Saturday 11th December, 2010

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Annual Reports produced byEmagewise swept the boards atthe ICASL organised Awards forExcellence in Annual Reporting2010, with the company’s produc-tions walking away with ten goldawards.

Hatton National Bank PLCwalked away with the highestnumber of gold awards, winningthe night’s ultimate Prize – theoverall gold award for excellenceas well as three other gold awards.HNB’s annual report designedunder the theme ‘How it works’was recognised as the best inCorporate Governance disclo-sures, the best ManagementCommentary and best report inBanking sector.

Longstanding Emagewiseclient John Keells Holdings PLCreceived two gold awards and theoverall bronze award. The JKHAnnual Report was named Goldwinner in the diversified holdings

(above 5 companies) sector whiletheir Sustainability Report wasnamed gold winner in theSustainability Reporting category.

Among the Emagewise-pro-duced reports to win sector gold,silver and bronze awards were

John Keells Hotels PLC, Sri LankaTelecom PLC, Hayleys AdvantisPLC, HNB Assurance PLC, AitkenSpence PLC, Aitken Spence HotelsHoldings PLC, Aviva NDBInsurance PLC and Asian Hotelsand Properties PLC.

Varuni AmunugamaFernando, Joint ManagingDirector of Emagewise said, “Wecongratulate every one of ourclients on the success of theirreports and we are indeed hon-oured to partner them in theirquest for reporting excellence”.Saruchi Dissanayake, GeneralManager of Emagewise added,“We try to infuse a strong spiritof partnership in our engage-

ment with our clients and Ibelieve the long standing rela-tionships we share with many ofthe top blue chips in Sri Lanka isa true testament to theEmagewise work ethic of profes-sionalism, flexibility and commit-ment to quality.”

Emagewise, a subsidiary ofadvertising giant Triad, has beendesigning and producing AnnualReports and corporate publica-

tions for over 15 years and has anenviable selection of top bluechips in its client portfolio.Emagewise in fact, designed andproduced the 2009/10 reports of 10of the Business Today Top 20 com-panies. The Company is alsoengaged in the specialised designand production of corporate col-lateral, image management solu-tions, coffee table books and othercorporate publications.

With the increase of Tourisminto Sri Lanka , UkraineInternational Airlines, Ukraine’sleading international airline, hasexpanded its international salesand marketing into Sri Lankan inpartnership with Discover TheWorld Marketing .

Discover the World Marketingoperates a unique and truly globalnetwork consisting of 84 offices inmore than 60 countries.Regardless of size, Discover offerssimple, manageable and effectivesolutions to fit any company’sneeds and budget. Discover TheWorld Marketing’s Sri Lanka net-work partner ,Discover Sri

Lanka is a subsidiary of theHemas Group.

“In anticipation of the launchof our new service from Kiev toColombo via Abu Dhabi onDecember 12, we recognize theneed to establish a market pres-ence in Sri Lanka and activelypromote and sell our new serv-ice,” said Simon Bundle, UkraineInternational Airlines’ VicePresident Network Development.“We turned to Discover becausethey have been instrumental inthe success of other internationalmarkets for us. We are confidentthey will be a good fit for us in SriLanka.”

“Ukraine InternationalAirlines continues to expand andwe are proud to be a part of theirdevelopment,” said Jenny Adams,CEO of Discover the WorldMarketing. “In addition to SriLanka, we are partners inAustralia, the Baltics, China,Denmark, Finland, France, HongKong, Israel, Japan, Norway,South Africa, Sweden andSwitzerland. Sri Lanka will beanother important market forUkraine International Airlinesand we are confident that togetherwe will be able to achieve strongmarket penetration ensuring thatthis new route will be a success.”

Unilever announced it wasproposing that Sunil Bharti Mittaljoin the Board as a Non-ExecutiveDirector. He will be proposed forelection to the Board at theAnnual General Meetings inLondon on 11 May and inRotterdam on 12 May 2011.

Sunil Bharti Mittal is theFounder, Chairman and GroupCEO of Bharti Enterprises. UnderSunil Bharti Mittal’s leadershipBharti Airtel has grown into oneof the largest telecoms providers

across 19 Asianand Africancountries andis a leadingbusiness groupin India. Hebrings toUnilever busi-ness buildingexperience indevelopingmarkets rang-ing from the entrepreneurial tolarge-scale corporate activities.

He has previously been an inde-pendent non-executive director ofStandard Chartered Plc.

Michael Treschow, Chairmanof Unilever, said: “I am verypleased that Sunil Bharti Mittalhas agreed to be proposed to jointhe Board. He is distinguished inhis field and will further strength-en the expertise and independ-ence of the Board, as well asbroadening its diversity. I am sureSunil will add considerably to thebusiness.”

Emagewise productions win goldat Annual Report awards

Unilever proposes Sunil BhartiMittal to its Board of Directors

Sunil Bharti Mittal

Chevron Lubricants LankaPLC completed the final phase ofits national campaign on roadsafety, as they awarded the‘Caltex Road Star’ Grand Prize toS.Thusitha Weeramunda fromWattala, at a recent ceremonywhich took place at the CaltexHead office in Colombo.Consolation prizes were present-ed to Prajani NilanthiRajakaruna (Gampaha) andR.M.Ranaweera Bandara(Anuradhapura). ‘Caltex RoadStar’ is a community-driven proj-ect endorsed by the Sri LankaMotor Traffic Authority, whopartnered with the Company tohelp conduct this unprecedentedproject across major cities suchas Colombo, Galle, Matara,Kalutara, Kandy, Embilipitiya,Ratnapura, Kurunegala,Anuradhapura and Gampaha.The campaign locations wereselected based on the alarmingnumber of fatal road accidentsthat occurred in each area.

The campaign was conceptu-alized by Caltex following aninterim report of theParliamentary Committee on theincrease in road accidents. It stat-ed that road accidents in the lastdecade caused damage of overRs. 100 billion with more than amillion vehicles damaged.Further, it stated that approxi-mately 150 accidents occurredper day with nearly 5-6 of thecount being fatal. Currently, theGovernment’s spend on road-accident related hospitalizationand recovery accounts for nearly2% of the country’s GDP on anannual basis.

Under phase 1 of the pro-gramme, nearly 1000 Four-wheel,three-wheel and two-wheelmotorists were rewarded withspecial gift packs, based on theirdriving competencies and adher-ence to road rules. Under phase 2,a further number of safe driversfrom each location were awardedinsurance policies worthRs.1,000,000/-, Rs.500,000/- andRs.250,000/-, based on a special

evaluation criteria.In the final phase of the pro-

gramme, a cash prize ofRs.100,000/- was awarded to the‘Caltex Road Star Grand PrizeWinner’. Further, a special cer-

tificate authenticating thisachievement issued by the MotorTraffic Authority was presentedto the Winner and the two conso-lation prize winners amongst sev-eral other special gift packs cour-tesy Caltex.

The special school pro-gramme under the ‘Caltex RoadStar’ campaign included a roadsafety seminar with practicaldemonstrations conducted by theMotor Traffic Police, on safe com-muter practices for childrenbetween the ages of 12 and 17.

Although involved in numer-ous safety projects over the years,the ‘Caltex Road Star’ campaignwas the first project of this mag-nitude organized by Chevron tosupport the efforts of the SriLanka Motor Traffic authoritiesthrough a unique awareness andrewards programme.

The corporate responsibilityprojects indentified and under-taken by Chevron is driven large-ly by a commitment to socio-eco-nomic development, based onresearch that considers the med-ical, social, economic, and cultur-al dynamics shaping the future ofSri Lanka.

Hemas handles sales for Ukraine International Airlines

Caltex invests Rs. 7mnto reward safe drivers

Kishu Gomes, MD & CEO of Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC and DIG Traffic andTraffic administration Asoka Wijethilleke, presenting the Grand Prize Winner’scheque to S.Thusitha Weeramunda of Wattala.

The campaign wasconceptualized by Caltexfollowing an interim reportof the ParliamentaryCommittee on theincrease in road accidents.It stated that road accidents in the last decadecaused damage of over Rs.100 billion with more thana million vehicles damaged.Further, it stated thatapproximately 150 accidents occurred per daywith nearly 5-6 of thecount being fatal.Currently, theGovernment’s spend onroad-accident related hospitalization and recovery accounts fornearly 2% of the country’sGDP on an annual basis.