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Community Involvement
HSBC encourages and supports employees to volunteer their time, energy and expertise to help improve the quality of life in their communities.
In 2008, HSBC's U.S. employees contributed 117,000 hours of volunteer time to nonprofit organizations through a wide range of tasks and the completion of hundreds of projects. HSBC employees rolled up their sleeves and painted classrooms, picked up litter, tutored children, helped restore wetlands and much more. Here are just a few examples of the community activities in which our employees have participated:
Hands on New York Day
New York
On April 25, 2009, approximately 200 volunteers came out to participate in Hands On New York Day at East River Park. These HSBC employees joined up with 5,000 volunteers across the five boroughs of New York to revitalize 77 parks and gardens, playgrounds, community centers, schools and homeless shelters. HSBC volunteers helped with erosion control, storm-water management, absorption of greenhouse gases, and habitat reclamation, by accomplishing a number of sustainable-growth and development activities. Specifically, they spread 4 tons of mulch and compost, planted 200 plants in five garden beds, and painting 1,200 feet of fence and two sets of bleachers.
Imperial Marsh
Estero, FL
In conjunction with a 2008 conference, 340 HSBC employees removed melaleuca and other plants to help provide opportunities for native wildlife to flourish and the water to remain in the wetland helping recharge the water supply for the local area. HSBC volunteers helped to reduce greenhouse gases and restore ecosystems, ultimately assisting in the mitigation of climate change.
Legal/Compliance Day of ServiceNationwide
More than 600 HSBC Legal and Compliance employees joined together to participate in a day of service on September 17, 2008, at 12 various U.S. sites, including the Chicagoland area where HSBC's North America Headquarters is located. Employees planted shrubs and trees, cleaned and sorted seeds as part of the Millenium Seed Bank project, winterized trees, and removed invasive species.
