Concord has won the National Environment Medal-2022 for its contribution to environment protection and pollution control.

Shahriar Kamal, managing director of Concord Group, received the medal from Saber Hossain Chowdhury, chairman on Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka recently, a press release said.

In addition, Concord has been playing a pioneering role in manufacturing eco-friendly construction materials in Bangladesh including bricks, blocks and tiles since 1998 to stop the use of clay bricks.

The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change introduced the National Environment Medal in 2009 in recognition of contributions to environmental pollution control and environmental protection. And the ministry conferred the medal to the recipient on the occasion of World Environment Day.