TY - JOUR AU - Dr. Mohammad Zahir Raihan PY - 2019/12/16 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - SUSTAINABLE FINANCE FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF BANKING INDUSTRY IN BANGLADESH: AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE JF - MIST INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY JA - MIJST VL - 7 IS - 1 SE - ARTICLES DO - 10.47981/j.mijst.07(01)2019.135(%p) UR - https://mijst.mist.ac.bd/mijst/index.php/mijst/article/view/135 AB - The present study is about sustainable finance- a prerequisite for growth and development of banking industry inBangladesh. The study is based on a total number of 20 commercial banks and total 120 respondents consisting thebank owners. This study is an outcome of both the primary and secondary data. The requisite primary data werecollected using structured questionnaire. The main objective of this study is to critically evaluate the role of sustainablefinance in the growth and development in the banking industry in Bangladesh. This study reveals that the levels ofperceptions of the most of the respondents were found to be very high in terms of their awareness, beliefs, attitudesand understanding as regards the dimensions of sustainable finance viz. customers’ satisfaction, employees’ welfare,contribution to govt. exchequer, generating revenues, cost savings, products or services with rescannable charge,brand awareness and addition to capital and the shareholders’ equity representing value of the firm was found to beinfluenced to the extent of 41.6 percent by the relevant independent variables representing sustainable finance ofthe sample banks. The major suggestions for addressing challenges put forward by the respondents have been loansanctioning founding on proper appraisal of loan applications and improving operational efficiency. The relevant bankauthorities should implement the suggestions in order to improve the sustainable finance related factors. ER -