Certis Lanka celebrates 40 years of excellence

Commercial and industry security specialists Certis Lanka Group, who offer a myriad of different services and which is the premier service provider in loss prevention services in Sri Lanka, will be celebrating its 40th anniversary and awards night at a glamorous awards ceremony to be held at the Hilton Hotel on the 23 June, with President Maithripala Sirisena gracing the occasion as the Chief Guest. 

The Guest of Honour at this event will be State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardena.

Certis Lanka is a joint venture with Certis International of Singapore, a wholly-owned company of Temasek Holdings and the private investment arm of the Government of Singapore. The company has been operating as an independent entity providing security services in Sri Lanka for the past 40 years.

The company will felicitate the best performers across the group during the past year. In addition to rewarding its employees, the Certis Lanka Group will award scholarships to 30 children of its employees who have performed well at the GCE O/L and GCE A/L examinations, to further their academic aspirations. 

The year 2016 was declared the ‘Year of Human Resource Development’ under the tagline of ‘Shaping People for the Future’. Certis Lanka organised many activities for its human capital development. 

A Medical and Distress Fund for Employees was launched to help the needy. A series of medical and eye camps were conducted covering the entire island with the participation of thousands of its employees. Free spectacles were distributed to employees after extensive eye tests conducted by reputed eye specialists.

Over the past four decades, Certis Lanka has concentrated its focus on providing customers with comprehensive, state-of-the-art security solutions. The company has set the standard for loss prevention services in Sri Lanka with an island-wide branch network located in main cities in the island.

The Certis Lanka Group has been engaged in the transportation of cash and valuables, electronic security systems, courier services and home nursing through its subsidiary companies.

Certis Lanka has placed quality, environmental and energy management systems at the heart of its business to achieve sustainable success and meet the expectations and needs of its customers, amongst other benefits, by obtaining the following ISO certifications: ISO 9001:2008 Certification from UKAS Quality Management, ISO 14001:2004 Certificate for Environmental Management System and ISO 50001:2011 Certificate for Energy Management System.

Certis Lanka are also a recipient of many international awards, presented for contributions to the business world, for high standing professionalism demonstrated by prestigious performance, commencing its business from humble beginnings. The company today boasts a large workforce of over 9,000 personnel and operates island-wide serving customers with the state-of-the-art technology and operational expertise from Certis International, Singapore.

Certis Lanka has not failed in its responsibility towards society and has carried out several Corporate Social Responsibility projects such as donations to flood victims, elders’ homes and numerous other projects to uplift the standards of the needy and destitute brethren of our country.

The 40th anniversary celebrations and awards ceremony is another important event of the Certis Lanka Group, whose team is dedicated to the pursuit of continual improvement, maintaining high standards of quality through the application of QMS principles and at the same time being extremely mindful of the aspirations of employees.