BB Governor for promoting green financing

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman has said the central bank is promoting green financing initiatives continuously aiming to protect the country's environment. "We're aiming at rechanneling of all our domestic financing away from polluting high carbon traditional output practices and lifestyles towards the environmentally sustainable energy efficient and low carbon 'green' alternatives," BB Governor Dr. Rahman said while inaugurating "Workshop on Investment in Energy Efficient Brick Manufacturing Projects" at a city hotel on Thursday.
He also said the BB remains active in rendering a clear pro-green stance to the country's domestic credit and financing policies and practices, including facilitation of raising 'green' finance from domestic and external sources. The Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), a state-run non-banking financial institution (NBFI), organised the workshop with its chief executive officer Mahmood Malik in the chair. Representatives from different donor agencies including UNDP and Asian Development Bank participated in the function.
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