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Green Credit Card
HSBC in Hong Kong is helping environmentally-conscious customers put their good intentions to practice - even when spending with their credit cards. With the Bank's first Green Credit Card, customers will be using a card made of PET G, a chlorine-free material and receiving e-statements to help cut down on paper consumption. They will also be contributing to the setting up of green roofs in a number of schools in Hong Kong, as HSBC will donate an equivalent sum of 0.1% of cardholder spending to the HSBC Green Roof for Schools programme.
- Contribute to green causes every time you make a purchase - HSBC will donate 0.1 % of your spending to the "HSBC Green Roof for Schools" programme that helps to improve the environment
- Receive a monthly e-Statement to reduce paper consumption
- Enjoy Green rewards and offers reserved exclusively for Green Credit Cardholders
- Enjoy exclusive privileges offered by HSBC Visa Platinum
HSBC Green Roof for Schools Programme
Initiated by the Hongkong Bank Foundation in collaboration with The University of Hong Kong, the HK$5 million Programme will create green outdoor classrooms for teachers and students in selected schools in Hong Kong.
- Increase green space in schools which often lack ground-level open space or gardens.
- Reduce school building temperatures and combat the “urban heat island effect” (ie the phenomenon of urban temperatures being higher than temperatures in the surrounding rural areas) which should reduce air conditioning use.
- Improve air quality in the city. The lawn surfaces can help filter and absorb dust particles and other harmful air pollutants.
Peter Wong, Executive Director (left) and Louisa Cheang, Head of Personal Financial Services for Hong Kong (right), of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited join forces with environmentalist and actor Leonardo DiCaprio to mark the official launch of the HSBC green card, the first of its kind in Hong Kong.
(From left to right) Peter Wong, Leonardo DiCaprio and Louisa Cheang celebrate the launch of the HSBC green card which allows customers to contribute to environmental protection as they spend. HSBC will donate a portion of consumer spending to build green roofs for selected schools in Hong Kong.
Environmental advocate Leonardo DiCaprio joins the Hong Kong public to make their green mark the easy, practical and convenient way with the new HSBC green credit card.
At the launch ceremony of HSBC’s Green Credit Card are (from left) Conrado Engel, Regional Director Personal Financial Services for Asia-Pacific, Peter Wong, Louisa Cheang, Professor CY Jim ,The University of Hong Kong Chair Professor of Geography and Teresa Au, HSBC’s Head of Corporate Sustainability Asia-Pacific Region
Peter Wong (left) and Louisa Cheang (right) pose with two school children at the sky garden on the rooftop of HSBC Building Mong Kok after launching the Bank's first Green Credit Card
Rooftop building absorbs solar energy which increases indoor temperature leading to higher demand in energy for air conditioning.
Magnitude of air temperature reduction after green roof installation, with the summer day time maximum roof surface temperature to be reduced by around 20 degree.
Environmental projects and activities
The Green Credit Card and its linkage with the green roof programme complements the Bank's unwavering commitment to protect the environment. By spending with this card, customers will contribute to a meaningful cause. HSBC has always been keen to work with our customers to combat environmental issues.
Louisa Cheang,
Head of Personal Financial Services,
HSBC Hong Kong
