by Brianna Crandall — January 7, 2011—The Climate Group recently launched the HSBC Clean Cities Film (on YouTube) to showcase some of the achievements that have been enabled by the ground-breaking HSBC Climate Partnership over the last four years.
The HSBC Climate Partnership is a five-year program between HSBC, The Climate Group, Earthwatch Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and WWF, to inspire action on climate change. Since 2007, The Climate Group has been working to reduce the carbon emissions of major cities, with a focus on Hong Kong, London, New York, Mumbai and Shanghai.
The achievements include:
- London: The Together campaign helped consumers save over a million tonnes of CO2 and over 300 million on household bills
- Hong Kong: 62 leading corporations helped their employees reduce their carbon footprint by 20 percent as part of the Hong Kong Carbon Reduction Campaign
- Shanghai: A new coalition of business and government is leading people to a Clean Revolution in China
- Mumbai: The Climate Group is working with India’s banks and government to unlock financing for clean technologies
- New York: The Climate Group’s LED street lighting pilots are helping New York achieve its greenhouse gas reduction target of 30 percent by 2030
- Hong Kong: 62 leading corporations helped their employees reduce their carbon footprint by 20 percent as part of the Hong Kong Carbon Reduction Campaign
