The National Chamber of Commerce held its 14th edition of 'National Business Excellence Awards 2017' at Hilton Colombo on December 13, in the presence of large gathering of top business leaders, leading business organizations, diplomatic missions and graced by the High Commissioner of Canada, David McKinnon as Chief Guest.
As one of the pioneering awards competitions initiated by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka as way back as 2004, the National Business Excellence Awards (NBEA), over the years, has maintained its high standard at the top and gained much recognition and prestige among the business community as a well structured awards scheme and has become today, the symbol of 'excellence' for the 'best of the best' businesses in Sri Lanka.
The award trophy - the 'Lotus in Bloom' - was specially designed and created with a tiered base, to symbolize the enormous effort needed to rise to the very top, like climbing a mountain, step by step and reaching the summit to receive the Lotus in Bloom...honouring Sri Lankan business houses that have reached the pinnacle of excellence.
Many corporate establishments entered with much enthusiasm to compete in this now very popular business excellence awards competition, evaluated under a newly structured evaluation model of seven perspectives - Excellence in Leadership, Excellence in Corporate Governance, Excellence in Capacity Building, Excellence in Performance Management, Excellence in Local and Global Market Reach, Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability and Excellence in Business and Financial Results.
The competition comprised the following categories - Extra large, Large, Medium, Small and Micro - and diversified industry sectors. It comprised 29 business sectors enabling various sectors to win awards on criteria, sector and category wise. Over 100 awards were presented to the winners this year, including the Overall Excellence Winners of Gold, Silver and Bronze.
The focus is not only to be award winners but to be a part and gain exposure, recognition and fame, thus promoting the brand image of the company.
The grand award ceremony was conducted with all glitter, glamour, entertainment and was followed by a lavish dinner and fellowship, at Hilton Colombo, the official hotel partner for the past years.
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