Sustainability is becoming more important across all industries where organizations consider it as a strategic weapon to gain competitive advantage. Moreover, ‘sustainability’ is the talk of the town specifically in the emerging industries like apparel and hotel sector where the sustainable initiatives has paved the way to create a unique position in the market, ensuring the long term survival in the dynamic world. Sustainable development itself is about promoting systems thinking to create long-term value by giving due consideration to ecological, social and economic aspects. Going in line with the conference theme ‘Sustainability and competitive advantage’, the business forum creates a platform to integrate different perspectives representing academia, social entrepreneurs, professionals from emerging industries and regulatory bodies to form a discussion on ‘Creating Competitive Advantage through Sustainability in Emerging Industries in Sri Lanka’ specifically focusing on the sustainability at the organizational level.