Bangladesh

BB issues the Sustainable Finance Reporting Format

BB issues the Guidelines to Establish Digital Bank

BB issues the Sustainable Finance Policy for Banks and Financial Institutions and Sustainability Rating of Banks and Financial Institutions

BB issues the Formation, Management Procedure of Climate Risk Fund and Reporting of Half Yearly CSR Activities

BB issues the Guideline on Sustainability and Climate-related Financial Disclosure

BB issues the Policy on Green Bond Financing for Banks and FIs

BB issues the Guidelines on Environmental &Social Risk Management (ESRM) for Banks and Financial Institutions in Bangladesh

BB publishes a Quarterly Review Report on Green Banking Activities of Banks & Financial Institutions

BB issues the Target and Achievement of Sustainable Finance & Green Finance and the Updated template for reporting on Green Banking Activities of Banks and Fis

100 percent of banks have established internal ESG structure and/or policies and report their ESG activities/performance regularly to the regulator/industry association

19 percent of assets to have ESG integration requirements in the national sustainable finance framework applied to them

$2.9 billion (21 percent) banking assets are covered by environmental, social, and governance (ESG) integration requirements in the national sustainable finance framework

BB adopts a weighted sustainability rating system which has now been circulated to all 59 major banks as well as other Fis

BB issues the Sustainable Finance Policy for Banks & FIs, including the Sustainable Finance Taxonomy & Green Taxonomy

BB conducts the Study on Market Landscape on Green Bonds

BB makes extensive revisions to the Green Banking Reporting template provided to FIs, with the goal of improving sustainability and impact reporting and aligning more closely with international standards

BB releases Environmental and Social Due Diligence (ESDD) Risk Assessment Tool

BB issues Guidelines on Environmental & Social Risk Management (ESRM) for Banks and Financial Institutions (FIs) in Bangladesh

BB issues the Environmental Initiatives in Establishment Construction and Business Centre Expansion as well as Utilization of Climate Risk Fund by Banks and Fis

BB joins SBFN

BB issues Policy Guidelines for Green Banking