News – NCPC

Beach clean-up activity to commemorate Environment day

Posted on June 20, 2022 by M. M. Munsif

NCPC, Sri Lanka organized a beach clean-up activity to commemorate Environment day which falls on 5th June. The beach clean-up was collaborated by Royal Palms Beach Hotel, Kalutara, Parley Sri Lanka and Eco spindles Pvt Ltd. The beach clean up activity involved over 60 volunteers. Together we were able to collect, sort and dispose 350 […]

SDG 12 Monitoring and Reporting in South Asia

Posted on May 26, 2022 by M. M. Munsif

Are you wondering how countries in South Asia are monitoring and reporting the status of SDG 12 on Responsible Consumption and Production? This EU SWITCH-Asia Programme RPAC study gathers latest insights on the topic. It is a great pleasure for the National Cleaner Production Centre, Sri Lanka to share the partnership with UNEP for SDG […]

NCPC enhances its capacity with accredited Energy Auditors

Posted on February 18, 2022 by M. M. Munsif

NCPC Sri Lanka is a leading Energy Service Company (ESCo) registered under Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority (SLSEA). Eng. Samantha Kumarasena and Eng. Ruwan Wijemanna of NCPC team were enlisted as Accredited Energy Auditors in Sri Lanka recently. NCPC as an ESCo possess a competent team of energy engineers in-house and a state-of-the-art bank of […]

Congratulating Ms Iresha for being awarded as a Chartered Environmental Professional

Posted on February 7, 2022 (February 7, 2022) by M. M. Munsif

Senior RECP Expert of NCPC Sri Lanka Ms Iresha Gurusinghe was awarded the Certificate as Chartered Environmental Professional by the Institute of Environmental Professionals Sri Lanka (IEPSL) during the Annual General Meeting. She holds Masters degree in Environmental Science and has 17 years of experience in this field. NCPC Sri Lanka convey the regards and […]

GIZ joins NCPC Sri Lanka as a partner for 2nd International Conference

Posted on January 10, 2022 by M. M. Munsif

Message from Ms. Anika Kiefer from GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) has been engaged with sustainable development-related activities in Sri Lanka over the decades. For us, circular thinking with regard to resources and processes is a great approach to uncover the main drivers of environmental impacts of processes and products and to identify […]

Successful completion of training programme on Consultant development in carbon footprint quantification

Posted on December 20, 2021 (December 20, 2021) by M. M. Munsif

Carbon footprint is the foremost demanding indicator that interprets the organizational stake of the climate change and global warming potential of your organization, product and supply chain. ISO 14064-1-2:2018 and ISO 14067: 2019 new revised standards are available now for guiding you on quantifying carbon footprint in a way that it can be certified with […]

‘Soba Ketha’ radio programme with Eng Samantha Kumarasena

Posted on October 8, 2021 (October 16, 2021) by M. M. Munsif

මධ්‍යම පරිසර අධිකාරියේ අනුග්‍රහයෙන් ශ්‍රි ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සංස්ථාවේ වෙළෙද සේවය ඔස්සේ (94.3/94.5) ඔක්තෝම්බර් මස 10 සහ 17 වැනි ඉරිදා උදේ 8.00 සිට 8.30 දක්වා විකාශය වන “සොබා කෙත” වැඩසටහනට ජාතික පිවිතුරු නිෂ්පාදන මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ ප්‍රධාන විධායක නිලධාරී ඉංජිනේරු සමන්ත කුමාරසේන මහතා සහභාගී වේ. ඔබත් “සොබා කෙත” අහන්න… […]

National Environment Policy 2021

Posted on August 30, 2021 by M. M. Munsif

Calling for Public Comments on the National Environment Policy 2021 Since the formulation of the National Environment Policy (NEP) in 2003, significant changes have taken place, nationally and globally that affect our environment too. Economic, social, and cultural factors that give rise to changes in the environment have also evolved. New environmental challenges have emerged, […]

POLICY BRIEF (Input Paper): Prevention of Marine Litter in Sri Lanka

Posted on August 11, 2021 by M. M. Munsif

Marine litter and microplastic pollution put the ecosystems of the oceans surrounding Sri Lanka as well as its users at a great risk. Environmental risks include impacts on biodiversity and marine wildlife as well as climate change. Besides the direct impact of plastic production on greenhouse gas emissions, the presence of microplastics in the marine […]

JAT Holdings Ltd signed an MoU to implement Eco-Innovation

Posted on July 1, 2021 by M. M. Munsif

Mr. Nishal Ferdinando, CEO of JAT Holdings Ltd signed the MoU with Mr. Samantha Kumarasena, CEO of NCPC at the Head Office of JAT Holdings Ltd in Thalawathugoda. Mr. Kaushalya Kotuwage, Head of Human Resources & Sustainability from JAT Holdings Ltd, Ms. Lakmini Edirisinghe, Senior RECP Expert of NCPC and few other staff members from […]