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output company data

"hsbc": {
    "names": [
        "HSBC",
        "HSBC Bank",
        "HSBC Holdings",
        "Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation",
        "the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation",
        "HSBC Group",
        "Hong Kong Bank",
        "HongKongBank",
        "Hong Kong Shanghai Bank",
        "HSBC Holdings plc",
        "HSBA"
    ],
    "comment": "HSBC is a British bank founded in colonial Hong Kong, which has been fined over $2 billion by various governments for providing services to money laundering groups [1][2][3], has assisted Iran and North Korea in circumventing US nuclear-weapons sanctions [4], and has been fined over $600 million for tax avoidance [5]. HSBC has made sustainability pledges such as to end financing of coal power [6][7], but has also invested billions in oil and gas and been accused of greenwashing [8].",
    "sources": {
        "1": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231127195037/https://www.reuters.com/business/hsbc-fined-85-mln-uk-anti-money-laundering-failings-2021-12-17/",
        "2": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231024090948/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jun/04/hsbc-fined-278m-over-money-laundering-claims",
        "3": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/terrorists-and-drug-lords-targeted-hsbc-bosses-admit-8483303.html",
        "4": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220331180747/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20673466",
        "5": "https://web.archive.org/web/20221221080911/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hsbc-france-swiss-idUKKBN1DE1Z1/",
        "6": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231108184928/https://www.reuters.com/article/hsbc-hldg-climatechange/exclusive-hsbc-targets-net-zero-emissions-by-2050-earmarks-1-trln-green-financing-idINL8N2GZ31Q/",
        "7": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231117144315/https://shareaction.org/news/hsbc-sends-shockwaves-as-it-commits-to-end-coal-financing",
        "8": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231118013509/https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-10-31/mines-pipelines-and-oil-rigs-what-hsbcs-sustainable-finance-really-pays-for"
    },
    "sourceNotes": {},
    "tags": [
        "bank",
        "corruption",
        "greenwashing"
    ],
    "score": 35,
    "ownedBy": [],
    "logoUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/HSBC_logo_%282018%29.svg",
    "siteUrl": "https://www.hsbc.co.uk/",
    "updatedAt": "2023-12-15T22:09:30.315Z"
},

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HSBC

bank

35 😡

bank corruption greenwashing

Is HSBC Ethical?

HSBC is a British bank founded in colonial Hong Kong, which has been fined over $2 billion by various governments for providing services to money laundering groups ^[1]^[2]^[3], has assisted Iran and North Korea in circumventing US nuclear-weapons sanctions ^[4], and has been fined over $600 million for tax avoidance ^[5]. HSBC has made sustainability pledges such as to end financing of coal power ^[6]^[7], but has also invested billions in oil and gas and been accused of greenwashing ^[8].