4. Marketing Guru ‘Kotler’ says…
Environmentalism is an organized
movement of concerned citizens and
government agencies to protect and improve
people’s current and future living
environment
6. Environmentalist
Activists who are concerned with marketing
effects on the environment and the
environmental cost of serving consumer
needs and wants
20. 3R Pilot Project: Bangladesh
Awareness on Source
Segregation
Reduction of emission
of Green House Gas
Recycling of Waste
21. Initiatives…
• Provided 70K beans for Dhaka to 50k for
Chittagong
• Designed compost plant for both cities
• JICA piloted 100 families
Organic
Recyclable
Inorganic
Hazardous
Material
23. Working Organizations
• Publishing Books
• Charging Act
• Current CEO received
Goldman
Environment Award
(2009) known as
Noble Prize in
environment
24. Working Organizations
• Global network of non-
resident Bangladeshis
• Open to Non
Bangladeshis as well
• Operated from USA
• Affiliated With: BAPA &
BELA
25. Working Organizations
• Group of University
Student
• Promoting leadership
on Environmental and
Climate Change issue
• Signature Scheme:
Earth Champion
Program and National
Earth Olympiad
26. Others…
Poribesh Rokkha
Shopoth
(POROSH)
Protection Of
Dhaka’s Lakes
Protection Of
Greenery And
Air
Doctors for Health
and Environment
(DHE)
Mobilize
Doctors
Mobilize Other
Health-care
Workers
Bangladesh
Poribesh Andolon
(BAPA)
Task Forces
On Pollution
Encroachment
Of Rivers
27. Features of Environmental
MOVEMENT in BANGLADESH
SALIENT
FEATURES
Unity
Non-partisan
character
Self-relianceVoluntary spirit
Forward
looking
28. Scope of The Environmental
Movement in Bangladesh
Individual
level
Community/
Local level
National
level
35. Impacts on Environment itself!!
Reduced
Pollution
Resource
Conservation
Fewer
Greenhouse
Gas
Emissions
Wildlife
Preservation
Less Waste
36. Impacts on Consumer
• Opening Their Wallets for Eco-Friendly Products
• 53% Of Consumers Prefer to Buy From Green
Company
• Consumers Adopting Sustainable Behaviors
37. Impacts on Lifestyle
"Think Globally, Act Locally"
• Health and Wellness
• Frugal Living
• Minimalism
• Religious or Spiritual
Environmentalism
• Self-Sufficiency
38. Impacts on the Economy
Sustainable
development
Prices
lowering
Creating
more jobs
Global
economy
Cutting cost
Minimizing
waste
40. Impacts on Financial Sector
• Global perspective
• Local perspective
Customer
Environment
Bank
41. GLOBAL Perspective
Specialized Investment Institutions
Fiscal And Financial Policy Support
Financial Infrastructure
Legal Infrastructure
42. Local Perspective
BB Green Banking Policy
Bangladesh Bank Disaster Management and
Social Responsibility
Carbon footprint measurement model for
banks and FI’s
$500 million green fund for textile sector
Green financing and low carbon climate
actions
Widening the refinance scheme for green
product and green project
43. Negative Impacts
• Cost increase
• Time
• Environmental impact
• Ignorance to the presents; importance to
future
• Silly doomsday predictions by desperate
environmentalists
• Environmentalism is recycled communism
45. Reactions
UNEP-United Nations Environment Program
NGO-Non-Governmental Organizations
World Bank
-Category A
-Category B
-Category C
-Category FI
47. Inadequacies for Meeting
Environmental Challenges
Conceived Projects
Improper Implementation Of Projects
Absence Of Right Policies
Lax Execution Of Policies
Fragmentation And Weakness Of
Authority
Overlap And Duplication