CONTRIBUTION OF CSR ACTIVITIES TO DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN BANGLADESH: A STUDY ON BANKING SECTORS

Abstract

Bangladesh, facing recurring challenges from natural disasters, necessitates an examination of the banking sector's CSR activities in the context of disaster management. No doubt, there are many countries in the world where disaster is a great problem. Bangladesh is also a potential disaster country. Therefore, this study tries to investigate the role of corporate social responsibility of banking sectors on disaster management. Time series data is considered from 2015 to 2021 for this study. In this study, statistical tools like percentage distribution and trend line were performed using Excel and SPSS software. The results disclosed that the health sector contribution of Islamic Shariah-based banks is greater than that of conventional private commercial banks. Following that, state-owned commercial banks and foreign commercial banks make contributions to the health sector. Finally, there is no substantial difference in proportion of total CSR activity between Islamic Shariah-based banks and conventional private commercial banks between 2018 and 2021, without other years. The results also found that the amount of percentage of damage of crops, livestock and homestead forestry decrease from 2015 to 2021. The findings stated that the overall percentage of CSR activities increased in those years.