So what’s the point of all this then? (HSBC plans a green future). Smoke and mirrors, a good example of green washing, corporate social responsibility? Maybe the bank should be looking more towards its investments and financial support of industry in China and India and other emerging global markets that are pumping billions of tonnes of toxic gas into the air. The damage through this causes so much more than a few corporate do-gooders trying to appeal to its Daily Mail-reading customer base. This is just a blatant and successful attempt at cashing in on the greedy Western guilt.

Jason Taylor, living in the mining districts of India