INSEE Cement Sri Lanka signs MoU with IUCN for biodiversity projects

INSEE Cement, Sri Lanka’s largest and leading cement manufacturer, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), extending their long-standing partnership to continue INSEE’s globally recognized biodiversity projects by three more years. The MoU was formalized by Chairman and CEO of INSEE Cement Nandana Ekanayake, and Anshuman Saikia, Coordinator – Regional Portfolio Management and officer in charge of IUCN Sri Lanka Country Office.

“By entering into this MoU, INSEE Cement continues to demonstrate our strong commitment to biodiversity management and conservation in Sri Lanka,” commented Rohan Lakmal, Environment and CSR Manager at INSEE Cement, also present during the signing. “Biodiversity is one of the fundamental pillars of INSEE’s Sustainability Ambition 2030. Our partnership with IUCN enables INSEE Cement to meet our own ambitious sustainability targets while also creating more awareness on the general decline in Sri Lanka’s biodiversity, and the urgency to do our part to conserve our natural habitats.”

The partnership with IUCN for quarry rehabilitation extends as far back as 2007, and was continuously renewed every three years with satisfactory and measurable results. Following the signing, INSEE and IUCN further extends the agreement from 2022 to 2025.