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HSBC Climate Partnership
Climate change is an urgent threat affecting people, their livelihoods and the world we live in and care about. To reduce the impacts of climate change, HSBC is partnering with four world-class environmental charities to launch a ground-breaking five-year global programme to inspire action by individuals, businesses and governments worldwide to alleviate the consequences for people, forest, water and cities.
This Partnership is the largest ever single corporate donation given by HSBC to each of the charity partners which include: The Climate Group, Earthwatch, The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and WWF, as well as the largest employee engagement on climate change. The programme aims to:
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Engage individuals. Educate and inspire employees and public to address climate change at home and at work, by engaging them in volunteering and research projects.
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Engage decision-makers. Work with government and corporations in China, India, USA and UK to create cleaner, greener cities and promote them as models for the world.
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Protect major rivers. Make the Amazon, Ganges, Thames and Yangtze - and the millions of people who depend on them - less vulnerable to climate change.
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Improve understanding of forests. Help combat climate change by enabling scientists' to improve their understanding of how forests interact with carbon and the climate.
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Make our business more sustainable. Make our employees more aware of the business implications of climate change. Help build their general capabilities, confidence and commitment to HSBC.
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Last modified date: December 2009
HSBC's Climate Champions pledged for green action and being the changing agent to lead change in HSBC's businesses and workplace.
Simon Martin (3rd from right), Head of Group Corporate Sustainability HSBC Holdings plc, Teresa Au (2nd from right), HSBC's Head of Corporate Sustainability Asia Pacific Region, Helen Wong (right), Deputy CEO of HSBC Bank (China) pledged for joint and proactive efforts tackling climate change at the launch ceremony of China Climate Centre with partners of the HSBC Climate Partnership programme.
HBAP Executive Director Peter Wong, Head of Corporate Sustainability Asia-Pacific Region Teresa Au and Country Representative of WWF China Dermot O'Gorman unveil the HSBC Climate Partnership Programme.
Working with WWF and with the support of HSBC, local communities have adopted eco-fishing practices, which increase their income and reduce pollution on the Yangtze River in China. (Source: Zhou Huaikuan/WWF-China)
Sustainable fishing practices on the Purus River, near Sena Madureira, Brazil are supported by HSBC and its environmental partner WWF. (Source: Edward Parker/ WWF-Canon)
HSBC helped finance a deal to provide 1,800 low-emission buses, serving 4.5 million passengers a day in Santiago, Chile. (Source: Ito Cornelsen)
Researchers will create the largest ever field experiment on the quality and quantity of water flow in the Panama Canal, the most important watershed for world commerce with the support of HSBC. (Source: Christian Ziegler)
Paul's Hill wind farm in Scotland was financed by HSBC and is an example of the projects it will support under its carbon finance strategy.
Low carbon transport such as bicycles need to form a key part of the climate change solution, said HSBC at the launch of the HSBC Climate Partnership.
Smithsonian researchers measure a tree on Barro Colorado Island in Panama as part of one of the largest ever field experiments on climate change, currently supported through the HSBC Climate Partnership. (Source: Marcos Guerra/STRI )
HSBC volunteers test sea water samples in Brazil's Cananeia Estuary, as part of an Earthwatch research project. The bank expects 25,000 employees to be engaged in community volunteer projects as part of the HSBC Climate Partnership. (Source: Brent Stirton/Getty images/WWF)
An HSBC employee volunteers on a butterfly and orchid research project in Spain. The bank expects 25,000 employees to be engaged in community volunteer projects as part of the HSBC Climate Partnership. (Source: John Dover/Earthwatch)
Torre HSBC is located on Paseo de la Reforma in front of the Angel of Independence statue. It is regarded as the most environmentally advanced building of its kind in Latin America.
Low carbon transport such as bicycles need to form a key part of the climate change solution, said HSBC at the launch of the HSBC Climate Partnership.
