‘Misleading’ HSBC Climate Change Ads Banned by UK Watchdog

The HSBC Holdings Plc headquarter stands in the Canary Wharf business, financial, and shopping district in London, on Feb. 15, 2016. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

The UK’s advertising watchdog has banned two HSBC adverts for giving “misleading” information about the bank’s green credentials.

The banned posters were seen at bus stops in London and Bristol last October, in the run-up to the United Nations COP26 climate change summit.