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  • Comment: The spectre of Stuart Kirk haunts sustainable finance

    21 October 2022

    Sustainable finance needs bright new ideas. And, for that, we must encourage freedom of expression, argues Peter Cripps

  • Defiant Stuart Kirk quits HSBC amid 'group-think' lambast

    07 July 2022

    HSBC Asset Management responsible investment head Stuart Kirk has resigned after criticising the response of the bank to his controversial comments on sustainable finance...

  • L&G's chief executive defends climate free speech

    06 June 2022

    Nigel Wilson supports right to air anti-climate change comments as HSBC's Stuart Kirk fallout continues

  • HSBC rejects comments by its head of RI about climate

    23 May 2022

    HSBC has distanced itself from the remarks of a senior employee who delivered a controversial speech about 'Why investors need not worry about climate risk'.

  • People Moves: HSBC, Santander, Engine No.1 and more

    09 July 2021