Take action and object to HSBC investing in companies that fund the genocide in
Darfur
- Click here to send an email to HSBC (and copy us). Sample text to consider:
I am very troubled that the firm I
have chosen to manage my savings invests in companies funding the
genocide in Darfur, Sudan. Years after the genocide was publicly
acknowledged, I learn that I am unknowingly and inadvertently connected
to the
genocide by investing with your firm. I am deeply disappointed to have
trusted
your firm and been put in this compromising position.
I want my savings and investment
firm to be genocide-free. I do not want to invest in companies that
substantially contribute to genocide, patterns of extraordinary and egregious
violations of human rights, or crimes against humanity. Without a commitment
regarding future investments I will remain at risk of funding genocide in the
future. It is important to me that I avoid being connected in any way to
the worst violations of human rights on the planet.
Please immediately divest your current holdings in PetroChina,
Sinopec, ONGC, and/or Petronas since these are the worst offenders in the
current Darfur genocide. Looking forward, please adopt an ethical
policy that will avoid such investments in the future. If you fail to
quickly take these steps, I will move my savings elsewhere. - Click here if the automated email didn't work or if you want to contact the company by phone or mail.
HSBC's holdings
- HSBC's worldwide
holdings of PetroChina were worth $639 million, estimated based on
information accessed by the Sudan Divestment Task Force through
Bloomberg LP and market-valued as of August 1, 2007.
