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2024 – A Tea-Inspired Year In Review

Passion, inspiration, kindness… #2024 was a year of positive impact at Dilmah. We shared our love for tea around the world, just as we shared the importance of environmental conservation. We pro...

Kindness at the Heart of our Business

If you are familiar with the Dilmah brand, it is likely you would have heard the phrase, Business is a matter of human service. They were the words of our beloved late Founder Merrill J. Fernando, and...

Entrepreneurship in the 21st century

It’s Global Entrepreneurship Week; with our world on the brink of catastrophe in so many respects – conflict, climate, inequality – we have never needed the involvement of youth in d...

Supporting the Emergency Response in Sri Lanka

The ‘1990 Suwa Seriya’ free ambulance service is a pioneering initiative to provide an emergency medical network covering the entire country. The MJF Group has donated towards seven such ambulances, w...

Planting Season at Endane Biodiversity Corridor

We believe community participation is key to long-term project success in green restoration. That’s why we collaborate with the community around the Endane Biodiversity Corridor. For the 2024 pl...

An appeal to the global tea industry by Dilhan C. Fernando

“As growers, we are on the frontlines of climate action, inequality, gender and most SDGs [UN]. We want to do what is right, but the right and valuable path costs more than the one that price demands ...

Continuing a Legacy: The First “Kindness Day – In Memory of Merrill J. Fernando”

Our Founder dedicated his life to tea and kindness. We remembered him on what would have been his birthday, the very first “Kindness Day – In Memory of Merrill J. Fernando”. We celebrated our Founder’...

Dilmah’s First Kindness Day – In Memory of Merrill J. Fernando

On May 6th we marked a day of extraordinary significance … the 94th anniversary of Dilmah Founder, Merrill J. Fernando’s birth in the tiny hamlet of Pallansena. With faith in God and a heart of kindne...

Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability (BCCS) Awards

At last night’s Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability (BCCS) Awards, Dilmah was honoured as a Winner of the Top 10 Corporate Citizens award, while our MJF Foundation and Dilmah Conservation were...

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