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Policy & Planning

Queensland farmers to be paid “reef credits” to reduce coral-killing pollutants
HSBC and the Queensland Government become the first buyers of ‘reef credits’, under a new scheme to limit pollution flowing into the Great Barrier Reef.
Michael Mazengarb

Oct 22, 2020

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Policy & Planning

Australia’s Pollination Group signs $4.15 billion green investment deal with HSBC
Pollination Group, headed by Martijn Wilder, the former ARENA chair, signs $4.15 billion investment deal with global banking giant HSBC.
Michael Mazengarb

Aug 27, 2020

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Policy & Planning

Climate friendly investments performing better amid Covid-19 disruption
Major global bank HSBC finds that climate friendly investments have significantly outperformed global markets amid Covid-19 disruptions.
Michael Mazengarb

Apr 30, 2020

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Policy & Planning

Banking giant HSBC gives shocking warning of US$10 trillion a year climate health bill
HSBC issues shocking assessment of a world impacted by climate change, predicting the health costs of the world’s fastest-growing economies could reach almost A$15 trillion a year by 2050.
Michael Mazengarb

Nov 7, 2019

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Commentary

It’s all about money as global investors drive low-carbon transition
The last decade saw climate space occupied by activists, scientists, denialists and fossil fuel companies, but investors looking to de-risk portfolios will set stage for a very different 2018 and beyond.
Emma Herd

Dec 14, 2017

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Electric Vehicles

Electric vehicle boom driving EVs to 35% new car sales in Asia by 2040
HSBC report says third electric vehicle boom underway, driven by significant drop battery prices and a changing mindset among consumers, industry and governments.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 5, 2016

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Why oil price crash is good news for climate, and clean energy
The collapse in global oil prices is good for the climate, and clean energy. Big Oil has put Arctic drilling on hold because it no longer makes economic sense. That will allow extend the world’s carbon budget, and result in capital flowing to renewables.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 19, 2014

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EU low on climate ambition, disappoints on renewables: HSBC
Global banking giant calls for greater EU climate policy ambition, says energy goals are ‘a negative’ for Europe’s renewables industry.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 5, 2014

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Australian coal assets could be stranded by China changes
A new report from Oxford University and commissioned by HSBC warns Australian coal investments could be stranded by changing coal use in China.
Emma Fitzpatrick

Dec 16, 2013

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Wanted: $1 trillion a year to decarbonise by 2020
HSBC says $1 trillion a year out to 2020 is needed to set the world on the path to decarbonise the global economy, and replace fossil-fueled networks with low carbon and renewable networks. But where will this money come from?
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 27, 2013

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