Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Green Banking- NRB Bank

Green Banking- NRB Bank

As per policy guidelines for Green Banking of Bangladesh Bank, the NRB Bank shall be pioneer in establishing the concept of Green Banking in Bangladesh. In the first phase it will develop Green Banking policies and show commitment on environment through in house performance within 31 December 2011 and in the 2nd phase it will formulate strategies to design specific policies for different environmental sectors such as Agricultures, Agribusiness (Poultry/Dairy), Tannery, Fisheries, Rubber and Plastic, Brick manufacturing, ship breaking, Textile etc. Under 2nd phase a green branch shall be featured by the provision of the maximum use of natural light, use of renewable energy, use of energy saving bulbs and other equipment. Waste management strategy shall be a part of in house environmental management. As a nature of NRB Bank, Sponsor/Director of which are residing abroad, video conference in lieu of physical travel shall help saving cost and energy. A system of environmental management shall be placed before starting activities of phase III. The bank shall be fore-runner in addressing the whole eco-system through environment friendly initiatives and introducing innovative products.

The bank shall be run with the support of latest software of the reputed software company for centralized banking system with ATM facilities, E-banking, Mobile banking and 24 hours service of the centralized call centre.

On the whole, the bank’s strategy shall be “supply-leading” rather than “demand following”, and “Financial Inclusion” rather than financial exclusiveness (to support only a group of urban customers) and its portfolio mix will reflect development strategy of the country.




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