Business Plan for the Planet
HSBC is committed to a sustainable future. We are dedicating between $750bn and $1trn, alongside expert guidance and support, to help our 1.5 million customers – and their partners – make a lasting sustainable transition to help us all thrive in a low carbon economy. We also pledge to become a net zero carbon business ourselves by 2030 or sooner.
Insights
Whether you are a business or an investor, HSBC has a deep understanding of international approaches to Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) practices. Our wealth of research and insights can help you better understand the spectrum of ESG, and how to make the transformative sustainable decisions that will help grow your business into the future.
Navigator: Sustainability
The vast majority of businesses see sustainability as a priority. They are grabbing the opportunity of change and transformation to prioritise sustainability and build back better. Our Navigator Report gives you the insight and viewpoint of more than 10,000 companies from 39 countries and territories. Find out how they are responding to the ongoing challenges and preparing for the future.
Global Research Insights
US regaining climate lead
President’s pledge to cut emissions puts pressure on others to target net-zero
Oil’s pathway to net-zero
European companies will need carbon offsets to achieve 2050 emissions goals
Retailer risks from supply chains
Lack of transparency over the origin of goods is a threat to retailers’ reputations
New renewables wave in ASEAN
Wind and solar generation capacity could almost double by 2025 in leading Southeast Asian nations
Rebuilding a climate-resilient US
President’s ambitious $2 trillion infrastructure plan creates jobs while pursuing climate goals
Fragile planet 2021
We’ve ranked 77 countries on their resilience or vulnerability to a range of climate risks
Carbon capture’s crucial decade
Technology can help world achieve net-zero emissions, but companies must be attracted
The pathway to net-zero emissions
Power, transport, buildings and industry can cut the emissions gap to net-zero by 81% by 2050
Towards low carbon shipping
Batteries, biofuels, hydrogen, ammonia and digitalisation can all help decarbonisation
Combating climate change with circularity
A circular economy can help the world meet key sustainability targets
Net-zero yes, but how?
Green-bond investors want to know how issuers will achieve emission neutrality
Mainland China gets greener
Solar and wind capacity has grown faster than expected as country aims for carbon neutrality
US set for climate action
Democrats’ control of Capital Hill allows Joe Biden to bring sweeping change
2021 is a key year for climate change
Science will be highly visible as climate pledges trickle in throughout the year
Biden aims to ‘make America green’
Cities and states will support new president’s agenda even if Senate does not
Is ECB Green QE coming soon?
Problems in including green bonds in asset-purchase programmes can be overcome
ESG integration helps everybody
It is no magic wand but it is a key part of the analytical toolkit for investors and companies.
Japan advances net zero date
Achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 will require economic restructuring
Better batteries power rise of electric vehicles
EVs move ever closer to being a mass-market proposition
Airlines’ CO2 emissions grounded – for now
Pandemic mothballs least efficient planes but delays low-carbon replacements
Carbon-pricing after coronavirus
A Q&A on how the pandemic is affecting schemes designed to reduce emissions
Social bonds ‘do things’ to counter coronavirus
Issuance finances healthcare and other pandemic responses