National Development Bank PLC (NDB) emerged as the Winner – Banking Sector at the recently concluded ACCA Sri Lanka Sustainability Reporting Awards for the reporting year 2017/2018. This awards programme, an annual endeavour of ACCA Sri Lanka recognises those organisations which demonstrate excellence in reporting and disclosing the environmental, social, and sustainability aspects and impacts of businesses. Sustainability disclosures of NDB’s 2017 Annual Report – “Take a Closer Look” was recognised at this year’s awards programme as the best in sustainability reporting within the banking sector. The same report also won the bronze award for the Banking Sector at the 54th Annual Report Awards 2018 of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka held in December 2018, was the second runner up in Private Sector Banks (including Co-operative Banks) category, and won the merit award for corporate governance at the South Asian Federation of Accountants BPA Award and SAARC Anniversary Award 2017 for Best Presented Annual Reports held in Pune, India in January 2019. Commenting on the award, NDB Director/Group Chief Executive Officer Dimantha Seneviratne mentioned that both sustainability endeavours as a responsible corporate citizen and their disclosures in a comprehensive and transparent manner for the benefit of a wide range of stakeholders are important to the bank.