• It was hard enough for the adults to cope with the effects of the tsunami, but for the children it was a lot worse. Getting them back into a routine was very important and we were lucky that we received help to do so.

    - Resident Welipatanwila Village

An Introduction to the philosophy of making business a matter of human service.

Dilmah Founder Merrill J. Fernando wanted his family business to be different. He dreamed of a day when business would be genuinely ethical. Even before he launched his Dilmah Tea in Australia in 1988, he used his tea business to help the less fortunate. The philosophy that Merrill built his business around is unique – he wanted to make his business a matter of human service. In 1997 he extended that philosophy to include the environmen read more...

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