LAUGFS Eco Sri Celebrates World Environment Day 2020

LAUGFS Eco Sri, a pioneer in Vehicle Emission Testing in Sri Lanka, recently celebrated World Environment Day 2020 together with their customers. They initiated a tree planting campaign across all Eco Sri emission testing centres island-wide. Eco Sri is an organization centered around helping its customers reduce harmful emissions from vehicles. This campaign is it’s latest commitment towards supporting this cause, improving the environment conditions and working towards community well-being in Sri Lanka.

The theme for World Environment Day 2020 is ‘Time for Nature’. It focuses on giving priority to the environment and giving back to nature by protecting it and taking steps to heal it, in return for all that it does to sustain life on Earth. A large focus is also raising awareness on the interconnectivity of all aspects of life such as food, water, plant life, living creatures and climate and the importance of maintaining a healthy and clean ecosystem which works seamlessly every day to allow life on earth to continue.

In light of this initiative, LAUGFS Eco Sri initiated their campaign with the intention to raise public awareness for the importance of protecting and preserving the environment for future generations and maintaining ecological harmony. Eco Sri staff invited customers to join in the celebration as participants. In planting trees all across the nation as society restarts and many people return to their daily lives, Eco Sri hopes to further assist in improving the air quality within Sri Lanka for generations to come.

“At LAUGFS Eco Sri, we are always striving for the betterment of Sri Lanka’s climate.  We believe that the COVID-19 pandemic is a sign from nature to urge us to change our ways, as the planet has healed while we were in lock-down. Hence, we have decided to plant trees across our testing centres nation-wide to lay down the roots for a brighter tomorrow. As part of one living planet, we believe we must all work together to protect nature, which supports us all. The stronger our planet’s life support systems are, the better human health and wealth will be.” said LAUGFS Eco Sri Deputy General Manager – Operations, Mr. Saliya Dissanayake.

LAUGFS Eco Sri, a part of the diversified conglomerate LAUGFS Holdings, is an ISO 9001 certified company that offers vehicle emission testing services backed by state-of-the-art technology. With stringent quality standards, the company facilitates the government-run Vehicle Emission Testing program through a network of over 100 testing centres and 150 mobile locations island-wide.

LAUGFS Holdings Limited is one of the largest diversified business conglomerates and a trusted and well-loved home grown business in Sri Lanka. Founded in 1995, LAUGFS today has expanded across 20 industries in Sri Lanka and overseas, establishing a strong presence as a leader and pioneer in the power and energy, retail, industrial, services, leisure and logistics sectors. With over 3,500 employees and an annual turnover exceeding Rs. 60 billion, LAUGFS continues to expand and empower millions as a trusted Sri Lankan brand.