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How serious are Islamic banks in offering green financing?: An exploratory study on Bangladesh banking sector

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  • Taslima Julia
  • Salina Kassim

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Development of Bangladesh is endangered because of environmental degradation. Faced with this challenge, the government of Bangladesh introduced green banking policy and encourages banks to participate in offering green financing since 2011. This study aims to examine and compare the green financial performance of selected commercial banks in Bangladesh for three years. In achieving this objective, secondary data is gathered from annual report and green banking report of five conventional banks and five Islamic banks. Additionally, to justify the comparison of Islamic banks performance with conventional counterpart, case study and risk-return analysis is conducted. The study finds that none of the banks fully meet the green policy requirements; however, Islamic banks showed more seriousness than conventional one. To expedite green financing of banks several recommendations are made. Presumably, Islamic banks can contribute more to the sustainable economic growth of the country by in-lining their complete operations with green policies.

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  • Taslima Julia & Salina Kassim, 2019. "How serious are Islamic banks in offering green financing?: An exploratory study on Bangladesh banking sector," International Journal of Green Economics, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 13(2), pages 120-138.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgrec:v:13:y:2019:i:2:p:120-138
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    1. Huidong Sun & Mustafa Raza Rabbani & Naveed Ahmad & Muhammad Safdar Sial & Guping Cheng & Malik Zia-Ud-Din & Qinghua Fu, 2020. "CSR, Co-Creation and Green Consumer Loyalty: Are Green Banking Initiatives Important? A Moderated Mediation Approach from an Emerging Economy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(24), pages 1-22, December.
    2. T. Praveen Kumar & Santosh Basavaraj & K. Soundarapandiyan, 2024. "Can co‐creating in CSR initiatives influence loyal customers? Evidence from the banking industry," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 31(1), pages 180-195, January.

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