HSBC at World Water Week in Stockholm

Representatives from over 200 environmental organisations, government bodies and institutions, including HSBC, were in Stockholm for World Water Week. Officials from HSBC hosted a special event in conjunction with the bank’s environmental partners to highlight the achievements and impacts of the five-year HSBC Water Programme. HSBC Malta’s Catch the Drop is part of the programme. From its onset, the water programme sought to tackle the water challenge on a number of key levels: water provision, protection, education and scientific research. So far, the programme has already provided sanitation to 1.9 million people, supported conservation action across 530,000 hectares of wetland and engaged over 8,000 people in citizen science. Closer to home, the Catch the Drop has continued reaching out to new communities by sponsoring an expanded number of summer clubs as well as activities at Skolasajf, all embodying the themes of water conservation. Skolasajf participants from 48 schools in Malta and 10 in Gozo are estimated to have taken a better understanding of water conservation issues after joining these educational activities. The campaign will also be organising a summer concert...