HSBC Executive in Climate Row Quits, Attacks Corporate ‘Cancel Culture’
- Head of responsible investing Stuart Kirk says he has resigned
- He was suspended in May after criticizing climate ‘hyperbole’
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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.”