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Ceylon Cold Stores Wins Gold at National People Development Awards
Ceylon Cold Stores PLC has received national recognition for its commitment to workforce development, with its Beverages Category Learning and Development team securing the Gold Award at the SLITAD People Development Awards 2025/26.
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The Colombo-listed beverage company's achievement underscores its strategic focus on building employee capabilities and fostering organisational growth through targeted learning initiatives. The award, presented at the Sri Lanka Institute of Training and Development (SLITAD) ceremony, recognises the company's structured approach to enhancing sales competencies and developing leadership talent across its operations.
Ceylon Cold Stores' L&D team has implemented comprehensive programmes designed to strengthen workforce performance and support long-term business sustainability. The initiatives span technical skill development, leadership training, and capability-building exercises tailored to the beverages sector's evolving market demands.
The Gold Award represents one of the nation's most prestigious recognitions in the people development domain, reflecting the rigorous standards set by SLITAD in evaluating corporate training and human resource advancement programmes. The honour positions Ceylon Cold Stores among Sri Lanka's leading organisations in workforce investment and employee development practices.
The company's success in the awards programme demonstrates the strategic value placed on human capital development within the competitive FMCG sector, where skilled sales forces and capable management teams are critical to sustained commercial performance.