Sustainability Awards and Achievements
Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) Brand Excellence Awards
2023
- Merit Award – Green Brand of the Year
Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMA) Awards
2023
- CMA Excellence in Integrated Reports Awards – DFCC Bank’s Annual Report 2023 was selected as one of the best integrated Annual Reports under the category ‘Next Best Ten Integrated Annual Reports’
Institute of Chartered Professional Managers (CPM) Sri Lanka
2024
- Best Management Practices Company Awards 2024 – DFCC Bank won triple awards for the bank-wide paperless initiatives implemented in line with the Sustainable Strategy.
- Overall Winner: Gold
- Winner of Banking Sector: Private Category
- Excellence Award
2023
- Best Management Practices Company Awards 2023 – DFCC Bank was placed among the Top Five Winners and the Category Winner for
the Banking Sector at the Best Management Practices Company Awards 2023, for the entry on the bank-wide implementation of the DFCC Sustainability Strategy.
Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP) Awards
2024
- Merit Award – Outstanding Development Projects Awards for the Sustainability Initiative, “DFCC Read the Way – Educational Support Programme” under the Corporate Social Responsibility category
2023
- Merit Award – Outstanding Development Project Award for “Biogas for Dairy Farmers"” under the Environmental Development Category
- Merit Award – Outstanding Development Project Award for “Foreign Income Development” under the Local Economic Development
Category
2022
- Merit Award – Outstanding Development Project Awards for “DFCC OMMM Project” under the Human Capital Development Category
2021
- Merit Award – Outstanding Development Project Awards for Financial Inclusion for its project, “Supplier Financing Scheme for Export Agricultural Crops”
- Special Award for the Best Website for dfcc.lk.
2020
- Merit Award – Outstanding Development Project Awards for Human Capital Development for the #TogetherWeGrow HR initiative
- Merit Award – Outstanding Development Project Awards for Corporate Social Responsibility for the “Samata English” (English for All) initiative
2019
- Merit Award – Outstanding Development Project Awards for Environmental Development for Funding the Installation of Rooftop Solar Systems of Large Rooftop Owners.
2018
- Merit Award – Human Capital Management for building a cohesive value-based internal culture
- Special Award for the Best Sustainability Report for the DFCC Bank’s Annual Report
2017
- Winner – Outstanding Development Project Awards for ‘SME Development’ for setting a specialized unit for development of MSMEs
Global Sustainable Finance Awards – Karlsruhe, Germany
2021
- Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Business Sustainability Achievement to recognize success in incorporating sustainability in its corporate strategy and its business processes;
- Sustainability Leader of the Year Certificate of Merit to Mr Lakshman Silva, CEO of DFCC Bank to recognize his exceptional leadership in driving the business performance of DFCC BANK PLC through creating social, economic and environmental values.
2020
- Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Sustainable Project Financing for success in granting loans to dairy farmers as a group loan
2019
- Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Sustainable Project Financing for success in financing rooftop solar systems of large rooftop owners
2018
- Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Sustainable Project Financing for success in financing micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)
2017
- Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Business Sustainability Achievement for DFCC’s Sustainable Business Practices in 2016/17
