Climate Solutions Partnership
We’ve joined up with the World Resources Institute (WRI) and WWF to identify opportunities to support climate solutions to become commercially viable and to deliver real-world impact.
The Climate Solutions Partnership is a five-year, USD 100 million philanthropic programme with a global network of local partners, aiming to (i) scale up innovative nature-based solutions and (ii) support the transition of the energy sector in Asia to renewables, by combining our resources, knowledge, and insight.
The Partnership in pictures
Click the images to find out how we’re working with our partners to scale up climate solutions.
The Partnership in action
The Partnership is focusing effort on two global themes: nature-based solutions and energy efficiency initiatives in Asia. We see these as having the potential to make a significant impact in the mission to achieve a net zero, resilient and sustainable future.
Nature-based solutions
The actions taken toward restoring and protecting our planet’s ecosystems are crucial to reducing carbon emissions, managing the impacts of a changing climate and building resilience. The Partnership is working on projects that help protect and restore biodiversity and in turn enhance human wellbeing, as well as demonstrating how nature-based solutions can be deployed at scale.
Protecting land and livelihoods
We’re partnering with marginalised communities to support vital landscape restoration in rural India.
Shoring up natural defences
We’ve donated to finance the planting of thousands of mangroves along Egypt’s Red Sea coastline and delivered a boost to local economies.
Conserving peat swamp forests
We’ve connected with communities and organisations in Malaysia to help reduce fire risk to peat forests and build local enterprise.
Renewables in Asia
As Asia accounts for almost half of global energy demand, a successful energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables in this region will have a significant impact in tackling climate change. Projects in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam are supporting the energy sector’s transition to renewables through a range of solutions including the scaling of energy-efficiency initiatives in key sectors such as healthcare, textiles and apparel.
More on our net zero ambition
Our climate strategy
We aim to become a net zero bank by 2050 by reducing our own emissions and supporting our customers to diversify and decarbonise.
Financing net zero
We’re working with our customers to support their transition to lower carbon emissions.
Net zero in our operations
We’re working to reduce emissions in our operations, travel and supply chain.