Reporting Sustainability
PricewaterhouseCoopers' independent Assurance Report on selected Corporate Sustainability information.
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
HSBC has consulted the GRI's indicators and Financial Services Supplement for the Sustainability Report 2010. View our GRI Index.
HSBC Climate Partnership 2011: Notes from a five year journey
This book is a selection of 46 stories celebrating the achievements of The HSBC Climate Partnership, which concluded at the end of 2011.
The Partnership was our US$100 million, five-year environmental programme with The Climate Group, Earthwatch Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the WWF. The programme set out to tackle the urgent threat of climate change by inspiring action by individuals, businesses and governments worldwide.
Today 32 million more people have access to clean water than before the project started; three million hectares of forest land have been protected; and low carbon technology is helping ten of the world's biggest cities to cut carbon emissions more quickly. The Partnership delivered the world's largest ever forest research project with the help of over 2200 HSBC "Climate Champions" and 63,000 days of volunteering from HSBC employees.
Sustainability Report 2010
The HSBC Holdings plc Sustainability Report is written for institutional investors, customers, non-governmental organisations and others with a particular professional interest in the Group’s approach to sustainability.
This report focuses on the specific environmental and social issues that contribute to the sustainability of HSBC, and were of interest to our stakeholders.
In 2009, HSBC commissioned a survey of views on our Sustainability Report 2008 amongst investors. Read the summary of our findings.
For the fourth year, HSBC has applied the Prince of Wales' Accounting for Sustainability Connected Reporting Framework to our data.
Community Investment at HSBC
Download the full report (1,434k PDF)
Download the report in Spanish (1,755k PDF)
HSBC has a long heritage of working to support the communities we operate in. Our approach to community investment is not simply to hand over a cheque and walk away. We want to see the money and time we contribute to be effective in changing people's lives for the better. Here, we report on a selection of our community investment programmes around the world, and explain our approach to sharing our profits, time and expertise.
Links
- HSBC Climate Partnership Review 2011 Interactive Book
- Sustainability Report 2010 (1,982k PDF)
- UN Global Compact Communication on Progress 2010 (73k PDF)
- Future First – Achievements and Aspirations Interactive Report
- HSBC Climate Partnership Review 2010
(27 page pdf 9,928k) - View the Interactive Sustainability Report 2009
- Delivering Low Carbon Growth – A Guide to China's 12th Five Year PDF 639k
- HSBC's Commitment to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (24k PDF)
- Climate Confidence Monitor 2009
- Archive
Contact us
Group Corporate Sustainability
HSBC Holdings plc
8 Canada Square
London
E14 5HQ
United Kingdom
