Mobilising Finance: Accelerating investment for transition
Finance is a critical enabler for solving climate change and speeding up low-carbon transition. The industry is working collaboratively to accelerate financing in a consistent manner, while continuing to work individually on new products to deliver a low-carbon economy.
Financial Institution Net-zero Transition Plans
The fundamentals, recommendations and guidance
1 November 2022
Asia Transition Finance Guidelines
Practical recommendations for financing Asia’s just and orderly energy transition
5 October 2022
Unlocking Capital for Distributed Solar and Hydrogen
Current challenges and solutions in China’s Greater Bay Area
8 September 2022
Common Success Factors for Bankable Nature-Based Solutions
An analysis of bankable case studies from around the world
19 August 2022
Financing a Green Transition in the Middle East
Conditions to mobilise sustainable finance
28 March 2022
Paris Alignment of Power Sector Finance Flows in Indonesia
Challenges, Opportunities and Innovative Solutions
7 March 2022
Paris Alignment of Power Sector Finance Flows in India
Challenges, Opportunities and Innovative Solutions
7 March 2022
Unlocking the trillion-dollar fashion decarbonisation opportunity
Financing the drive to net-zero
7 December 2021
A Practitioner’s Guide to net zero for banks
Considerations for banks in setting a net zero strategy
20 October 2021
Sustainable Financing and Investment Survey 2021
Capital markets embrace environmental and social issues
14 September 2021
Handbook for Nature-related Financial Risks
Key concepts and a framework for identification
31 March 2021
A guide to building climate-financial scenarios
Creating climate scenarios that serve the needs of the financial system is challenging
11 February 2021
Measuring Portfolio Alignment
Assessing the position of companies and portfolios on the path to net zero
11 November 2020
Sustainable Financing and Investment Survey 2020
Pandemic intensifies awareness of environment and society
13 October 2020
Financing Climate Action with Positive Social Impact
How banking can support a just transition in the UK
14 July 2020
The Importance of keeping climate change on the agenda in Hong Kong
By Diana Cesar, CEO, Hong Kong
12 June 2020
Unlocking Technology for the Global Goals
As part of Frontier 2030: Fourth Industrial Revolution for Global Goals Platform
10 February 2020
Sustainable Finance: Five Themes to Dominate in 2020
Zoe Knight, Managing Director, HSBC Centre of Sustainable Finance
2 January 2020
Investors and Issuers are Switched on to Sustainable Finance
Daniel Klier, Group Head of Strategy and Global Head of Sustainable Finance
4 October 2019
Sustainable Financing and Investing Survey 2019
Markets alert to the environment and society
24 September 2019
Raising Ambition: Finance is the Enabler
By Zoë Knight, Managing Director, Centre of Sustainable Finance, HSBC
18 September 2019
Financing the Low-carbon Future
A private-sector view on mobilising climate finance.
18 September 2019
Moving Green Finance to the Mainstream
By Daniel Klier, Global Head of Sustainable Finance, HSBC.
25 July 2019
A Call for Action: Climate Change as a Source of Financial Risk
This report is a call for action from the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) to central banks and financial supervisors and outlines six recommendations for assessing climate change as a source of financial risk.
29 April 2019
Mobilising Capital: Blending Finance to deliver the Low-Carbon Transition
This report examines the current landscape for blended finance and discusses how to unlock the potential so as to mobilise capital through a range of institutions such as banks, asset managers, insurers, pension funds, and foundations at scale.
29 April 2019
Financial Risks from Climate Change: A Call to Action
By Zoë Knight, Managing Director, Centre of Sustainable Finance, HSBC.
26 April 2019
Blending finance to mobilise capital flows
By Zoë Knight, Managing Director, Centre of Sustainable Finance, HSBC.
9 April 2019
Collaborating for Growth: Sustainable Finance in Asia
By Ben Caldecott, University of Oxford.
12 March 2019
CBI: China Green Bond Market 2018
Climate Bonds Initiative briefing outlining growth and major developments in China's green bond market.
26 February 2019
CBI: Hong Kong Green Bond Market 2018
Climate Bonds Initiative briefing outlining growth and characteristics of Hong Kong's green bond market.
25 February 2019
Green Bond Insight
HSBC's Global Research Fixed Income team examines factors driving supply and demand and the evolving green bond market.
30 January 2019
Creating Green Financial Centres: A toolkit
This report presents a toolkit for financial centres to rapidly support low-carbon transition.
18 January 2019
Sustainable Finance: Five themes to dominate in 2019
By Zoё Knight, Group Head of the Centre of Sustainable Finance.
5 January 2019
Sustainable finance can tackle climate change
On paper, solving the climate-change problem is straightforward.
9 October 2018
Managing financial system stability and climate change - A preliminary guide
This report by Zoё Knight and Gaurav Ganguly discusses how banks can apply climate lens to risk management and scenario analysis for financial stability.
5 October 2018
Bonds and Climate Change
This report presents the findings of the Climate Bonds Initiative research of climate-aligned issuers up until June 2018. HSBC commissioned the report.
1 October 2018
A Report from the Bank of England
Transition in thinking: The impact of climate change on the UK banking sector.
26 September 2018
Sustainable Financing and ESG Investing report
This report presents East & Partners’ update on issuer and investor approaches to sustainable finance. HSBC commissioned the report.
5 September 2018
Greening the belt and road initiative
WWF's recommendations for the finance sector – in conjunction with HSBC.
1 January 2018