Leading fin-tech company, Fortunaglobal, together with its creative arm Fortunacreatives, recently partnered with Green Choice Lanka, to embark on a unique environmental project in support of a sustainable Sri Lanka. The company organized a presentation on ‘The importance of Environmental Responsibility’, mainly focusing on Disposable Plastic Pollution and Solutions and the importance of reducing paper consumption. The interesting and impactful presentation was delivered by Upekshi Perera – Founder / CEO of Green Choice Lanka, an Environmental Advocacy Organisation. Impressing the principal insights shared by her at the event, a plant was handed over to each employee, as a gesture of good health, as its presence can help considerably in making the air around fresher and in turn, they pledged to accept the gift and protect the environment.
Suren Kohonbange – Founder/CEO of Fortunaglobal & Fortunacreatives commented, “Pollution caused by plastic and paper is causing marine and ecological disruption, causing great harm to our planet and its people. Environmental pollution as a whole is a global crisis that needs urgent attention and commitment from each one of us. We have decided to take on the mantle of protector of the environment by embarking on it as a key CSR & sustainability project. We are also committed to greening our environment and supporting reforestation projects. Being a fin-tech company, we are digitally empowering industries, thereby ensuring the island cuts back on our carbon footprint though sustainable paperless solutions.”
About Fortunaglobal
A full Sri Lankan owned company created in 2007, the growth of Fortunaglobal & Fortunacreatives is a success story of digital innovation and financial inclusion. Fortunaglobal digital banking solutions which are revolutionizing the banking and finance industry in the island. Its digital journey is liberally peppered with many firsts. It was the first to be certified and garner mobile compliance from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Going further, the first to pioneer a store-based cash withdrawal and deposit app; and the first to devise a Lankan-based soft token solution. Over time, the company designed the first local based BOT for a commercial bank and became fully integrated to Lanka Pays CEFT/CAS/Just Pay and Lanka QR products to offer greater flexibility. The creative arm, Fortunacreatives is also helping transform the digital news industry in Sri Lanka, by pioneering Mobile-based news apps with its partnership with Derana along with FM Derana, Ada Derana, Pulse, DeranaTV and Thamilan and other news sites. These Apps have developed a strong mobile app-based customer base. Fortunacreatives went on to pioneer the car leasing portal with patpat.lk which is one of the leading portals. The company also digitalized Liberty newspapers with the digitalisation of the morning.lk and Aruna newspapers.
