Green Banking: Going Green

Raad Mozib Lalon

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Green Banking: Going Green

Raad Mozib Lalon

Published in International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences (Volume 3, Issue 1)

Received: 10 January 2015 Accepted: 15 January 2015 Published: 27 January 2015

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Green Banking is any form of banking from which the country and nation gets environmental benefits. A conventional bank becomes a green bank by directing its core operations toward the betterment of environment. Green Banking has become a buzz word in today’s banking world. It means developing inclusive banking strategies which will ensure substantial economic development and promoting environmental-friendly practices as well. This paper focuses on the Green Banking activities of the commercial banks of Bangladesh and we also tried to reason why this policy was adopted and make a comparison among he green banking practices of the commercial banks as well. The policy guidelines will also be focused. The regulations regarding Green Banking is going to be discussed as well.

Published in	International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences (Volume 3, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijefm.20150301.15
Page(s)	34-42
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Green Banking, Green Banking Policies, Environmental Issues, In-House Activities

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Raad Mozib Lalon

Department of Banking and Insurance, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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