Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) has approved a policy guideline for launching green banking aimed at freeing the environment from pollution.

The approval was given in the Bank’s 377th Meeting of the Board of Directors held at the Head Office with Chairman Prof Shah Newaz Ali in the chair in Rajshahi yesterday.

From now on, the bank will not invest to the factories polluting natural environment through emitting black smoke, ash and harmful sound.

On the contrary, the Bank will encourage more production and marketing of bio-fertilizer, biogas and solar panel.

With its internal management, the Bank will collect information through e- banking system instead of paper document and will hold video and audio conference with the officials and employees instead of physical travel.

In addition to arranging natural light and air in the head office building, the Bank will install energy savings bulb and other equipments, solar panel, IPS and UPS in its offices.

The meeting discussed on how to make the Bank’s operational and commercial activities more dynamic through strengthening the credit support for both farm and non-farm prospective fields.

The Daily Sun/Bangladesh/ 28th March 2012