pg. 6
"In November 2021, HSBC joined the U.S. Department of the Treasury's 3rd Annual Partnership to Combat Human Rights Abuse and Corruption and delivered a presentation on forced labour risks in supply chains. HSBC will continue to engage the U.S. Treasury and U.S. law enforcement partners under the U.S. National Action Plan (NAP) to Combat Human Trafficking, announced in December 2021, which calls for enhanced cooperation between public and private sectors."
pg. 13
"Volunteering and engagement activities
- Management teams and senior leaders visit partner NGOs and take part in activities to support and build engagement. This already includes several key organisations in India.
- Volunteering activities, such as providing language classes, preparing individuals for the workplace, and creating educational content.
- Our objective in providing these opportunities is not only to help our teams to give back to society, but more importantly, to build an understanding of how they help to prevent the flow of money associated with societal injustice and crime, and how their work impacts real people in the real world."
pg. 4
"For more than 15 years, we have been working with our business customers to help them understand and manage their environmental and social impact."
pg. 11
"We have trained more than 100 front-line staff in human rights issues, and incorporated a Customer Integrity Due Diligence questionnaire into our annual credit reviews for customers in seven sectors considered higher risk — Shipping, Construction & Contracting, Manufacturing, Outsourcing, Hospitality, Logistics, and Textiles; covering both personnel and organisational issues. "