2009
HSBC Bangladesh Carbon Footprint Management
HSBC in Bangladesh initiated a carbon footprint management study at the Bank's Dhanmondi branch. The footprint study is being managed by Waste Concern Consultants Ltd. Carbon footprint which includes the emissions from your home, car, air travel and everything we use which affects the climate. Since 2002 the Bank has developed and implemented a number of initiatives to reduce its consumption of energy, water and waste. It is also committed to going carbon neutral in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to tackle climate change.

HSBC Tops The 2009 Carbon Disclosure Project
HSBC has been rated number one in the financial sector and third overall in the 2009 Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). The CDP promotes awareness of business implications of climate change by encouraging the world's leading companies to disclose information about their greenhouse gas emissions.

• Taking effective action to manage risks and capitalise on new opportunities arising from climate change;
• Implementing carbon reduction activities that deliver demonstrable results; and
• Forward planning around expected regulation

HSBC in Bangladesh Celebrates World Environment Day 2009
HSBC supported the United Nations' World Environment Day (WED) on 5 June 2009 by launching a global "Be Part of the Solution" campaign. HSBC employees around the globe were encouraged to do their part by acting on climate change.

Over 70 staff of HSBC Bangladesh, lead by HSBC Chief Executive Officer, Mr Sanjay Prakash, went to the nearby park "Pantha Kunga". There, the staff helped clean up the park of debris, waste and other materials and deposited the items to the nearby waste facility. In addition, staff also planted about 600 fruit, flower and herbal trees in the park to provide a greener look and future.

Earth Hour
HSBC Bangladesh along with 20 countries/territories across Asia-Pacific joined millions of businesses and homes worldwide in switching off building lights for Earth Hour.

HSBC Climate Champion
HSBC Climate Partnership brings together HSBC, The Climate Group, Earth watch Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and WWF. Key objectives of the Partnership is to mobilize HSBC employees to fight climate change. To achieve this, HSBC works with Earth watch Institute, a top international environmental charity, to develop employee training programmers around the world.

A colleague from HSBC Bangladesh Joined the Climate Champion program in India this year. Under this programme she helped the environment scientists working there understand and research various issues on climate change.

HSBC in Bangladesh has sent a total of 28 staff since 2003 in these international environmental programmes.

2008
HSBC Climate Partnership
The "HSBC Climate Partnership" - awareness and capacity building presentation was held at CHG & CGE Branches on 26 October & CHG Network Services Centre on 06 August 2008.

The presentation was conducted by HSBC staff member, Mirza S.A Habib, the Climate Champion from Bangladesh. In the presentation, he shared the experiences he gathered in Malaysia (18 - 31 May 2008) from his participation in various capacity building programmes.

World Environment Day 2008
June 08: To mark World Environment Day, HSBC Bangladesh carried out a large scale tree planting (more than 1,000 trees) programme at the Osmani Udayan, which is one of the largest parks in Dhaka City. Through this tree planting programme, HSBC aims to increase its green footprint in the city it operates in.

Department heads and HSBC branches received a potted Bashak Tree which will be taken care of throughout the year. It was also arranged for a green branded car to roam around the city on 05 June 2008. Select branches and customer service centres were decorated on a green theme and customer-facing staff wore green t-shirts to mark this day.

HSBC launched "Go Green" campaign to mark World Environment Day. Under this campaign, customers would get a special discount on the CNG conversion loan and a Certificate. HSBC would also plant a tree on behalf of the customer for every CNG conversion loan taken.

HSBC Environment Champions
The final round of the HSBC Environment Champions was held at a local city hotel. HSBC Environment Champions was organised to raise awareness about the environment among the students of Bangladesh. Surobhi Saha Roy from Mohammadpur Preparatory School was the first prize winner. She presented her idea of bio-textile technology to prevent soil erosion.

The second and third prize winners were Sohel Rana from Rani Bilashmoni Boys High School, Gazipur and Zahidur Rahman from Uttara High School respectively. Sohel Rana presented his idea of proper waste management and Zahidur Rahman presented the effect and solution of "Jhum" cultivation at the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

HSBC took the 10 winning students who took part in the final round of the "HSBC Environnment Champions" on an environmental field trip to Lauachara National Forest Preserve in Srimongal, Sylhet. The students were shown around parts of the national forest reserve; they learned about the ecosystem there. In addition, they visited the local indigenous villages and saw firsthand the living conditions and livelihoods of the local people.

2007
Shapla Doel Sangsad
A community conservation project was implemented by Shapla Doel Sangsad and 13 HSBC Earthwatch volunteers by setting up 175 hygienic sanitary toilets in the same area. On the same day Earthwatch fellows, along with 600 students, villagers and volunteers participated in a rally for creating awareness about the environment. Later in the day, HSBC participated in the prize giving ceremony where it awarded 15 students from various schools who won in the essay writing competition on different environmental issues. HSBC staff also helped setup a flower garden in front of the local High school.

2005
Supporting the environment
As part of the activities on "World Environment Day", the Bank's staff distributed more than 1,200 of medicinal, fruit-bearing and regular trees amongst customers and staff through our branches in Dhaka and Chittagong. On the same occasion, approximately 55 staff members launched a cleaning drive at Patenga sea-beach in Chtttagong. Staffs also helped plant 2,000 mango trees and 1,000 lychee trees in 2 rural villages. DAK sent 15 staff to countries such as Vietnam, Kenya, Australia etc on the Earthwatch program and each staff members were tasked with initiating a project on their return.