The Evaluation of Green Banking Practices in Bangladesh

Abstract

Whilethe traditional banking mostly focused only on the economic motive, the Green Banking(GB) highlighted on economic, social and environmental motives simultaneously. This study consists the key concept of Green Banking activities.Continuing along, the report covers almost all the important information regardingBangladesh Bank’s initiatives, banks’ policy formulation and governance, bank’sannual budget allocation and utilization for their green finance, climate risk fund,Composition of the Green Banking Unit (GBU), Pin Points of Green Office Guide, Dataon Environmental Risk Rating (EnvRR), and Data on Green Finance (amount disbursedfor ETP, amount disbursed for the projects having ETP, bio-gas plant, solar/renewableenergy plant, Hybrid Hoffman Kiln, and others.).Keywords: Green Banking, EnvironmentalRisk Rating, Green Finance.