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Standard Chartered CEO on HSBC climate uproar: Staff should ‘speak their mind’

Financial News caught up with Bill Winters, chief executive officer of Standard Chartered, at Davos

Bill Winters says he backs the ability to speak freely after HSBC AM's responsible investment head was suspended following controversial climate comments
Bill Winters says he backs the ability to speak freely after HSBC AM's responsible investment head was suspended following controversial climate comments Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images

Standard Chartered chief Bill Winters said everyone should be free to “speak their mind” on environmental issues, even if executives disagree with them.

The comments came amid a backlash to a senior HSBC staff member who questioned whether the City needed to worry about climate risk.

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