Chowdhury Liakat Ali, Director of the Sustainable Finance Department (SFD) of Bangladesh Bank, and Ahsan Zaman Chowdhury, Managing Director & CEO of Trust Bank PLC, unveiled Trust Banks' first-ever Annual Sustainability Report-2024 along with other senior executives and officials of the bank.
Akhlasur Rahman Bhuiyan, DMD & CRO, Md. Kamal Hossain Sarker, DMD & Head of IBD, A.B.M. Mizanur Rahman, Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Credit Risk Management Division & Sustainable Finance Unit, Kamrul Hasan, Joint Director, Md. Abu Rayhan, Joint Director of the central bank and Md Abu Nayeem, Assistant Director of the SFD, Bangladesh Bank were also present, says a press release.
The report, prepared with a focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and strategic priorities in line with the IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 standards, as well as the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations aims to strengthen the awareness and capacity of the bank's executives and officials regarding sustainable banking practices and to support the bank's long-term strategic objectives.
Chowdhury Liakat Ali in his keynote address elaborated the current landscape of sustainable finance, green finance, refinancing, and environmental and social risk management. He underscored the growing significance of this sector and lauded Trust Bank for publishing its "1st Annual Sustainability Report".