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E-Newsletter May - September 2019

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QUARTERLY E-NEWSLETTER | SEPT’19

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ASIA (SR ASIA) BANGLADESH

Social Responsibility Asia (SR Asia) Bangladesh is the wing of SR ASIA - an

International Organization and a professional network resulting from e-learning

and trainer led program at ROC Taipei by APO Japan and NPOs of member

countries. SR ASIA Strategic partners are APO and NPOs member countries,

Government agencies and work partners of SR Asia Bangladesh are International

and National organizations, Civil Society Organizations, Academic institutes and

Business Support organizations. SR Asia Bangladesh works closely with policy

holders and organizations to design socially responsible process in value chain.

SR Asia Bangladesh Campaigns for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and

Sustainable Development.

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2019 Started Journey Flagship CSR & Sustainable Development Projects CSR Policy Development for Banks

Promote CSR, Sustainable Development, Productivity, Sustainable Consumption, Entrepreneurship Development

SR Asia Board of Directors’ Meeting in Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia

SR Asia Board of Directors’ meeting was held on 24th May 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mr. Birendra Raturi, International

Director of SR Asia presided over the meeting and Ms. Sumaya Rashid, Country Director, SR Asia Bangladesh, Dr. Semerdanta

Pusaka, Country Director of SR Asia Indonesia and Dr. Leow Chee Seng, Country Director of Malaysia and SR Asia global

advisory panel were present to set up the next five years strategic plan.


Courtesy Visit to Mr. Kelvin Chan, President,

Institute of Management Consultants in Singapore

Courtesy visit to Professor Dr. Sulochana Nair, Vice

Chancellor, Binary University Malaysia

Stakeholder Engagement Meeting in Singapore & Malaysia during 22 – 27 May 2019 Mr. Birendra Raturi, International Director of SR Asia, Ms. Sumaya

Rashid, Country Director, SR Asia Bangladesh, Dr. Semerdanta Pusaka,

Country Director of SR Asia Indonesia paid courtesy visit to different

stakeholders in Singapore and Malaysia during 22 – 27 May 2019.

In this picture, SR Asia Directors with Dr Ryal Wun, Deputy Executive &

Legal Director of UN Global Compact Singapore at Singapore Business

Federation.

Courtesy Visit To Mr. Saiful Abid Bin Abdul Munaff, Head

Of Group – Smart Sustainable Cities, Green Tech Malaysia

And Ms. Komathi Mariyappan, Senior Lead Analyst –

Sustainable Energy & Green Advisory, Green Tech Malaysia

Courtesy visit to Mr. Philip Ling, Head of Sustainability,

digi, Telenor Group and President of BCSD Malaysia


SR ASIA BANGLADESH PARTICIPATION IN

BANGLADESH FASHIONOLOGY SUMMIT 02 MAY

2019 SR Asia

Bangladesh is

overwhelmed to

participate as

Exhibitor to the

2nd Edition of

Bangladesh

Fashionology

Summit on 2nd

May 2019. The

summit created a

platform to be

united from

different spectrum

industries

specially fashion

and RMG sector.

International

renowned speakers, high level representatives from MNCs,

Banks, local companies, BSOs talked about the technology,

innovation and shared knowledge. SR Asia is a proud partner

to the Fashionology Summit and will extend its contribution in

future.

Social Responsibility Asia (SR Asia) Bangladesh inked

agreement with THE BASEL & STOCKHOLM CONVENTIONS

REGIONAL CENTRE FOR SOUTH-EAST ASIA on Marine Litter

and Microplastics: Promoting The Environmentally Sound

Management of Plastic Wastes and Achieving The Prevention

and Minimization of The Generation of Plastic Wastes In

Bangladesh. July 03, 2019

Policy level Workshop on Environmentally Sound Management of Plastic

Wastes for the prevention of marine litter and plastic pollution. 20

Countries policy makers joined this high level workshop. SR Asia

Bangladesh participated as an implementing agency to contribute in

policy making process.


LAUNCHING OF PROJECT TITLED: MARINE LITTER AND MICROPLASTICS: PROMOTING THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT OF PLASTIC WASTES AND ACHIEVING THE PREVENTION AND MINIMIZATION OF THE GENERATION OF PLASTIC WASTES, 18-19 SEPTEMBER 2019

PROJECT ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT OF 200 WASTE WORKERS

Social Responsibility Asia (SR Asia) Bangladesh inked agreement with Practical Action for developing capacity of 200 waste workers on

Entrepreneurship Development from 01 October 2019. The project is funded by Practical Action Bangladesh. The program is designed to

position the waste workers for a dignified life through entrepreneurship development.

The objective of the project is to strengthen the capacity in Bangladesh and Ghana to control the transboundary movements of plastic waste, to ensure the environmentally sound management of plastic waste, and prevent and minimize the generation of plastic waste. The project is funded by Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)

and implemented by Basel Convention Regional Centre in South East Asia (BCRC-SEA), Basel Convention Coordinating Centre in Africa (BCCC-Nigeria), Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in Spain (SCRC-Spain), Social Responsibility Asia (SR Asia) Bangladesh, Öko-Institute and Resource Futures. The project consists of the following components: • Component 1: Controlling the TBM of plastic waste • Component 2: Ensuring the environmentally sound management (ESM) of plastic waste • Component 3: Tackling source


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