Green Chittagong, Clean Chittagong: How Collaboration of Government & Business Can Create a Better Place for All

Government and Businesses are related to each other for proper maintenance of business environment in a country. It creates new opportunities for the businesses and government. Sometimes campaigns initiated by the government organizations create a positive impact in the society as businesses and people get a favorable business environment and aware about their own social responsibilities. This paper tries to explain the situation with the message: Green Chittagong, Clean Chittagong of the port city of Bangladesh. The initiative was taken by Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) with dynamic coordination of the Police Commissioner Abdul Jalil Mondal and carried out by other government organizations, mass people and the business organizations. The initiatives are: cleaning footpaths, roads & drains of the city; clearing footpaths from unwanted usurpers & rehabilitating them in other places; ensuring an Organized and Systematic Management of Wastes (OSMW); ensuring Flood Management System (FMS) and motivating the business organizations to beautify the city. Main goal of this initiative is to engage mass people into the development activities, businesses to ensure corporate social responsibilities (CSR) and to ensure a healthy living environment for all. This initiative can create collaboration with the government and businesses in an effective way of doing things.