The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Bangladesh's Gulshan branch recently received a platinum certification under a LEED rating system.
According to a statement issued in November, the branch fulfilled requirements of a LEED Green Building rating system established by US Green Building Council and verified by Green Business Certification Inc LEED Platinum.
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The bank organised a programme at the branch yesterday to celebrate this achievement, said press release. "Just within a year into its operation, HSBC's Gulshan branch has achieved this certification," said Mahbub ur Rahman, chief executive officer of HSBC Bangladesh.
Robert Chatterton Dickson, British high commissioner, Atiqul Islam, DNCC mayor, and Tanmi Haque, head of retail banking of HSBC Bangladesh, were present.