Abstract: In this paper, researchers try to highlight the Green Banking (GB) policy or guidelines formulated by Bangladesh Bank (BB, present practices and adoption by the scheduled State-Owned Commercial Banks (SOCBs), Specialized Banks (SDBs), Private Commercial Banks (PCBs), and Foreign Commercial Banks (FCBs) of Bangladesh. Besides comparative analysis among time to time reported practices, strategies and steps taken by the said banks relating to Green Banking (GB) are made. For conducting this study, researchers has considered only secondary data published by Bangladesh Bank (BB)and the authors have found that most of the banks have already started to follow the guidelines laid down by the central bank and still trying to conform with the policy and regulations by central bank.
Keyword: Green banking; Bangladesh Bank; Environment; Green banking Policy, Guidelines and Initiatives; Sustainable Banking; Green Financing; SOCBs; SDBs; PCBs; FCBs; Comparative Analysis.
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