“Green Banking practices in Bangladesh”

The paper portrays the green baking practices in Bangladesh. Study is mainly based on secondary data highlighting the mobile banking, online banking, green financing, and guidelines for green banking practices as well as green banking unit. Green Banking is a new way of conducting the banking business through considering the hygienic environmental issue as well as corporate social responsibility (CSR). Nowadays, it is inevitable to practice green banking by banks because of globalization and to face the competition. On an average, bank is allocated Tk. 657.67 million for green banking in 2012. Since October 2012, Taka 838.4 million has been allocated to the following green projects. For 2012, banks have allocated Tk.20, 034.59 million for green finance of which Tk. 3273.69 million has been utilized during January-September 2012. The concept of green Banking is relatively new in Bangladesh and yet to get momentum, but in the developing countries it is passing through a mature stage. The study concludes that green banking practices in Bangladesh is not satisfactory at all