John Keells Holdings (JKH) was adjudged the country’s most transparent and accountable business entity when it bagged the Overall Winning Award at the annual ACCA Sri Lanka Sustainability Reporting Awards, with Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC (DIMO) coming in as the overall runner-up.

The new format for the awards which differed from the previous years also identified winning companies in six industry sectors, with some runners-up also added to the fray in sustainability reporting practices. In the Banking, Finance and Industry sector, Union Assurance PLC came in as the winner, while the runner-up was HDFC Bank.

American & Efird (Pvt.) Limited won in the Manufacturing sector, while DIMO won in Retail and Trading and JKH won in the Diversified Organisations sector, with Expolanka Holdings bagging the runners-up trophy.

The Agriculture and Plantation sector was won by Talawakalle Tea Estates PLC, while Nawaloka Hospitals PLC was the runner-up in Leisure and Services with Aitken Spence Hotels PLC winning the sector.

British High Commissioner John Rankin presented the awards.