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HSBC headquarters London. Photo: FromTheNorth via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

About HSBC

Headquartered in London, HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services institutions in the world. The HSBC Group is named after its founding member, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, which was established in 1865 to finance the growing trade between China and Europe. HSBC operates from around 6,100 offices in 72 countries and territories. The bank provides financial services including: personal financial services, commercial banking, corporate, investment banking and markets and private banking.

Website http://www.hsbc.com
Headquarters
8 Canada Square
E14 5 HQ London
United Kingdom
CEO/chair Noel Quinn
CEO
Supervisor
Bank of England
Annual report Annual report 2019
Ownership
listed on Bermuda Stock Exchange, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange & NYSE

HSBC Holdings' shareholder structure can be accessed here.

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Banks, climate and energy

Bank policy scores on fossil fuel financing

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
HSBC
2020-04-25
GBR
22.5
23500000000
0
United Kingdom
Profile
Laggard
22.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1587765600
Last update: 2020-04-25
Explanation

Total: 22.5 points out of 200

7.5 points out of 120 for oil and gas policy.

15 points out of 80 for coal policy.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Explanation

A bank can obtain a total of 200 policy points for its overall fossil fuel policies; 120 possible points for oil and gas policies and 80 possible points for coal policies. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-50 points), followers (50.5-100 points), front runners (100.5-150 points) or leaders (150.5-200 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on fossil fuel expansion

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
HSBC
2020-04-23
GBR
16
17000000000
0
United Kingdom
Profile
Laggard
16
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1587592800
Last update: 2020-04-23
Explanation

Total: 14 points out of 89

3 points for a moderate exclusion of tar sands projects: HSBC prohibits direct finance for greenfield tar sands extraction projects and pipelines.

3 points for a moderate exclusion of Arctic oil and gas projects: HSBC prohibits direct finance for new offshore Arctic oil and gas projects.

4 points for a moderate exclusion of coal mining projects: HSBC prohibits financing for new thermal coal mines.

6 points for a strong exclusion of coal power projects: HSBC will not finance any new coal-fired power plants anywhere globally, including expansions of existing plants.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-02-15 00:00:00

Minings & metals policy

2020-02-15 00:00:00
Explanation

The scores for a bank's policies restricting expansion of fossil fuels - in each area, prohibitions against financing projects and/or companies expanding that area - are aggregated into a fossil fuel expansion policy score.

The point-based policy ranking for fossil fuel expansion consists of the following distribution:

  • Coal mining: 14 points​
  • Coal power: 14 points
  • Other coal: 7 points
  • Tar sands: 9 points
  • Arctic oil and gas: 9 points
  • Offshore oil and gas: 9 points
  • Fracked oil and gas: 9 points
  • LNG: 9 points
  • Other oil and gas: 9 points

A bank can obtain a total of 89 policy points for its fossil fuel expansion policy. Based on this score, banks are then classified as laggards (0-22.25 points), followers (22.25-44.5 points), front runners (44.5-66.75 points) or leaders (66.75-89 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on oil and gas financing

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
HSBC
2020-03-01
GBR
7.5
8500000000
0
United Kingdom
Profile
Laggard
7.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 7.5 points out of 120

3.5 points out of 20 for tar sands policy: see here.

3 points out of 20 for Arctic oil and has policy: see here.

0.5 point out of 20 for fracked oil and gas policy: see here.

0.5 point out of 20 for other/conventional oil and gas: see here.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Explanation

For each of the six subsectors, 20 possible policy points can be obtained, so a bank can obtain a total of 120 policy points for its oil and gas policies. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-30 points), followers (30.5-60 points), front runners (60.5-90 points) or leaders (90.5-120 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on tar sands

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
HSBC
2020-04-23
GBR
3.5
4500000000
0
United Kingdom
Profile
Laggard
3.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1587592800
Last update: 2020-04-23
Explanation

Total: 3.5 points out of 20

3 points for a moderate exclusion of tar sands projects: HSBC prohibits direct finance for greenfield tar sands extraction projects and pipelines.

0.5 point for enhanced due diligence regarding tar sands companies: HSBC has enhanced due diligence for tar sands oil.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Relevant policies
csr policiesprivate
2020-02-15 00:00:00

Energy policy out of date

2020-02-15 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking above assesses bank policies in four ways:

 1) Restriction on direct financing for tar sands projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), moderate exclusion (3), strong exclusion (4)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand tar sands.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for tar sands.

  • None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in tar sands above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)

A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its tar sands policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points). 

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on Arctic oil and gas

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
HSBC
2020-04-23
GBR
3
4000000000
0
United Kingdom
Profile
Laggard
3
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1587592800
Last update: 2020-04-23
Explanation

Total: 3 points out of 20

3 points for a moderate exclusion of Arctic oil and gas projects: HSBC prohibits direct finance for new offshore Arctic oil and gas projects.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Relevant policies
csr policiesprivate
2020-02-15 00:00:00

Energy policy out of date

2020-02-15 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for Arctic oil and gas projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), moderate exclusion (3), strong exclusion (4)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand Arctic oil and gas. 

  • None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for Arctic oil and gas.

  • None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in Arctic oil and gas above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)

A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its Arctic oil and gas policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on offshore oil and gas

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
HSBC
2020-03-01
GBR
0
1000000000
0
United Kingdom
Profile
Laggard
0
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 0 points out of 20

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for offshore oil and gas projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), strong exclusion (4)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand offshore oil and gas.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for offshore oil and gas.

  • None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in offshore oil and gas above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)

A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its offshore oil and gas policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on fracked oil and gas

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
HSBC
2020-04-23
GBR
0.5
1500000000
0
United Kingdom
Profile
Laggard
0.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1587592800
Last update: 2020-04-23
Explanation

Total: 0.5 point out of 20

0.5 point for enhanced due diligence regarding fracked oil and gas companies: HSBC conducts enhanced due diligence for new fracked oil and gas. 

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores 

Relevant policies
csr policiesprivate
2020-02-15 00:00:00

Energy policy out of date

2020-02-15 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for fracked oil and gas projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), moderate exclusion (3), strong exclusion (4)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand oil and gas fracking.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for oil and gas fracking.

  • None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in oil and gas fracking above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)

A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its fracking policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on LNG

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
HSBC
2020-03-01
GBR
0
1000000000
0
United Kingdom
Profile
Laggard
0
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 0 points out of 20

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for LNG projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), strong exclusion (4)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand LNG.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for LNG.

  • None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in LNG above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)

A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its LNG policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on other/conventional oil and gas

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
HSBC
2020-03-01
GBR
0.5
1500000000
0
United Kingdom
Profile
Laggard
0.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 0.5 point out of 20

0.5 point for enhanced due diligence/Equator Principles commitment regarding other/conventional oil and gas companies: HSBC is a signatory to the Equator Principles.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for other/conventional oil and gas projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1.5), strong exclusion (4)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand other/conventional oil and gas. 

  • None (0), weak exclusion (3), strong exclusion (5)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for other/conventional oil and gas.

  • None (0), reduction (1.5), weak phase-out (3), strong phase-out (5)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in other/conventional oil and gas above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence/Equator Principles commitment (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (5), full exclusion (6)

A bank can obtain a total of 20 policy points for its other/conventional oil and gas policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-5 points), followers (5.5-10 points), front runners (10.5-15 points) or leaders (15.5-20 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on coal financing

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
HSBC
2020-04-23
GBR
15
16000000000
0
United Kingdom
Profile
Laggard
15
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1587592800
Last update: 2020-04-23
Explanation

Total: 13 points out of 80

8.5 points out of 32 for coal mining policy: see here.

6.5 points out of 32 for coal power policy: see here.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Explanation

For both coal mining and coal power, 32 possible policy points can be obtained, while for other coal,16 possible policy points can be obtained. So a bank can obtain a total of 80 policy points for its coal policies. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-20 points), followers (20.5-40 points), front runners (40.5-60 points) or leaders (60.5-80 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on coal mining

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
HSBC
2020-03-01
GBR
8.5
9.5E+18
0
United Kingdom
Profile
Laggard
Follower
8.5
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 8.5 points out of 32

4 points for a moderate exclusion of coal mining projects: HSBC prohibits financing for new thermal coal mines.

1.5 points for the commitment to reduce exposure to coal mining companies: HSBC has committed to reduce its exposure to thermal coal mining.

3 points for a weak exclusion threshold for coal mining companies: HSBC prohibits financing for new clients dependent on coal mining.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-02-15 00:00:00

Minings & metals policy

2020-02-15 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for coal mining projects.

  • None (0), mountaintop removal mining exclusion (0.5), weak exclusion (2), moderate exclusion (4), strong exclusion (6)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand coal mining.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (4), strong exclusion (8)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for coal mining.

  • None (0), exposure reduction (1.5), financing reduction (3), weak phase-out (4), moderate phase-out (6), strong phase-out (8)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in coal mining above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (3), moderate exclusion threshold (5), strong exclusion threshold (8), full exclusion (10)

A bank can obtain a total of 32 policy points for its coal mining policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-8 points), followers (8.5-16 points), front runners (16.5-24 points) or leaders (24.5-32 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on coal power

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
HSBC
2020-04-23
GBR
6.5
7500000000
0
United Kingdom
Profile
Laggard
6.5
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1587592800
Last update: 2020-04-23
Explanation

Total: 6.5 points out of 32

6 points for a strong exclusion of coal power projects: HSBC will not finance any new coal-fired power plants anywhere globally, including expansions of existing projects.

0.5 point for enhanced due diligence regarding coal power companies: HSBC has enhanced due diligence for coal power.

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Relevant policies
csr policies
2020-04-25 00:00:00

Energy policy update on coal power plants in Vietnam, Bangladesh and Indonesia

(page 3 of this document)
2020-04-25 00:00:00
Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for coal power projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (2), moderate exclusion (4), strong exclusion (6)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand coal power.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (4), strong exclusion (8)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for coal power.

  • None (0), proportional reduction (1), exposure reduction (1.5), financing reduction (3), weak phase-out (4), moderate phase-out (6), strong phase-out (8)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in coal power above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (3), moderate exclusion threshold (5), strong exclusion threshold (8), full exclusion (10)

A bank can obtain a total of 32 policy points for its coal power policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-8 points), followers (8.5-16 points), front runners (16.5-24 points) or leaders (24.5-32 points).

For more details see this page.

Bank policy scores on coal infrastructure

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
HSBC
2020-03-01
GBR
0
1000000000
0
United Kingdom
Profile
Laggard
0
Follower
Front runner
Leader
1583017200
Last update: 2020-03-01
Explanation

Total: 0 points out of 16

See: Banking on Climate Change - policy scores

Explanation

The point-based policy ranking assesses bank policies in four ways:

1) Restriction on direct financing for coal infrastructure projects.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (1), strong exclusion (3)

2) Restriction on financing for companies that expand coal infrastructure.

  • None (0), weak exclusion (2), strong exclusion (4)

3) The bank’s commitment to phase-out financing for coal infrastructure.

  • None (0), exposure reduction (1), weak phase-out (2), strong phase-out (4)

4) The bank’s commitment to exclude companies active in coal infrastructure above a certain threshold.

  • None (0), enhanced due diligence (0.5), weak exclusion threshold (2), strong exclusion threshold (4), full exclusion (5)

A bank can obtain a total of 16 policy points for its coal infrastructure policy. Based on this score banks are then classified as laggards (0-4 points), followers (4.5-8 points), front runners (8.5-12 points) or leaders (12.5-16 points)

For more details see this page.

Banks and human rights

BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark 2019

BankLast update
Country
Details
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
HSBC
GBR
100
United Kingdom
Laggard
Follower
Front runner
Leader
Explanation

HSBC's human rights policies, processes and reporting were assessed as part of the BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark in November 2019. The bank is assessed as a Follower, with a total score of 4 out of 14.

Policy: 2.5/3
Due dilligence: 1/5
Reporting: 0.5/3
Remedy: 0/3

For more details see this page.

Tracking the Equator Principles

EPFIs reporting status

BankLast update
Country
Details
Reporting period
PF deals under EP
Project names reported
% Project names reported
HSBC
2020-12-22
GBR
2019
16
16
100
1.01000000017E+38
0
United Kingdom
Profile
Reporting period
2019
PF deals under EP
16
Project names reported
16
% Project names reported
100
1608591600
Last update: 2020-12-22
Explanation

EP reporting page: https://equator-principles.com/reporting-hsbc-holdings-plc-2019/

Explanation

Project name reporting status of Equator Principles signatories for each financial institutions' most recent reporting period. 

For more details see this page.

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Euromoney grants JPMorgan Chase and HSBC 'Awards for Excellence'

Civil society groups issue a letter in response
2020-09-16 | BankTrack, Fund Our Future UK
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Joint venture looks to invest billions in 'natural capital' projects to help combat climate change

2020-08-27 | The Guardian
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Equator Principles requirements missing for most projects, finds new BankTrack study

Research into 37 projects financed 'under Equator' finds project-level grievance mechanisms or stakeholder engagement processes cannot be evidenced in 65% of cases
2020-08-11 | BankTrack
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Butchering the Planet: the big-name financiers bankrolling livestock corporations and climate change

New Feedback's report draws attention to the environmental impacts of the livestock industry
2020-07-13 | Feedback Global
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Could financial sector vigilance have avoided Vizag gas leak?

India must make Environment, Social and Governance accountability mandatory so that lenders are responsible towards tax payers
2020-07-01 | Shreya Kaushik, Fair Finance India
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Equator Principles: New BankTrack database sheds light on patchy project name reporting

BankTrack publishes database of Equator-financed projects, together with analysis showing some banks report few or no project names – notable poor performers include ING, HSBC and Lloyds
2020-06-29 | BankTrack
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Banks are turning a blind eye to Mozambique gas field graft

2020-06-23 | Business Live
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Revealed: UK banks and investors' $2bn backing of meat firms linked to Amazon deforestation

2020-06-04 | The Guardian
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Saudi Aramco closes US$10bn loan

2020-05-12 | London | Reuters
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No more loopholes: HSBC closes door on new coal projects

2020-04-27 | Eco-Business
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New report: Funding Climate Chaos

How UK Banks are continuing to fund the climate crisis
2020-04-23 | 350.org, People & Planet, Platform London, The Sunrise Project
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New research: HSBCs coal stake equivalent to nearly 40 years of UK emissions

2020-04-22 | Market Forces
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Global finance sector failing to apply conservation criteria to pulp and paper funding

2020-03-21 | New York/Amsterdam | Environmental Paper Network
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Banking on Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2020

New report reveals global banks funneled USD 2.7 trillion into fossil fuels Since Paris Climate Agreement, with financing on the rise each year 
2020-03-18 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
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Report: The five biggest financiers of new Amazon oil boom

BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, HSBC, and JP Morgan Chase defy their own commitments by backing dangerous oil and gas extraction in the western Amazon
2020-03-12 | Oakland, California | Amazon Watch
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Big businesses face pressure to avoid investing in areas Trump wants to develop

A dozen-and-a-half senators wrote letters to 11 of the largest U.S. banks asking them to back down from financing any oil and gas activity in an unspoiled expanse of Arctic wilderness.
2020-02-03 | The Washington Post
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HSBC exits Vinh Tan 3 coal power project in Vietnam

2020-01-24 | Eco-Business
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HSBC lags as finance cleans up on Asian energy

2020-01-22 | Asia Times
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Big European banks face call to end funding for firms building coal-fired plants

2019-12-05 | Reuters
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Big four UK banks providing billions for coal power expansion, urged to ‘clean up their acts’ for Glasgow COP

2019-12-05 | London, UK | BankTrack, urgewald, 350.org
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4 out of 5 banks failing on human rights, new BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark shows

Lloyds, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Société Générale among the poorest performers in BankTrack ranking, alongside Canadian and Chinese banks
2019-11-26 | BankTrack
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Saudi Aramco IPO: climate change fears cause banks to miss out on millions in fees

2019-11-21 | The Independent
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Failure of Aramco IPO gives a black eye to bank CEOs and a warning to investors

2019-11-20 | London, UK | BankTrack, 350.org, Earthworks, Friends of the Earth US, Global Witness, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, ShareAction, Sierra Club
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Banks set to cash in on the Saudi Aramco IPO want you to know they’re still serious about climate change

2019-11-14 | Fortune
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Banks fail to stop financing fossil fuel industry

2019-11-09 | The Financial Times
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Western banks funding Saudi Aramco IPO betraying climate change promises

2019-11-05 | Newsweek
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Aramco IPO: These are the banks and advisers on world's biggest sale

2019-11-03 | Bloomberg
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We are letting banks off the hook for financing environmental destruction - that must change

2019-10-23 | Independent
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Banks warned over Saudi Aramco by environmental groups

2019-10-17 | The Guardian
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Environmental groups warn banks against climate and human rights implications of underwriting Saudi Aramco offering

2019-10-17 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Money to burn

More than 300 banks and investors back six of the world’s most harmful agribusinesses to the tune of $44bn
2019-09-23 | Global Witness
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Revealed: major banks and investors including Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock are pouring money into global forest destruction

New investigation by Global Witness uncovers for the first time a truly global picture of major financial players driving $44 billion into companies directly or indirectly involved in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, the Congo Basin and Papua New Guinea.
2019-09-23 | Global Witness
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Global NGOs: Dirty Dozen Companies Driving Deforestation Must Act Now to Stop the Burning of the World's Forests

Groups call for the immediate suspension of all business and financing with traders active in the Brazilian Amazon "The Amazon is on fire. Corporations share the blame. They need to become part of the solution."
2019-08-30 | Amazon Watch
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BankTrack 2019 Human Rights Benchmark: criteria and scope announced

2019-06-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Overly underwhelming - a reflection on Fossil Banks’ AGM season

2019-06-19
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HSBC bosses spin yet more climate rhetoric on coal finance for developing countries

2019-04-15 | Market Forces
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HSBC’s AGM - No War, No Warming!

2019-04-15
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HSBC bosses spin yet more climate rhetoric on coal finance for developing countries

2019-04-15 | Market Forces
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Banks' fossil fuel funding rises, environmental groups warn

2019-03-21 | S&P Global
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Global Banks, Led by JPMorgan Chase, Invested $1.9 Trillion in Fossil Fuels Since Paris Climate Pact

2019-03-20 | Desmogblog.com
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Banking on Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2019

World's top banks have poured $1.9 trillion into fossil fuel financing since the Paris Agreement was adopted, with financing on the rise each year
2019-03-20 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Honor the Earth, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
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HSBC faces call to end all new coal power financing

2019-03-06 | Financial Times
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Investors urge HSBC to stop bankrolling coal-burning projects

2019-03-06 | The Guardian
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Investors hold HSBC’s feet to the fire on coal

2019-03-06 | ShareAction
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Every two weeks a bank, insurer or lender announces new coal restrictions

Major financial institutions restricting coal funding tops 100
2019-02-27 | IEEFA
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HSBC’s cynical coal policy leaves Bangladesh, Vietnam and Indonesia open for business

2019-01-23 | Market Forces
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Banking giant HSBC divests from Israeli arms manufacturer following pressure from human rights campaigners

2018-12-27 | London | Palestine Solidarity Campaign, War on Want
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Banks massively financing fossil fuels unclear about future of ... fossil fuels

Few banks acknowledge relation between fossil fuels and climate breakdown
2018-12-20 | Nijmegen
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Behind banks' smokescreen

What banks aren't telling you about their 'climate ambition'
2018-12-13
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COP24: New research reveals the banks and investors financing the expansion of the global coal plant fleet

Japanese banks top lenders, Chinese banks top underwriters; US companies biggest institutional investors in the coal plant pipeline
2018-12-05 | Katowice, Poland | BankTrack, urgewald
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HSBC accused of hypocrisy for coal finance ban that excludes countries most vulnerable to climate change

2018-10-16 | Desmog UK
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Major banks are failing Vietnam by violating Equator Principles commitments in financing coal power projects

2018-10-11 | Market Forces
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The power of finance to slow new coal plants

2018-08-29 | Asia Times
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HSBC's shift on energy lending has Suncor throwing its toys out of the pram

But new policy is no isolated move - finance for tar sands will dry up, just as it is doing for coal.
2018-08-09 | Ryan Brightwell – BankTrack
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Liberian communities harassed after calling on banks to halt $1.5 billion loan to Wilmar over landgrabbing concerns

2018-07-26 | Inclusive Development International
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HSBC and Standard Chartered accused of “rank hypocrisy” for financing of highly polluting coal projects whilst publicly supporting Paris Climate Agreement

Two major British banks are helping to finance coal-fired power stations that will emit more carbon dioxide than the annual emissions of 69% of the world’s countries, a new Global Witness report reveals
2018-07-23 | London | Global Witness
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Coal turns up heat on Standard Chartered

2018-07-23 | The Times
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HSBC, Standard Chartered making a killing on coal in SE Asia

2018-07-04 | Asia Times
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HSBC Divests From New Coal Projects Everywhere... Except Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Vietnam

2018-05-25 | CommonDreams
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Powering past coal? Top UK banks are passing the buck

2018-05-24 | BankTrack
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Europe’s Biggest Bank Takes a Step Back from Coal, Tar Sands and Arctic Oil

2018-04-20 | RAN
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HSBC moves on tar sands, but fails the coal test

2018-04-20 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
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Smoke and mirrors - world's top banks on notice to slash support for coal power development

2018-04-05 | Greig Aitken – BankTrack
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Report finds major banks ramped up fossil fuel financing to $115 billion in 2017

Despite 2017 being the costliest year on record for weather disasters, new report reveals that banks increased extreme fossil fuel financing last year, led by a more than doubling in lending to tar sands companies and pipelines.
2018-03-28 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Honor the Earth, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club
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'Extreme' fossil fuel investments have surged under Donald Trump, report reveals

2018-03-28 | The Guardian
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Maybank: the single largest palm oil financier

Report by TuK and Profundo finds that several RSPO banks, like HSBC and UBS, invest heavily in Maybank.
2018-02-28 | Jakarta
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Out of sync with climate reality – the coal mine and coal plant dreams of Poland's two dirty utilities

2018-02-26 | Warsaw | Katarzyna Kubiczek, Ecological Association EKO-UNIA
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The U.S. May Back a Vietnam Coal Plant. Russia Is Already Helping

2018-01-26 | New York Times
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HSBC accused of breaking EU sanctions rules by co-financing Vietnam coal plant

2017-11-22 | Eco-Business
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New report: Towards responsible and inclusive financing of the palm oil sector

2017-11-15 | Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Profundo
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HSBC coal investments undermine its climate funding says Christian Aid

2017-11-06 | Christian Aid
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Big banks complicit in massive tar sands destruction and pollution through hundreds of billions in financing

2017-11-02 | Rainforest Action Network
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Investor alert: Deep sea mining project in last-ditch search for capital

Banks and other investors warned to steer clear
2017-10-25 | Nijmegen and Brisbane | BankTrack, Deep Sea Mining Campaign
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“Responsible” investors under scrutiny for investing in climate-destroying banks

2017-09-26 | Rainforest Action Network
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Indigenous Groups Lead Movement to Call on Banks to Drop Enbridge’s Controversial Line 3 Pipeline

Tribal Nations based in Minnesota oppose the project and the Minnesota Department of Commerce has condemned it
2017-09-21 | Minneapolis, MN | Honor the Earth, Rainforest Action Network
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Financiers of pulp and paper industry projects will cause environmental and social harm, says new report

2017-08-01 | Mandy Haggith – Environmental Paper Network
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HSBC triggers investigation into palm oil company over deforestation allegations

NGOs praise the bank’s move as they step up pressure on investors to stand by environmental and social commitments on palm oil
2017-07-17 | The Guardian
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New report: HSBC a ‘crucial link in the chain’ of Palestinian oppression says War on Want

2017-07-12 | War on Want
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More black marks for coal-hungry UK banks in latest Report Card

Barclays and HSBC increased finance for coal power in 2016, despite claims to support Paris Agreement
2017-07-10 | Greig Aitken – BankTrack
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Banks provide billions for Dirty Diesel traders while failing to act on human rights, says new briefing

- Oil traders Trafigura and Vitol received over $100 billion in loans since 2012
- Of 26 banks contacted, not one has pressured companies over toxic fuel exports to Africa
2017-05-23 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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HSBC to close accounts of 28 unsustainable palm oil producers

2017-05-02 | Environmental Finance
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Major international banks and investors finance devastating impacts of forest-risk commodities

New report finds eight corporate giants in palm oil, pulp and paper, timber and rubber involved in social and environmental scandal; exposes financial banking
2017-04-24 | Tokyo | Rainforest Action Network
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Energy Transfer: Which banks continue to support the company behind DAPL?

2017-04-06 | Alison Kirsch - Rainforest Action Network
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Europe’s biggest banks register €25 billion profit in tax havens

2017-03-27 | Fair Finance International, Oxfam
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Who's bankrolling TransCanada?

Banking on TransCanada means banking on Keystone XL
2017-03-24 | Alison Kirsch - Rainforest Action Network
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New HSBC ‘no deforestation’ policy first step towards sustainable palm oil finance

Global banks need to follow suit to save Indonesia’s rainforests
2017-02-20 | London | Greenpeace
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Multi-billion euro investments out of control: How banks continue to finance violations of human rights and environmental norms

For the fifth consecutive year Facing Finance reports on violations of environmental and social norms and standards by multinational corporations, as documented by international NGOs.
2017-02-09 | Hamburg/Berlin | Facing Finance
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Revealed: HSBC is funding forest destruction

2017-01-17 | Greenpeace
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Dirty Bankers: How HSBC is financing forest destruction for palm oil

2017-01-17 | Greenpeace
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HSBC funding destruction of vast areas of Indonesian rainforest, new report claims

2017-01-17 | London | Independent
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Has HSBC Accidentally Backed a £600 Million ‘Green’ Scheme to Boost Poland’s Coal?

2016-12-20 | DeSmogBlog
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Poland green bond issue will not fund coal, says official

Investors are sceptical about Warsaw bid to finance renewables, given its coal-heavy energy policy
2016-12-13 | Climate Home
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HSBC dusts down its mining policy, but leaves room for more coal financing

2016-12-07 | Yann Louvel – BankTrack
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Dakota Access: UK banks back pipeline builder Energy Transfer Partners

2016-12-01 | EnergyDesk
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Financing of coal industry expansion by top banks undermining Paris Agreement

2016-11-14 | Marrakech, Morocco | BankTrack, Friends of the Earth France, Market Forces, Rainforest Action Network, urgewald
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New online platform reveals banks and investors financing companies linked to tropical forest loss in Southeast Asia

Financial sector under the spotlight in new international push to protect forests and forest communities
2016-09-06 | Singapore | Rainforest Action Network
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New report finds banks betting on climate change

Seventh annual bank finance Report Card reveals major banks poured hundreds of billions into extreme fossil fuels
2016-06-14 | Nijmegen, San Francisco | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and Oil Change International
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New BankTrack Human Rights Impact Briefing: Drummond and paramilitary violence in Colombia

2016-05-25 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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Stuart Gulliver ‘has blood on his hands’ as HSBC AGM shines light on human rights abuses

2016-04-22 | London | Move Your Money UK
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Stuart Gulliver ‘has blood on his hands’ as HSBC AGM shines light on human rights abuses

2016-04-22 | London | Move Your Money UK
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On Coal and Capital: Demand that HSBC Quit Coal

2016-03-15 | Move Your Money UK
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UN-backed green fund to wean major banks off fossil addiction

2016-03-11 | ClimateHome
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Green Climate Fund must say no to partnerships with HSBC, Crédit Agricole

2016-03-07 | Songdo, South Korea | BankTrack, FoE US, FoE France
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Green Climate Fund urged to ditch links to HSBC, Credit Agricole

2016-03-03 | ClimateHome
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New BankTrack Human Rights Impact Briefing: Labour standards violations in IOI Corporation’s Malaysian plantations

2016-02-16 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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New BankTrack Human Rights Impact Briefing: Labour standards violations in IOI Corporation’s Malaysian plantations

2016-02-16 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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The Green Climate Fund’s not-so-green partners

2015-12-15 | Euractiv
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Eight banks submit bids to manage $3.2 billion Coal India stake sale

2015-11-16 | Reuters
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Green Climate Fund must say no to HSBC, Crédit Agricole partnerships

2015-11-03 | Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, Friends of the Earth U.S., Institute for Policy Studies, Germanwatch, ActionAid USA
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Green Climate Fund under pressure to shun HSBC and Credit Agricole

2015-10-30 | Environmental Finance ($)
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Fair Finance Guide launches in Indonesia

Indonesian banks lag behind in incorporating social and environmental issues
2015-03-11 | Jakarta | Koalisi Responsibank Indonesia
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Banks behind Indonesian palm oil tycoons revealed

HSBC and OCBC lead in bankrolling sector linked to large scale deforestation and tax avoidance
2015-03-10 | Jakarta | TuK Indonesia
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HSBC scandal caused horrible damage to reputation, says chairman

2015-02-26 | The Guardian
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UN, banks and oil palm giants feast on the stolen land of Uganda's dispossessed

2015-02-19 | The Ecologist
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Give us back our land: Ugandan oil palm project taken to court over land-grab claims

2015-02-19 | Kampala/Brussels/London | Anne van Schaik and Frank Muramuzi
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Fossil fuel divestment campaign grows as protesters target UK banks

2015-02-13 | The Guardian
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Call for banks to divest from APRIL

Social conflict and environmental destruction are rife in its operations
2014-12-10 | Nijmegen | BankTrack, Mandy Haggith – Environmental Paper Network
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Banks not yet living up to UN human rights principles, finds BankTrack

New research finds inadequate reporting on human rights impacts, and failure to establish mechanisms to allow complaints.
2014-12-02 | Geneva | BANKTRACK
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'Record year' for bank coal financing as latest UN climate warning looms

2014-10-29 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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UN ‘concerned’ over barrier reef but defers in-danger notice

2014-06-18 | Financial Times
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HSBC AGM: Protestors to tell HSBC to pull out of coal

2014-05-23 | London | World Development Movement
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BankTrack calls for strengthening of Green Bond Principles

Combatting climate change needs real commitments instead of loose guidelines - Banks must urgently curb fossil fuel financing
2014-04-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
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European and US financial institutions continue to finance illegal palm oil

2014-03-28 | Amsterdam/Brussels/Berlin | Friends of the Earth Europe
blog
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Santas deliver coal to ‘naughty bank’ HSBC

2013-12-17 | London | World Development Movement
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From Main Street to Wall Street, US banks and brands support illegal forest destruction for palm oil

International investigation names brands and investors behind commodity's boom
2013-11-21 | Washington / Jakarta | Friends of the Earth US
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Dirty Money - an interactive documentary

Watch WDM's online, interactive documentary exploring how UK banks are financing coal mining in Indonesia.
2013-11-21 | London | World Development Movement
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British banks among world's biggest lenders to coal industry, report finds

2013-11-18 | The Guardian
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Campaigners tell HSBC: Pull out of coal

2013-10-22 | London | World Development Movement
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HSBC's climate criminality

2013-10-10 | London | WDM website
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HSBC shuts down City branch in face of climate protest

2013-10-10 | London | World Development Movement
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Who's Funding Climate Change...

2013-10-04 | The Huffington Post
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UK banks financing coal boom destroying Borneo rainforests

2013-10-01 | London | World Development Movement
blog
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European banks and pension funds fuel land-grabs in Uganda

2013-05-21 | Brussels | Friends of the Earth Europe
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European banks fuel land-grabs in Uganda

2013-05-21 | Friends of the Earth Europe
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Bill Oddie evicted from HSBC Headquarters

while protesting against bank’s role in Malaysian rainforest destruction
2013-05-14 | London | Global Witness
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Extreme Investments: 2013 Coal Finance Report Card

2013-04-29 | RAN
blog
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Outrage at vast HSBC profits and bonuses despite role in drug money laundering

2013-03-04 | London | Global Witness
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Senior HSBC bankers need to face jail for their bank’s role in laundering drugs money

Fining the bank won’t work
2012-12-11 | UK | Global Witness
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Log tale - A new investigation accuses HSBC of ignoring its own sustainability policies

2012-11-03 | Economist
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HSBC rakes in US$130 million bankrolling rainforest destruction and human rights abuses in Malaysia’s corrupt forestry sector

2012-11-02 | United Kingdom | Global Witness
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Equator Principles goes beyond project finance, improves transparency

2012-08-13 | Environmental Finance
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“World’s favorite bank” HSBC “left U.S. vulnerable to dirty money”

Senate hearing examines money laundering, drug trafficking and terrorist financing allegations
2012-07-17 | London | Global Witness
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“Nuclear Banks, No Thanks!” coalition welcomes cancellation Belene nuclear plant

Cancellation Bulgarian nuclear power plant sends clear signal to banks that nuclear industry is a dying business; the future is in renewables
2012-03-29 | Nijmegen | Coalition “Nuclear Banks, No Thanks!”
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Don’t bank on the bomb

2012-03-05 | Washington | ICAN
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New report: European banks fuelling food price volatility and hunger

2012-01-12 | Brussels | Friends of the Earth Europe
blog
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Bankrolling Climate Change

NGOs present groundbreaking research on banks’ involvement in coal financing
2011-11-30 | Durban | urgewald, Earthlife, BankTrack and groundWork
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Coal study names top 20 'climate killer' banks

2011-11-30 | The Guardian
blog
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While BankTrack criticizes Equator Principles, IFC celebrates Community of Learning

2011-10-25 | Washington | prizmablog.com
blog
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Time to Improve the Equator Principles, BankTrack Says

2011-10-24 | Washington | Social Funds
blog
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BankTrack to Equator Principles banks; ‘get the Outside Job done’

Equator Principles update must lead to new Principles focused on people and planet
2011-10-23 | Washington | BankTrack
blog
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Financiers search for sustainable future

2011-10-20 | Washington | Environmental Finance
blog
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BEH and NEK announcement of key actions on Belene

2011-10-17 | BEH website
blog
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China digs in conflict-ridden Burma for oil and gas

2011-09-06 | Bangkok | Finance GreenWatch
blog
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FSA reveals British banks are failing to turn down corrupt funds

Long overdue recognition shows need for new systems in banks and more effective ongoing monitoring regime by FSA, say campaigners
2011-06-22 | London | Global Witness
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Barclays, HSBC and RBS linked to 'dirty financing' for fossil fuels

2011-06-14 | The Ecologist
blog
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Protest mounts against earthquake prone nuke plant

2011-05-20 | India | Karuna Raina, Greenpeace
blog
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HSBC Contracts with Bulgaria to Fund Nuclear Power Plant in Seismic Area

2011-04-19 | Social funds
blog
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HSBC gets EUR 2.7 M consulting contract for Bulgaria's Belene NPP - report

2011-04-12 | Bulgaria | www.investbulgaria.com
blog
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One month into Fukushima disaster, HSBC signs advisory contract for nuclear power plant in earth quake zone

2011-04-01 | Nijmegen, Netherlands | BankTrack
blog
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Don’t make it easier for dictators to steal

2011-02-24 | London | Global Witness
blog
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HSBC takes a step away from tar sands

2011-01-26 | San Fransisco, US | Brant Olson, Rainforest Action Network
blog
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US embassy cables: More troubles at Bulgarian nuclear power plant

2010-12-20 | The Guardian
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Bulgaria Picks HSBC for Belene Nuclear Plant Consultant

2010-11-16 | Bulgaria | Novinite
blog
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British banks complicit in Nigerian corruption, court documents reveal

2010-10-11 | London | Global Witness
blog
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Banks grow wary of environmental risks

2010-08-31 | NY Times
blog
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New rules for Equator Principles, but no new commitments from banks

New governance rules represent missed chance for Equator Principles to take bold steps forward on transparency and accountability
2010-07-01 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
blog
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Bank financing of nuclear power exposed on NGO site

2010-05-27 | international | Environmental Finance
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BankTrack calls on banks to stop funding nuclear power

New website exposes nuclear secrets of commercial banks
2010-05-26 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
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external news
our news

BankTrack calls upon banks to Close the Gap on investment policies

New report evaluates quality of investment policies of 49 banks; more policies in place, overall quality below what is required
2010-04-27 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Top financial institutions invest over US$43 billion in producers of cluster bombs

Activists call on governments and financial institutions to stop explosive investments
2010-04-14 | Geneva, Switzerland | Netwerk Vlaanderen/ IKV PaxChristi
blog
external news
our news

Equator Principles: Action, not words needed

BankTrack calls upon Citi, new chair of Equator Principles to take bold steps forward
2010-03-15 | Nijmegen, The Netherlands | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

UK Taxpayers' money involved in financing controversial tar sands companies

Cashing in on Tar Sands: RBS, UK banks and Canada’s “blood oil”
2010-03-01 | London | Platform
blog
external news
our news

28 countries accused of facilitating money laundering … but key offenders missing

also banks that do business with corrupt regimes have been exposed in Global Witness research
2010-02-18 | London | Global Witness
blog
external news
our news

Civil society groups call for bold steps forward with Equator Principles

Major reforms needed on transparency, accountability, implementation and climate change
2010-01-14 | Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Top financial institutions still invest US$20 billion in cluster bombs

Activists call on banks and pension funds to disinvest from banned weapon
2009-10-29 | London | Netwerk Vlaanderen
blog
external news
our news

BankTrack members unveil bank secrets

Six European organizations launch a revealing website: www.banksecrets.eu
2009-06-25 | Brussels | CRBM
blog
external news
our news

Carbon Principles and Climate Principles will not stop melting of the ice

2009-03-30 | Bonn, Nijmegen | BankTrack
blog
external news
our news

Major banks facilitate corruption in world's poorest countries; government regulation is not working

2009-03-11 | London | Global Witness
blog
external news
our news

Cashing in on Coal - New Report

2008-08-26 | London, Edinburgh | Platform
blog
external news
our news

Banks shun harmful investments

New report shows examples of pioneering banks
2008-06-11 | Brussels | Netwerk Vlaanderen
blog
external news
our news

Credit Suisse involved in Malaysian logging giants stock exchange listing

2007-02-15 | Basel, Zuerich | Berne Declaration
blog
external news
our news

New report FoE France : Banques et environnement: Presque tout reste à faire

2006-03-06 | Paris, France | Les Amis de la Terre

Documents

Type:
Year:
ngo documents
2021-03-05 00:00:00

Big meat. Big bucks. Bigger harm.

Animal welfare and European financial links with deforestation in the Amazon and Cerrado
2021-03-05 00:00:00 | World Animal Protection and Profundo
csr policies
2021-02-10 00:00:00

Introduction to HSBC’s Sustainability Risk Policies

2021-02-10 00:00:00 | HSBC
our publications
2020-11-24 00:00:00

"Trust Us, We're Equator Banks": Part II

2020-11-24 00:00:00 | BankTrack
ngo documents
2020-11-11 00:00:00

Barclays’ and HSBC’s $43 billion fossil fuel problem

2020-11-11 00:00:00 | Fund Our Future UK
csr policies
2020-11-05 00:00:00

ESG Update 2019

2020-11-05 00:00:00 | HSBC
ngo documents
2020-10-31 00:00:00

High Risk, Low Reward

An overview of European banks' position on oil sands
2020-10-31 00:00:00 | ShareAction
ngo documents
2020-10-28 00:00:00

Bankrolling Extinction: The top 10 banks financing biodiversity loss

2020-10-28 00:00:00 | porfolio.earth
ngo documents
2020-10-19 00:00:00

A detailed analysis of HSBC’s net zero ambition

2020-10-19 00:00:00 | ShareAction
bank documents
2020-07-31 00:00:00

Fixed income investor presentation

2020-07-31 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2020-07-15 00:00:00

Financial crime risk policies

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2020-07-15 00:00:00 | HSBC
annual reports
2020-04-28 00:00:00

Annual report 2019

2020-04-28 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2020-04-25 00:00:00

Energy policy update on coal power plants in Vietnam, Bangladesh and Indonesia

(page 3 of this document)
2020-04-25 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2020-04-23 00:00:00

Energy policy

2020-04-23 00:00:00 | HSBC
our publications
2020-03-18 00:00:00

Banking on Climate Change - Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2020

2020-03-18 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil Change International, Reclaim Finance, Sierra Club
csr policies
2020-02-18 00:00:00

Modern slavery and human trafficking statement

2020-02-18 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2020-02-15 00:00:00

Chemicals industry policy

2020-02-15 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2020-02-15 00:00:00

Defence equipment sector policy

2020-02-15 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2020-02-15 00:00:00

Forestry policy

2020-02-15 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2020-02-15 00:00:00

Minings & metals policy

2020-02-15 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2020-02-15 00:00:00

World heritage sites and Ramsar wetlands policy

2020-02-15 00:00:00 | HSBC
correspondence
2019-12-11 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to HSBC on the bank's progress on its fossil fuel finance since COP24

2019-12-11 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications
2019-12-05 00:00:00

The UK's dirty coal secret

$26 billion support from big four banks for international companies planning coal fleet 16 times the size of current UK capacity
2019-12-05 00:00:00 | BankTrack, urgewald, 350.org
ngo documents
2019-05-21 00:00:00

Fool's Gold

The financial institutions bankrolling Europe’s most coal-dependent utilities
2019-05-21 00:00:00 | Europe Beyond Coal
our publications
2019-04-10 00:00:00

Annual General Meeting Shareholder Briefing HSBC

2019-04-10 00:00:00 | BankTrack
annual reports
2019-04-01 00:00:00

Environmental, Social and Governance Update 2019

2019-04-01 00:00:00 | HSBC
annual reports
2019-03-11 00:00:00

Annual report 2018

2019-03-11 00:00:00 | HSBC
correspondence
2019-02-21 00:00:00

Letter from Civil Society Groups to Companies linked to Vale on Breakdown of Brumadinho tailings dam

2019-02-21 00:00:00 | Civil Society Groups
ngo documents
2018-12-10 00:00:00

Bank Policy Matrix

2018-12-10 00:00:00 | Forests & Finance Coalition
csr policies
2018-11-30 00:00:00

Green Bond Framework 2018

2018-11-30 00:00:00 | ING
ngo documents
2018-10-17 00:00:00

No exceptions

Why HSBC’s new coal policy could fuel climate change
2018-10-17 00:00:00 | Christian Aid
correspondence
2018-10-16 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack and 120 organisations to HSBC on Demands FBNT campaign

2018-10-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack and 120 organisations
csr policies
2018-05-31 00:00:00

Anti-money laundering questionnaire

2018-05-31 00:00:00 | HSBC
annual reports
2018-04-20 00:00:00

Annual report 2017

2018-04-20 00:00:00 | HSBC Holdings
ngo documents
2018-02-28 00:00:00

How banks contribute to human rights violations: responses to the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

2018-02-28 00:00:00 | Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
correspondence
2018-01-15 00:00:00

Letter from HSBC to Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, BankTrack on How banks contribute to human rights violations

2018-01-15 00:00:00 | HSBC
ngo documents
2017-12-07 00:00:00

The Big Shift - Banks must invest our money in a cleaner future

2017-12-07 00:00:00 | Christian Aid
ngo documents
2017-11-30 00:00:00

Major international banks continue to finance palm oil company Indofood despite evidence of systemic labor abuses

Forest & Finance Briefing
2017-11-30 00:00:00 | RAN, TuK Indonesia & Profundo
ngo documents
2017-11-30 00:00:00

The human cost of conflict palm oil - revisited

How PepsiCo, Banks and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil perpetuate Indofood's worker exploitation
2017-11-30 00:00:00 | RAN, OPPUK & International Labor Rights Forum
bank documents
2017-11-06 00:00:00

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Supplement

2017-11-06 00:00:00 | HSBC
ngo documents
2017-09-25 00:00:00

Banks: High Carbon, Hidden Risks

2017-09-25 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
ngo documents
2017-07-03 00:00:00

Deadly Investments

UK bank complicity in Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people
2017-07-03 00:00:00 | War on Want
ngo documents
2017-06-13 00:00:00

Japanese and Malaysian banks and investors continue to pump billions of dollars into forest-risk companies, without adequate environmental and social safeguards

2017-06-13 00:00:00 | RAN, TuK Indonesia & Profundo
csr policies
2017-04-26 00:00:00

Environmental Policy

2017-04-26 00:00:00 | HSBC
ngo documents
2017-03-27 00:00:00

Financiers of IOI and Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) face material ESG risks from failure to respect land tenure rights

2017-03-27 00:00:00 | RAN, TuK & Profundo
ngo documents
2017-02-28 00:00:00

IndoAgri's new sustainable palm oil policy ails to address key environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks

2017-02-28 00:00:00 | RAN, TuK & Profundo
annual reports
2017-02-21 00:00:00

Annual Report and Accounts 2016

2017-02-21 00:00:00 | HSBC Holdings
ngo documents
2017-01-31 00:00:00

Sime Darby urged to resolve long-standing land rights conflict before stock exchange listing of its plantation division

2017-01-31 00:00:00 | RAN, TuK & Profundo
ngo documents
2017-01-17 00:00:00

Dirty Bankers

How HSBC is financing forest destruction for palm oil
2017-01-17 00:00:00 | Greenpeace
bank documents
2016-12-09 00:00:00

Environmental and Social Due Diligence - Long Phu I TPP, Final Report

2016-12-09 00:00:00 | ERM Vietnam Company
ngo documents
2016-11-07 00:00:00

Protecting the Leuser Ecosystem

A Shared Responsibility
2016-11-07 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network
bank documents
2016-07-25 00:00:00

HSBC response to Banktrack report

RE "Banking with Principles?" 2016
2016-07-25 00:00:00
csr policies
2016-07-18 00:00:00

Statement of anti-bribery principles

2016-07-18 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2016-07-18 00:00:00

Anti-Money Laundering Policy Statement

2016-07-18 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2016-07-18 00:00:00

Sanctions Policy Statement

2016-07-18 00:00:00 | HSBC
our publications
2016-06-30 00:00:00

Banking with Principles? Second Edition June 2016

Benchmarking Banks against the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
2016-06-30 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications
2016-06-14 00:00:00

Shorting the Climate

Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2016
2016-06-14 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and Oil Change International
our publications
2016-06-02 00:00:00

Green Paper, Red Lines

Requirements for pulp and paper industry finance
2016-06-02 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Environmental Paper Network
our publications
2016-05-25 00:00:00

Human Rights Impact Briefing #2: Drummond and paramilitary violence in Colombia

2016-05-25 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications
2016-04-22 00:00:00

HSBC Coal Bank Briefing 2016

2016-04-22 00:00:00 | BankTrack and Move Your Money UK
bank documents
2016-04-18 00:00:00

Sustainable Operations

Our ten 2020 goals and performance to the end of 2015
2016-04-18 00:00:00
correspondence
2016-04-13 00:00:00

Letter from HSBC to BankTrack on Drummond Human Rights Impact Briefing

2016-04-13 00:00:00 | HSBC
annual reports
2016-03-09 00:00:00

Strategic Report 2015

2016-03-09 00:00:00 | HSBC Holdings
annual reports
2016-03-07 00:00:00

Annual Report and Accounts 2015

2016-03-07 00:00:00 | HSBC Holdings
our publications
2016-02-16 00:00:00

Human Rights Impact Briefing #1:Labour standards violations in IOICorporation’s Malaysian plantations

2016-02-16 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications
2015-09-08 00:00:00

HSBC Coal Bank Briefing 2015

2015-09-08 00:00:00 | BankTrack
ngo documents
2015-06-15 00:00:00

EU Investors, Land Grabs and Deforestation: Case-Studies

Briefing note
2015-06-15 00:00:00 | Fern
our publications
2015-05-04 00:00:00

The end of coal?

2015 Coal Finance Report Card
2015-05-04 00:00:00 | BankTrack, Rainforest Action Network and Sierra Club
annual reports
2015-04-24 00:00:00

Strategic Report 2014

2015-04-24 00:00:00 | HSBC
annual reports
2015-02-23 00:00:00

Annual Report 2014

2015-02-23 00:00:00 | HSBC
ngo documents
2015-02-16 00:00:00

Tycoon-controlled oil palm groups in Indonesia - Executive Summary

2015-02-16 00:00:00 | TuK, Profundo
correspondence
2014-12-10 00:00:00

Letter from EPN to Banks investing in April on APRIL

2014-12-10 00:00:00 | EPN
our publications
2014-12-02 00:00:00

Banking with Principles?

Benchmarking Banks against the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
2014-12-02 00:00:00 | BankTrack
our publications
2014-10-29 00:00:00

Banking on Coal 2014

2014-10-29 00:00:00 | BankTrack
ngo documents
2014-10-01 00:00:00

Dirty Profits III

Reporting on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights 
2014-10-01 00:00:00 | Facing Finance
our publications
2014-04-17 00:00:00

Coal Finance Report Card 2014

Extreme Investments; Extreme Consequences
2014-04-17 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, BankTrack
correspondence
2014-04-09 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to signatory banks on Green Bond Principles

2014-04-09 00:00:00 | BankTrack
csr policies
2014-03-01 00:00:00

Statement on forestry and palm oil

2014-03-01 00:00:00 | HSBC
annual reports
2014-01-01 00:00:00

Annual Report 2013

2014-01-01 00:00:00
ngo documents
2013-11-16 00:00:00

Banking on Extinction

Oil Palm, Orangutans and the Certified Failure of HSBC's Forest Policy
2013-11-16 00:00:00 | EIA
ngo documents
2013-09-30 00:00:00

Banking while Borneo burns

How the UK financial sector is bankrolling Indonesia's fossil fuel boom
2013-09-30 00:00:00 | World Development Movement
ngo documents
2013-05-24 00:00:00

HSBC in Malaysia

Bill Oddie’s BankWatch
2013-05-24 00:00:00 | Global Witness
annual reports
2013-05-22 00:00:00

Sustainability Report 2012

2013-05-22 00:00:00 | HSBC Holdings plc
ngo documents
2013-05-01 00:00:00

The Cerrejón mine - Coal exploitation in Colombia

2013-05-01 00:00:00 | World Development Movement
our publications
2013-04-29 00:00:00

Coal Finance Report Card 2013

Extreme investments - US Banks and the Coal Industry
2013-04-29 00:00:00 | Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, BankTrack
annual reports
2013-04-02 00:00:00

Annual report and accounts 2012

connecting customers to opportunities
2013-04-02 00:00:00 | HSBC Holdings plc
ngo documents
2012-11-02 00:00:00

In the future, there will be no forests left.

HSBC rakes in US$130 million bankrolling rainforest destruction and human rights abuses in Malaysia’s corrupt forestry sector
2012-11-02 00:00:00 | Global Witness
ngo documents
2012-06-20 00:00:00

Worldwide investments in Cluster munitions, a shared responsibility

2012-06-20 00:00:00 | IKV Pax Christi & FairFin
bank documents
2012-04-24 00:00:00

HSBC's Project Belene (financial modelling presentation).

Presentation of the Operational Model
2012-04-24 00:00:00 | HSBC
our publications
2011-11-30 00:00:00

Bankrolling climate change

A look into the portfolios of the world`s largest banks
2011-11-30 00:00:00 | urgewald/BankTrack/groundwork
correspondence
2011-10-25 00:00:00

Notificação extrajudicial: teor da presente notificação- HSBC

2011-10-25 00:00:00 | Amigos da Terra- Amazonia Brasileira
correspondence
2011-10-25 00:00:00

Segunda notificação extrajudicial- Complexo Hidreletrico de Belo Monte- HSBC

2011-10-25 00:00:00 | Amigos da Terra- Amazonia Brasileira
other documents
2011-10-19 00:00:00

2011 Global Investor Statement on Climate Change

2011-10-19 00:00:00 | IIGCC, INCR, IGCC, UNEP-FI, PRI
other documents
2011-05-25 00:00:00

HSBC Cluster Munitions Investments

2011-05-25 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen & IKV Pax Christi
correspondence
2010-12-18 00:00:00

Letter from BankTrack to EPFIs on issues around Equator Principles Review process

2010-12-18 00:00:00 | Banktrack
ngo documents
2010-10-11 00:00:00

International thief thief

2010-10-11 00:00:00 | Global Witness
other documents
2010-10-04 00:00:00

Where did our money go?

2010-10-04 00:00:00 | New Economics Foundation
bank documents
2010-05-01 00:00:00

The UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI)

2010-05-01 00:00:00 | HSBC Global Asset Management
our publications
2010-04-27 00:00:00

Close the Gap

Benchmarking investment policies of international banks
2010-04-27 00:00:00 | BankTrack
other documents
2010-04-01 00:00:00

HSBC cluster munitions investments

2010-04-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, IKV PAX Christi
ngo documents
2010-04-01 00:00:00

Summary Table 'Hall of Fame and runners-up'

2010-04-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, IKV PAX Christi
other documents
2009-10-01 00:00:00

HSBC cluster munitions financing

2009-10-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen et. al.
ngo documents
2009-10-01 00:00:00

Worldwide investments in CLUSTER MUNITIONS, a shared responsibility

2009-10-01 00:00:00 | Netwerk Vlaanderen, et. al.
bank documents
2009-08-26 00:00:00

Communication on Progress to the UN Global Compact 2008

2009-08-26 00:00:00 | HSBC
our publications
2009-03-01 00:00:00

Meek Principles for a Tough Climate

Why the Climate and Carbon Principles will not stop the melting of the ice
2009-03-01 00:00:00 | BankTrack
ngo documents
2008-11-20 00:00:00

HSBC and the Palm Oil Sector in South East Asia: Towards accountability

2008-11-20 00:00:00 | Forest Peoples Programme with Profundo
ngo documents
2008-08-01 00:00:00

Cashing in on coal: RBS, UK banks and the global coal industry

2008-08-01 00:00:00 | Platform
other documents
2008-06-11 00:00:00

Viewpoint of European Commission on Belene

2008-06-11 00:00:00 | European Commission
ngo documents
2008-01-11 00:00:00

Profiles of European Banks

2008-01-11 00:00:00 | Ceres
correspondence
2006-03-22 00:00:00

Letter to EP banks on NGO concern about consultation process

2006-03-22 00:00:00 | BankTrack
csr policies
2005-05-01 00:00:00

Freshwater infrastructure sector guideline

2005-05-01 00:00:00 | HSBC

Links

Bill Oddie's BankWatch

This film takes a light-hearted look at a very serious issue. The UK’s biggest bank has so far made around £100 million by providing loans and services to some of the most destructive logging companies in the world, often in violation of its own policies.
http://www.globalwitness.org/hsbc-sarawak/

HSBC sustainability risk page

http://www.hsbc.com/citizenship/sustainability/sustainability-risk

Fair Finance Watch's ongoing report on HSBC

http://www.innercitypress.org/hsbc.html

HSBC's sustainability pages

https://www.hsbc.com/our-approach/building-a-sustainable-future

Tell HSBC to withdraw from Payra coal port

Market Forces campaign webpage

https://www.marketforces.org.au/urgent-tell-hsbc-to-withdraw-from-payra-coal-port/

EPN assessment of policies against 14 minimum criteria - HSBC

Environmental Paper Network (EPN) evaluated the policies of 68 major financiers of the pulp and paper industry against 14 absolute minimum criteria that all financial institutions should require their clients, investments and business partners to respect in order to reduce social and environmental risks.

https://environmentalpaper.org/hsbc/

Fund our Future UK

https://fundourfuture.uk/

Market Forces - HSBC campaign web page

https://marketforces.org.uk/

Policies

Voluntary initiatives

HSBC has committed itself to the following voluntary standards:
  • Carbon Disclosure Project
  • Equator Principles
  • Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
  • Finance for Biodiversity Pledge
  • Global Reporting Initiative
  • Green Bond Principles
  • Observatoire de la responsabilité sociétale des enterprises (ORSE)
  • Paris Agreement Capital Transition Assessment (PACTA)
  • Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
  • Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
  • Science Based Targets
  • Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
  • UNEP Finance Initiative
  • United Nations Global Compact
  • Wolfsberg Principles

Investment policies

HSBC's corporate social responsibility webpage can be accessed here.

Year:
csr policies
2021-02-10 00:00:00

Introduction to HSBC’s Sustainability Risk Policies

2021-02-10 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2020-11-05 00:00:00

ESG Update 2019

2020-11-05 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2020-07-15 00:00:00

Financial crime risk policies

Date listed represents date as accessed on website
2020-07-15 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2020-04-25 00:00:00

Energy policy update on coal power plants in Vietnam, Bangladesh and Indonesia

(page 3 of this document)
2020-04-25 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2020-04-23 00:00:00

Energy policy

2020-04-23 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2020-02-18 00:00:00

Modern slavery and human trafficking statement

2020-02-18 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2020-02-15 00:00:00

Chemicals industry policy

2020-02-15 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2020-02-15 00:00:00

Defence equipment sector policy

2020-02-15 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2020-02-15 00:00:00

Forestry policy

2020-02-15 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2020-02-15 00:00:00

Minings & metals policy

2020-02-15 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2020-02-15 00:00:00

World heritage sites and Ramsar wetlands policy

2020-02-15 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2018-11-30 00:00:00

Green Bond Framework 2018

2018-11-30 00:00:00 | ING
csr policies
2018-05-31 00:00:00

Anti-money laundering questionnaire

2018-05-31 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2017-04-26 00:00:00

Environmental Policy

2017-04-26 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2016-07-18 00:00:00

Statement of anti-bribery principles

2016-07-18 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2016-07-18 00:00:00

Anti-Money Laundering Policy Statement

2016-07-18 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2016-07-18 00:00:00

Sanctions Policy Statement

2016-07-18 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2014-03-01 00:00:00

Statement on forestry and palm oil

2014-03-01 00:00:00 | HSBC
csr policies
2005-05-01 00:00:00

Freshwater infrastructure sector guideline

2005-05-01 00:00:00 | HSBC

Equator Principles

Implementation and reporting

HSBC is reporting on the implementation here.

Contact and complaints

Equator Principles Dodgy Deals

Projects

active

Atlantic Coast Pipeline United States

Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas
active

Tufanbeyli coal power plant Turkey

Coal Electric Power Generation
on record

Block 31, Yasuni National Park Ecuador

Oil and Gas Extraction
on record

El Dorado International Airport Colombia

Aviation
on record

Long Phu I coal power plant Vietnam

Coal Electric Power Generation
on record

Toka Tindung gold mine Indonesia

Mining
on record

Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMEP) Canada

Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil
on record

Vinh Tan III coal power plant Vietnam

Coal Electric Power Generation
on record

Woodlark Island Kula Gold Project Papua New Guinea

Mining

Good moves

Year:

2018

Banking giant HSBC divests from Israeli arms manufacturer following pressure from human rights campaigners

HSBC confirmed to campaigners that it has fully divested from Israeli drone manufacturer Elbit Systems, which sells weapons to the Israeli military used in attacks on Palestinians. Over 24,000 people emailed HSBC with concern over its investments in Elbit Systems and other companies selling weapons to Israel’s military,…

2017

HSBC triggers investigation into palm oil company Noble Plantations over deforestations allegations

HSBC has triggered an investigation into Noble Plantations following allegations the company was preparing to clear thousands of hectares of rainforest in Papua for oil palm cultivation. In a decision hailed as a first by a major bank, HSBC has asked the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), a sustainability body…

2014

HSBC states it would be "extraordinarily unlikely to go anywhere near" Abbot Point

Following several letters and alerts, HSBC was challenged by BankTrack member Market Forces at its 2014 AGM on the financing of the proposed expansion of the Abbot Point coal export terminal in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. The response was that, given the concerns of the World Heritage Committee over Abbot…

Nine of the world's top 20 funders of coal won't touch additional coal terminals at Abbot Point

In 2014, JP Morgan, Cit, Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland all responded to a worldwide pressure campaign of NGOs, including Banktrack, urgewald, Greenpeace and Market Forces, by announcing that they would not help finance the expansion of the Abbot Point coal terminal in Australia. While ANZ and others remain tied to…
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