PwC Assurance Statement
We appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to provide independent assurance on selected information in our Sustainability Report 2010 covering carbon emissions and related offsets, and our application of the Equator Principles. Their assurance is performed in accordance with the internationally recognised professional assurance standard ISAE3000, against a clear and public set of criteria which can be found below.
The Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP assurance report is on page 23 of the HSBC Sustainability Report 2010 (27 page pdf 1,982k).
Equator Principles (5 page pdf 76k)
Carbon Neutrality (4 page pdf 59k)
