HSBC will no longer provide finance for new oil and gas fields, as part of efforts to shift to a “net zero” emissions world.
Environmental campaigners welcomed a move they believe sends a “strong signal to fossil fuel giants and governments” that the appetite for funding new oil and gas fields is diminishing.
But they urged HSBC to go further and to address finance for companies that have oil and gas expansion plans – and for other banks to follow suit.
