Awards

DIMO’s was recently recognized by Chamber of Commerce as one of the Top Ten Corporate Citizens in Sri Lanka, at the Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award 2016. The Project “Team Shark”- Formula Student was also awarded as one of the top 5 projects at the same event, in recognition of DIMO’s commitment beyond the bottom line.

DIMO’s achievement of winning 5 awards was considered a major feat considering the strong competition from more than 140 annual reports. This recognition stands testament to DIMO’s longstanding corporate commitment to transparency and accountability to its stakeholders. DIMO has been a pioneer of integrated reporting in Sri Lanka and is the only Sri Lankan entity to have been a part of the International Integrated Reporting Committee’s pilot program leading to the establishment of the Integrated Reporting Framework.

DIMO has been consecutively winning the top award for integrated reporting sector since 2012/13 – the year the category was introduced to CA Sri Lanka Annual Report Awards. Moreover, DIMO has been dominating the sector of Diversified Holdings (up to five subsidiaries which was later awarded under up to ten subsidiaries) by winning the top award consecutively for the last 12 years.

DIMO first published an integrated annual report for the year ended 2010/11 and has since consistently received commendation from international experts for conveying a complex value creation story in a compellingly readable, clear and concise presentation. This year’s winning report was the company’s sixth integrated report.

The DIMO annual report for 2015/16 was presented under the theme ‘What you see is what you get’, referring to the impeccable trust and transparency that forms the basis of the 77-year-old company’s enduring relationships with its stakeholders.

DIMO Chairman Ranjith Pandithage, speaking on behalf of his DIMO Tribe, said: “We are humbled by this consistency in our performance year after year. We thank CA Sri Lanka and the organising committee for presenting us the opportunity to get recognised for our genuine efforts to publish an annual report of world class quality and simplicity. We are driven solely by the desire to create better value for stakeholders by improving our social, economic and environmental performance.”

Each year, Great Place to Work (GPTW) partners with more than 5,500 organizations with some 10 million employees worldwide to conduct the largest annual set of workplace culture studies in the world. This research which is laser-focused helps top leaders create their own great workplaces, according to a DIMO statement. This year Great Place to Work Sri Lanka recognized 25 companies having the best conducive working environments for their staff.

At an event held recently at Cinnamon Grand, GPTW representatives handed over the GPTW 2016 Certificate to Mr Ranjith Pandithage (Chairman and Managing Director – DIMO). Moreover, DIMO carried away multiple awards at event which included Best Public Limited Company (PLC), Special Category award for Excellence in Talent Acquisition and the top prize for “We love our Workplace” video contest.Great workplaces are built through the day-to-day relationships that employees experience. The key factor in common in these relationships is TRUST. From the Employee’s perspective, a great workplace is one where they: TRUST the people they work for; Have PRIDE in what they do; and ENJOY the people they work with. Building high quality relationships in the work place, trust, pride and camaraderie are the pillars of Great Place to Work institute.

Trust is the defining principle of great workplaces – created through management’s credibility, the respect with which employees feel they are treated, and the extent to which employees expect to be treated fairly. The degree of pride and levels of authentic connection and camaraderie employees feel with one are additional essential components.

DIMO has been representing the best engineered brands in the world since 1939. With over 1600 employees, a rich history of 77 years and more than 75 world’s best brand under the umbrella, DIMO today offers the latest technologies, the best working environments and the most conducive surroundings for career growth and personal development. These accolades are a testament of DIMO becoming a preferred employer among the professionals and the youth in Sri Lanka.

At this event DIMO won the following awards; Highest Sales SCV 2015 – Category A Highest Sales Pickups 2015 – Category A Highest Growth in Market Share 2015 – L&ICV Trucks Highest Growth in Market Share 2015 – M&HCV Trucks Best Key Account Process Implementation 2015 Distributor of the Year 2015 – Network Development Distributor of the Year 2015 – New Product Introduction
And most importantly DIMO was crowned as the overall winner “Distributor of the Year 2015 – Winner”