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Sri Lanka’s Reservoirs Have Nearly Halved Since March. The Electricity Tariff Has Not Moved — Yet
PUCSL held Q3 2026 electricity tariffs flat on a Rs 417 mn gap while major reservoir storage fell from 76.74% to about 40%. Q4 is the exposure.
Sri Lanka Is on the EU’s Low-Risk Deforestation List — and Part of Its Rubber Product Range Was Cut From the Rules in July
Sri Lanka is benchmarked low risk under the EU Deforestation Regulation, and a 13 July 2026 act cuts several rubber product lines. Gloves, tyres…
The SBTi’s New Net-Zero Standard Turns on a 1,000-Employee Test — Putting Sri Lanka’s Largest Companies in the Strictest Tier
The SBTi's Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2.0 makes any company with 1,000 or more employees Category A. Every large Sri Lankan employer tested clears it.
The EU’s Packaging Rules Apply on 12 August.
The EU packaging regulation applies 12 August 2026. For Sri Lankan exporters one paragraph binds: PFAS limits on food-contact packs. Apparel is…
The Ceylon Chamber Just Turned Its Oldest Corporate Award Into an SLFRS Readiness Test
The Ceylon Chamber's 2026 sustainability award now asks for three years of Scope 1, 2 and 3 data with attestations. Applications close…
Cargills (Ceylon): Retail & Consumer Goods Sustainability Profile
Cargills (Ceylon) PLC's first mandatory SLFRS S1 and S2 report, FY2025/26, graded Partial by ESGNexus: Scope 1 and 2 measured, Scope 3…
Sixty Global Sustainability Leaders Land in Colombo Next Week
60 speakers and 13 Sri Lankan organisations reach Colombo on 11-12 August for the UN Global Compact APAC summit. The agenda, fees…
ESGNexus analysis: GHG Protocol and ISO to merge corporate carbon accounting standards by 2028
GHG Protocol and ISO will merge their corporate carbon accounting standards by 2028. What it means for Sri Lanka's first mandatory SLFRS…
El Niño 2026 Sri Lanka corporate impact
El Niño now has a 97% probability of persisting into 2027. The updated exposure map for Sri Lankan boards: energy, plantations, food…
GRI Standards Explained: A Beginner’s Guide
The world's most widely used sustainability reporting framework, in plain English — how it is built, how a company actually uses it, and why…
Start reading →ESG vs CSR vs Sustainability: What’s the Difference?
Three terms, used interchangeably in Sri Lankan boardrooms, that mean genuinely different things. One is a company's values. One is a measurement standard. One…
Start reading →What Is ESG? A Complete Guide for Sri Lankan Businesses
Three pillars. One framework. The language of modern business accountability — increasingly, the language regulators, investors, and lenders expect Sri Lankan companies to speak…
Start reading →Reaching Half of Sri Lankan Farmers
Dialog's Govi Mithuru reports reaching half of Sri Lanka's farmers and has relaunched with AI. ESGNexus examines what the disclosures show — and omit.
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