We are proud to share some great news from Nepal’s corporate sustainability landscape. This month, Lily’s Leaves was named Runner-Up in the “Corporate Excellence 2025 – Green Initiatives” category at the HRM Nepal Awards, one of the country’s leading recognitions for corporate excellence and responsible business practices.

The HRM Awards Nepal celebrate organisations that demonstrate outstanding leadership, innovation, and performance, with a growing emphasis on sustainability and people-centred growth. The Green Initiatives category, in particular, recognises organisations that go beyond compliance to embed environmental responsibility into their core operations and long-term vision.

Being shortlisted – and ultimately recognised as runner-up – in this category is a significant achievement. It reflects Lily’s Leaves’ commitment to environmentally responsible practices, climate-positive thinking, and meaningful action rather than green rhetoric. In a competitive field that included some of Nepal’s most prominent corporates, this recognition highlights the strength and credibility of Lily’s Leaves’ approach.

At Pipal Tree, we see this recognition as an encouraging signal. It shows that sustainability-led organisations – and especially those working closely with nature-based solutions and community-driven environmental action – are increasingly being recognised within mainstream corporate spaces. Awards like these help shift the conversation from short-term profit to long-term resilience, shared value, and stewardship of natural resources.

So, huge congratulations to the entire Lily’s Leaves team on this well-deserved recognition. Their achievement reinforces the importance of green initiatives in shaping Nepal’s economic and environmental future. This encourages all of us working in conservation, reforestation, and climate resilience to keep raising the bar.