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About us

We are a global bank connecting corporate, institutional and affluent clients to a network that offers unique access to sustainable growth opportunities across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Our strategy combines differentiated cross-border capabilities with leading wealth management expertise, supported by our leading sustainability offering.

Sustainability is strategically important to the Group and embedded in the way we do business, underpinning our brand promise, here for good. It is an integral part of our client offering across all our business segments and a key revenue driver for our business.

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Our approach

We recognise we don’t have all the answers, but we are on the ground in our markets, developing real-world solutions that help our clients navigate complexity and unlock opportunity, and applying our expertise and innovative mindset to meet the emerging needs of the communities we serve.

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Embedding sustainability across our business

Marisa Drew

Our teams

We apply our deep expertise across key sustainability disciplines, ranging from transition finance and ESG advisory – together with our innovative product suite – to offer bespoke sustainable finance solutions that address challenges, help clients transition, and support sustainable, inclusive growth in our markets.

Sustainable finance solutions

Our Sustainable Finance Solutions Team spearheads Sustainable Finance product creation and maintains our product frameworks to help identify green, sustainable, and transition finance opportunities.

This team also oversees product governance and impact reporting.

Sustainable finance origination

Our Sustainable Finance Origination team supports clients on their sustainability and decarbonisation journey, leveraging a full suite of Sustainable Finance solutions – including loans, bonds, trade finance and carbon trading. They deploy our advisory and specialist teams to provide bespoke solutions for our clients.

Transition finance

Our Transition Finance team provides investment banking and strategic analysis on decarbonisation levers, primarily in the highest emitting sectors, to accelerate clients’ decarbonisation journey, and in doing so, align the bank to a 1.5-degree scenario across our sectors and overall portfolio.

Environmental and social risk management (ESRM)

The ESRM team is responsible for setting and operationalising the Group’s E&S Risk Management Framework, including its cross-sector and sector-specific Position Statements.

The team works with our clients to avoid, mitigate and manage any potential impacts on communities, or the environment, associated with the financial services we provide following the principle of ‘do no significant harm’.

Engagement and disclosures

Our Sustainability Engagement and Disclosures team oversees our sustainability disclosures, manages our governance on setting and progressing towards our sustainability aspirations and commitments, and enhances our ESG ratings and rankings. This team actively engages with the Group’s key stakeholders, including investors, NGOs, and industry initiatives, to help guide our strategy and ensure clear, well-informed, and transparent disclosures.

Net zero delivery and carbon accounting

Our Net Zero Delivery and Carbon Accounting team calculates, tracks and reports on the Group’s financed emissions across the twelve high-carbon sectors as defined by the Net Zero Banking Alliance. This team is also responsible for operationalising our 2030 interim net zero targets and our overarching 2050 net zero commitment.

When I joined Standard Chartered, I enjoyed the immediate sense of camaraderie I felt. Our work is challenging and fast-paced, but I have a talented and dedicated team who are always willing to help.
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Lina Osman
Head, Sustainable Finance West

Discover some of our awards

  • The Asset Triple A

    China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation,
    Best ESG Solution,
    China 2025

  • The Asset Triple A

    Best in Sustainable Finance,
    Best Sustainability-Sukuk,
    2025

  • TMI Awards

    Global Bank of the Year – Sustainable Finance
    2025

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 currently provide financial services to clients, sectors and markets that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions however we’re committed to net zero in our own operations by 2025 and in our financed emissions by 2050.