HSBC Executive in Climate Row Quits With ‘Cancel Culture’ Attack

July 7, 2022, 12:53 PM UTC

The HSBC Holdings Plc executive at the center of a row over climate change risks has resigned from the bank as he issued a broadside against corporate “cancel culture.”

Stuart Kirk, head of responsible investing for HSBC’s asset management unit, said in a LinkedIn post on Thursday he had quit the London-based lender after concluding “the bank’s behaviour towards me since my speech at a Financial Times conference in May has made my position, well, unsustainable.”

HSBC suspended Kirk days after he used a conference speech to criticize the finance industry for spending too much time worrying about climate ...

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