HSBC cumulative sustainable finance investment 2019

In 2017, HSBC joined a growing number of the world's largest banks in making a financial commitment to sustainable financing and investments to help projects, technologies, and clean energies in delivery of the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

HSBC's financial commitment in 2017 came to a total of 100 billion U.S. dollars (USD) by 2025 in the form of facilitation, financing and investments. In the three years included since their commitment, HSBC has so far invested a total of 52.4 billion U.S. dollars, surpassing the half way mark to reaching the goal. The majority of financing and investments by HSBC were in the form of green investments.

Cumulative value of sustainable finance investment of HSBC bank between 2017 to 2019, by investment type* (in billion U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Value of investment in billion USD
Green	39.1
Social	8.8
Sustainability	4.5

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2020

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Worldwide

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2017 to 2019

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* The source added the following definitions of green, social and sustainable financing; Green:

Projects that align to the eligible green project category as defined by the International Capital Markets Association’s Green Bond Principles, or a company whose core business operates in one of the categories.
Social: Projects that align to the eligible social project category as defined by the International Capital Markets Association.
Sustainability: Projects that mix green and social purposes that align to the above principles.

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