The world's local bankOur Commitment
HSBC is taking a number of steps and introducing new initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of its day-to-day operations.
Funding Environmental Projects
Environment and education are the two areas on which we focus our corporate donations and community sponsorship around the world. Examples include:
The HSBC Climate Partnership
The HSBC Climate Partnership is a five-year, US$100 million collaboration between HSBC and The Climate Group, Earthwatch Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and WWF, launched in 2007. For further details of this ground-breaking partnership click here.
Investing in Nature
Investing in Nature was a partnership between HSBC and Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Earthwatch Institute and WWF, which ran from 2002-2006. The partnership was designed to support the important work already being achieved by each partner and to engage HSBC’s business, staff and customers in the importance of environmental issues.
Key achievements were:
- Helped to protect 12,000 plant species from extinction;
- Trained 200 scientists and sent 2,000 HSBC employees to work on vital conservation research projects around the world;
- Breathed life into three of the world’s great rivers, benefiting 50 million people.
To read more, click here.
Partnership in Environmental Innovation
Our carbon neutral commitment is supported by a three-year, US$1.2 million research partnership with the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the University of East Anglia in the UK.
Read more about the HSBC Partnership in Environmental Innovation.
Wetland Link International (WLI)
WLI has been supported by HSBC since 2004.
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Read about other HSBC partnerships and associations
Responsible Finance
In order to make sure that HSBC conducts its business in a responsible manner, it adheres to several internationally accepted principles.
Climate Change
HSBC considers climate change to be the single greatest environmental chanllenge this century. This view has informed both our decision to go carbon neutral and our carbon finance strategy.
Buildings and Suppliers
While HSBC's direct impact on the environment is not as severe as some companies, our 10,700 buildings around the globe do have a significant impact.
Funding Environmental Projects
HSBC supports a number of external environmental initiatives in its commitment to environmental responsibility.
Ethical Business
HSBC aims to conduct its business ethically wherever it operates.
Measuring Progress
HSBC closely monitors its own progress but also looks to external, impartial sources to track our performance.
