HSBC Bank Armenia Announces End of Anti-Plastic Project

11 July, 2011

An exhibition of photographs on environmental issues of about two dozen children was held last Saturday as part of a project implemented by HSBC Bank Armenia jointly with the Children of Armenia Fund. Photo exhibition was culmination and final accord to the closing of COAF-HSBC partnership as part of "Plastic Bags Free Communities: Environmental Protection and Business Development Opportunities in Rural Areas" project. It's a three-year project worth USD 36,000, which aims at environmental protection and the latter to keep away from plastic bags.

Since the start of the project in 2009, women residing in COAF-supported communities established sewing cooperatives and produced 2 thousand Bags for Life – reusable bags that partner organizations consider the best option amongst the plastic, paper and other bags available in today's market. The project intended to promote entrepreneurship among rural women and raise public awareness on environmental protection. In addition, public awareness campaigns were conducted; almost 50 thousand HSBC Bank Armenia's visitors were informed and had a direct participation on "AntiPlastic weeks".

Last updated on: 12/07/2011 14:00