- High inflationary pressure
- Exchange rate pressures
- Substantial erosion of foreign exchange reserves
- High Non-Performing Loan (NPL) in Banking sector
- Global economic downturn
- Foreign currency challenges
- Strict import restrictions
- Declining foreign exchange reserves
- High NPL ratio (6.70%)
Bank Asia PLC.
Greenhouse gas emissions & sustainability report data
Figures are as stated in the company's own report and may use different boundaries, units or methods (for example market-based vs location-based Scope 2), so compare with care.
📈 Emissions by Report Period
| Report period | Headline emissions figure reported |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 49.8M tons (includes electricity diesel octane air travel road travel paper) |
| 2021 | 10.0K tCO2e/year (estimated from report data) |
| 2020 | 9.8K tons + 75.96 tons + 19.90 tons + 403.55 tons + 110.76 tons + 814.20 tons = 11122.73 tons CO2e (estimated from various sources) |
Each row is the headline figure extracted from a different report; scope coverage and methodology can change between years.
✅ Reported Environmental Achievements
- Disbursed Tk. 2,634.23 million for Green Finance (5.47% of target)
- Disbursed Tk. 50,537 million under Sustainable Finance (25.22% of target)
- Tk. 10.49 million Net profit from environmental savings
- Disbursed Tk. 679.84 million for Liquid waste management
- Implemented Document Management Solution (DMS) for paperless office
🎯 Climate & Sustainability Targets
🔜 Short-term
- Strengthening bank’s capital base
- Maintain a sound asset portfolio
- Attract new customer segments
- Improve customer satisfaction
- Increase productivity and engagement of employees
📅 Medium-term
- Diversify our portfolio
- Build state of the art IT infrastructure
- Increasing market share
- Further improvement of customer service
- Move closer to “net-zero equation”
🔭 Long-term
- Become number 1 employee/ employer of choice
- Continuous efforts and Investment on new banking product development
- Investment in new IT innovation
- Increasing investments in green financing
🌱 ESG Focus Areas
Sustainable BankingFinancial InclusionCommunity EngagementGreen FinanceSustainable Finance