Our climate strategy
Today we finance a number of industries that significantly contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. We have a strategy to help our customers to reduce their emissions and to reduce our own.
Inspiration from our clients
Back to Sustainability for Businesses in IndiaDPS
DPS are a UK-based company that supplies various fresh fruit to the country's supermarkets. As well as growing their own produce, their long-standing relationship with growers means they can consistently supply the best quality fruit. HSBC have provided DPS with a green loan to help pioneer new vertical farming techniques which produce 90% less CO2 per kg than traditional farming methods.
Lion Electric
How is Lion Electric revolutionizing the transport industry to help create a more sustainable future? Find out more about a business plan that is working to improve our society by electrifying transport.
Via
Did you know that Via is providing tech that promotes sustainable and equitable transit to more than 500 public and private entities in more than 35 countries? We’re proud to support technology companies like Via with venture growth financing, to help them expand globally and continue positively impacting our world.
Seppure
Seppure is revolutionising the industrial chemical separation industry with its new generation membrane technology. This new process means chemicals can be separated at room temperature, reducing energy consumption by 90%. Putting the industry on the path towards significantly reducing its environmental impact.
Square Group
HSBC Bangladesh have partnered with Square Group, one of the pioneer signatories of United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) to arrange the very first Sustainability Linked Loan in Bangladesh. Under this arrangement, the credit terms of the existing working capital facility offered to Square Group will be linked to renewable energy usage and they will become eligible for preferential interest rate when they achieve renewable energy usage goals.
Mercon
Mercon considers sustainability in every part of their farming process. From supply chains, to farming innovation, to improving workers’ livelihoods. All without compromising on the quality of their coffee. They’ve partnered with HSBC to participate in the first coffee-only sustainably linked loan so that diverse, sustainable practices can help make the world a better place.
Phenix
Every year a third of the world's food goes to waste. That's enough to feed the combined populations of China and the USA. Too big a problem to solve? Not for Parisian innovators Phenix, who've developed an app that gives unsold food a second life. In creating a circular economy Phenix is bringing us closer to a world without waste, and we consider it a privilege to be helping this smart tech solution expand into new continents.
Lamprell
Lamprell, a UAE-based firm, grew its foothold in the burgeoning clean energy sector with its recent Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm project, providing sustainable energy to around one million homes. This was made possible with HSBC’s support, arranging the first sustainable finance guarantee in the Middle East, a milestone transaction in the region.
Sodiaal
Sustainable development is central to Sodiaal's strategy, the largest dairy cooperative in France and third-largest in Europe for over twenty years. Innovative CSR-focused funding will help achieve these goals. The three pillars of Sodiaal’s sustainable development strategy are: farming practices that are good for people, animals and the planet; a responsible industry that delivers the best dairy products to consumers; and a community of members and farmers who are proud and committed.
Meridiam
The socio-economic impact of sustainability cannot be ignored. Meridiam is a mission-based investment company developing, financing and managing transformation projects that develop skills, create jobs and grow the economy. Right now, Meridiam is helping to turn forest biomass into green fuel that will replace coal. Smart? You bet. That's the reason our sustainability team are supporting Meridiam.
Durapower: Greening the future of mobility
See how Durapower grew from a specialist in advanced battery technology to a leading expert in e-mobility with HSBC's extensive trade network and green financing solutions.
Sustenir: Nurturing the future of sustainable agriculture
Learn how a local urban farm achieved business success by expanding into a sustainable business capable of nurturing the future of sustainable agriculture.
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