Events

Under the project “Scaling the Zero Waste Community Model: Biogas, Composting, and Circular Economy,” supported by the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO) officially kicked off a hands-on training program today in collaboration with Youth Career and Development Organization (YCDO). Through this initiative, women...

On 1st February, The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), in partnership with UNICEF Bangladesh,ESDO and Pure Earth successfully convened the 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝-𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓–𝟐𝟎𝟑𝟓) at the Department of Environment (DoE) Auditorium, Poribesh Bhaban, Agargaon,...

By joining forces to ensure water security in disadvantaged areas ( Savar and Ashulia), the organizations have acknowledged a struggle suffered by community members for years. The parties agreed to collaborate on the following areas: community selection and engagement; awareness and capacity building; installation and signage; monitoring and field visits;...

A National Working Group (NWG) meeting, organized by ESDO at the Department of Environment, was held today to boost action on managing and reducing Chemicals of Concern (CoCs) and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the textile sector. The meeting brought together government agencies, industry associations, academia, and development partners to...

The Retreat and Year Planning Workshop 2025, organized by the Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO), was a multi-day reflective and strategic planning initiative aimed at strengthening organizational vision, team cohesion, and programmatic direction for the year ahead. Held at the CCDB Hope Foundation in Savar, Dhaka, the workshop brought together...

ESDO, in collaboration with UNICEF Bangladesh, has organized a workshop to equip journalists with insights on lead pollution and poisoning. Experts in the development sector and academia discussed health, environmental, chemical, and journalistic processes and perspectives related to lead. The speakers voiced that Lead poisoning is heavily underreported compared to...

On 25th November 2025, ESDO, in collaboration with BSTI and UNICEF Bangladesh, jointly organized a policy dialogue on “Lead Poisoning Prevention and Standard Update for Industrial Paints, Cookware, and Toys.” Experts, analysts, and policy-makers from academia and relevant government bodies shared their insights, concerns, and recommendations toward building a lead-safe...

As part of observing the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, ESDO launched an investigative study titled “Colors of Concern: Assessing Lead in Paints and Progress Toward a Lead-Safe Bangladesh”. The study was conducted with the goal of evaluating the success of the existing law against lead in paints and noting...

On 22nd October, ESDO hosted an open forum in collaboration with the Faculty of Fine Arts to gather young artistic minds and discuss the toxic presence of lead in their beloved medium of expression, paint. Young artists collectively expressed a dire need to purify paint from toxins hiding in plain...