachchi Foundation, for the benefit of the community and the country at large. The new complex built is donated to the people of Sri Lanka through His Excellency The president of Sri Lanka

Employee voluntarism

The donation of five thousand packs of essential clothing Valued over Rs. 500,000/- to internally displaced children, women and men in the north, the victims of war housed at the Manik farm IDP camp in Chettikulam Vavunia in May 2009 totally donated by the staff and workers of the group.

The collection of one day’s salary (Rs. 500,000/=) from a majority of the management, staff and workers to be donated to the President’s “Api wenuwen Api” fund to built houses to the nations heroic soldiers.