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    Bespoke sustainable finance solutions

    Our innovative product suite seeks to help our clients achieve sustainable growth.

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We leverage our deep expertise and innovative suite of over 40 products to offer bespoke sustainable finance solutions which seek to address complex challenges, help clients transition, and support sustainable, inclusive growth in our markets.​

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The impact of our portfolio

We are focused on driving capital at scale to the places where the financing gap for sustainable growth is greatest.

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    USD105 bn

    of sustainable finance mobilised from January 2021 to June 2024, against our target of USD300 bn.

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    USD17.6 bn

    of sustainable finance assets in our portfolio in September 2023 – representing a 31% growth YoY.

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    85%

    of our sustainable finance assets are located in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

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Deep expertise and a distinctive approach

Our client engagement is led by teams with expertise across key sustainability disciplines ranging from transition finance and ESG advisory to carbon accounting and climate risk.

  • Climate Risk Assessment

    We help clients to assess the credibility of their transition plans.

  • ESG Advisory

    We offer bespoke advisory services, supporting clients through their sustainability journey.

  • Sustainable Finance

    We leverage our full suite of sustainable finance products to support our clients’ needs.

  • Transition Finance

    We provide investment banking and strategic analysis to accelerate clients’ decarbonisation journey.

Governed by our frameworks

Three sustainability frameworks provide transparency on our transaction and client eligibility criteria, as well as our approach to mitigating greenwashing risk.

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    Transition finance

    Our markets and clients need investment to decarbonise, but are often locked out of financing. Our framework helps us build momentum to support their transition.

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    Green and sustainable products

    Our in-depth framework sets out our approach to mitigating greenwashing risk and details the eligibility criteria for ‘green’ and ‘sustainable’ labelled transactions and clients.

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    Sustainability bonds

    Our Sustainability Bond Framework maps our eligible projects and clients to specific SDGs and provides the basis for issuance of Green, Social and Sustainability bonds.

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Standard Chartered has an important role to play in supporting our clients, sectors and markets to deliver net zero, but to do so in a manner that supports livelihoods and promotes sustainable economic growth. We provide financial services to clients, sectors and markets that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions however we’re committed to managing our environmental and social risks and to becoming net zero in our financed emissions by 2050.

Learn more about our approach.