Sustainability is at the center of everything we do – literally and figuratively. WindForce’s core business as a producer of renewable energy is, in itself, a part of the solution for the most significant sustainability topic in the modern era – the global fight against climate change.
To ensure WindForce remains on track to contribute to global sustainability goals, we benchmark our performance against the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s), where the 17 SDGs and their 169 allied targets set a clear and well defined framework for organisations and governments to pivot towards sustainable growth.
On this basis, WindForce’s main contribution is to Goal 7: Affordable Clean Energy. In addition, we have also implemented a 5-pillar sustainability strategy to make a meaningful contribution towards the other goals.
WindForce contributes to a range of infrastructure development projects in rural areas of the Northern Provinces of Sri Lanka each year. In 2021, we installed solar panels in a village in Jaffna to power their RO plant. In addition, assisting widowed women from fisheries communities to earn their livelihood was also a project WindForce focused on in 2021.
Community & Livelihood Development (Sahana).
Donation to the Arka initiative for the payment of salaries of women employed from local the community who will be manufacturing sanitary pads.
Created smart classroom for Gamini Vidyalaya, Kalawana for the benefit of 600 students in the school.
Donated dry rations to 150 low-income families whose income was affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Donation of water bowsers for 200 families in the community in Tororo.
Providing streetlamps to Sapumalgaskada Temple Vavuniya.
Providing Juki sewing machines to 5 women entrepreneurs in a rural.
fishing community in the coastal belt of Chilaw.
Donated dry rations to 10 pregnant mothers in Polonnaruwa.
Donation of Diesel Generator for Church, Nannattan.
Construction of Ayurvedic hospital in Pallei, Jaffna.
Construction of Semakkalai crossroad in Jaffna.
WindForce Sipsathara is an initiative taken to support the STEM education of students in rural Sri Lanka. The target students are between the ages of 11 and 16, and WindForce’s goal is to build laboratories and equip students with the tools and exposure they need to cultivate an interest in STEM.
The 2 main initiatives WindForce has taken to ensure these are,
Supporting university students from the area to give back to their communities by working with young students to develop their interests.
Introducing smart classrooms to the rural education networks.
Education & Childhood Development (Sipsathara)
Sponsorship for online education for AL students conducted by all university student’s association in Vavuniya for the benefit of 800 students.
Providing drinking water filters for the benefit of 150 students & staff in Pallewala Gamini Vidyalaya.
In 2021, a mangrove conservation project oversaw over 500 plant species being planted along the Puttlam lagoon shore in partnership with the Rotaract Club of Sri Jayawardenapura. In addition, WindForce also carries out an annual beach cleanup.
Environmental Conservation (Harithahuruwa)
Planting of 1000 mangrove plants in the Puttalam lagoon. A continuation of the Mangrove Tree Planting programme that was initiated in 2021.
Planted 1000 trees in the Yalgiri forest reserve in collaboration with Rotaract club of University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
This project is in place to provide relief to vulnerable communities due to unforeseen circumstances. In 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis, communities living around the Puttlam plant received rations as a relief. As part of our overall COVID-19 response, we donated Automatic Disinfection Chambers worth USD 12,000 to five government institutions in Uganda.
Pure Hands for Emergency Relief (Athahitha)
Donated dry rations to 130 families in Puttalam who were affected by the floods in November.
WindForce intends to support the local healthcare system in uplifting community health. There are special initiatives taken by WindForce to uplift community health and make sure none of our business processes impacts the local community’s health negatively.
Health Care (Suvadiri)
Complete renovation and donation of COVID-19 equipment in Kalawana Base Hospital.
Complete renovation and donation of COVID-19 equipment in Puttalam Base Hospital.
Health camp was organized in Tororo which included health check-ups and issuance of necessary medication. 500 families benefited.
