HSBC Slashes Oil and Gas Financing
Financing and deals with oil and gas companies will have a materially lower share in the energy portfolio of HSBC as new energy opportunities arise, the banking giant’s chief sustainability officer, Julian Wentzel, told Bloomberg in an interview on Thursday. The UK-based banking group unveiled today its updated Net Zero Transition Plan, in which it eased the interim emissions targets for its oil and gas portfolio. The 2030 emission reduction target is now to reduce emissions in its business with the oil and gas sector…