Breakthough: HSBC pumps $100m into Bill Gates' climate tech investment fund

Cecilia Keating
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HSBC headquarters, London | Credit: HSBC
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HSBC headquarters, London | Credit: HSBC

HSBC is to become an anchor partner of the Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, which was formally launched by the Microsoft billionaire earlier this month

HSBC has announced it is to invest $100m in Bill Gates' new climate technology investment fund, the Breakthrough Energy Catalyst. The bank said the investment made it an "anchor partner" in the fund,...

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