HSBC tightens deforestation policy in bid to cool public anger over Greenpeace allegations

Madeleine Cuff
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Bank has been under fire from Greenpeace for alleged links to companies in palm oil sector destroying Indonesian rainforest

HSBC has today adopted a ‘No Deforestation, No Peat and No Exploitation' policy following a high-profile investigation by Greenpeace in which the environmental charity alleged the bank has been financing...

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