Grameenphone’s Nature and Society Club celebrated a two-day tree fair for Grameenphone employees to highlight the immense importance of nature conservation. A discussion on ‘Fostering a Green and Sustainable Environment’ was held as part of the event.
In the session held at GP House premises in the capital, in the lively presence of Grameenphone staff, agriculture personality and Channel I News Chief Shaikh Siraj emphasized the importance of inculcating gardening habits and planting trees for a sustainable environment. He also highlighted various sustainable practices such as gardening in urban homes on balconies or roof spaces.
In the discussion, Shaikh Siraj said, “The younger generation is now able to engage in agriculture and urban agriculture, thanks to technological advancements.” “You have a mobile phone and you are connected to IoT,” he said, expressing hope that agricultural production would increase manifold in the future. Just by using technology, you will now get notifications about whether your plants need watering or not. We are constantly on the path of development and now our focus is on agriculture. New technologies such as IoT and artificial intelligence are emerging regularly. If these technologies can be used in our agriculture, then undoubtedly the entire agricultural system will take a step forward and the productivity will increase manifold. So, we all have to work together on these aspects.”
In addition, Grameenphone has set a target of halving its carbon footprint (CO2) by 2030 compared to 2019 levels through an Environmental Management System (EMS). It was informed at the event that the organization has installed 1200 solar powered towers in the remote areas of the country to reduce the level of digital inequality in the country.
Grameenphone Chief Human Resources Officer Syed Tanveer Hossain said, “If we fail to build smart decision-making capabilities in environment and nature conservation, it will be impossible to build smart citizens.” Taking the matter into consideration, Grameenphone has taken various climate conservation steps in conducting its activities in a sustainable manner besides creating public awareness by utilizing the current possibilities. At the same time, we want to make the world more livable for future generations, empower them through education and equip them with digital skills. If there is anything we can gift to future generations, it is a greener and safer world. Our session with the participation of Shaikh Siraj shed light on this very topic and showed us the way forward.”
Plantation activities were held at Ansar Camp in the capital, keeping the conviction of environmental protection and building a green future alive. Shaikh Siraj and Grameenphone Chief Human Resource Officer Syed Tanveer Hossain both attended and made the event a success. Also, on 02nd and 03rd August ‘Tree Fair’ was organized in GP House premises. Grameenphone employees buy trees of their choice from various ornamental and fruit trees from BRAC Nursery and Faisal Nursery.