HSBC Sustainable Farming Pathway

Like many markets globally, agriculture in the UK is facing sustainability challenges. The sector needs to meet consumer demand for nutritional food, while supporting human health and protecting the environment.

The HSBC Sustainable Farming Pathway's aim is to support farmers transition to more sustainable farming practices and contribute to a more resilient food supply chain, by offering access to discounted loan arrangement fees.

Today we finance a number of industries that significantly contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, we have a strategy to help our customers to reduce their emissions and to reduce our own. For more information on this, please visit hsbc.com/climate.

You will need to demonstrate you meet the required standard in one of the Sustainable Farming Pathway participating schemes. The HSBC Sustainable Farming Pathway does not require evidence of use of proceeds.

Participating Schemes:

To participate in the HSBC Sustainable Farming Pathway, as part of the application process you'll need to share appropriate evidence from a participating scheme with us. We’ll validate these details to confirm you meet the qualifying criteria.

We’ll need a copy of one of the below:

• LEAF – a copy of your LSFR Record of Completion or your LEAF Marque.
• Soil Association – Annual Report.
• Cefetra Ecosystem Service – Farm GHG Harvest Balance Report.

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