HSBC faces calls to sack financier over speech saying 'who cares if Miami is underwater'

[Norton Nork]

HSBC faces calls to sack financier over speech saying ‘who cares if Miami is underwater’
https://newsfeeds.media/hsbc-faces-calls-to-sack-financier-over-speech-saying-who-cares-if-miami-is-underwater/

A major bank is facing calls to sack one of its top financiers over a climate change tirade he made where he said ‘who cares if Miami is underwater’ and ‘nutjobs are always warning about end of world’.

Stuart Kirk, the global head of responsible investing at HSBC Asset Management, made an anti-climate change speech at a conference this week.

HSBC, one of the biggest banks in the world, was forced to condemn his comments he made at a conference on Thursday during a talk called Why Investors Need Not Worry About Climate Risk.

Mr Kirk said: ‘I feel like it’s getting a little bit out of hand, the constant reminder that we are doomed.

Stuart Kirk is the global head of responsible investing at HSBC Asset Management. He said ‘nutjobs’ were always predicting the ‘end of the world’

He added: ‘Who cares if Miami is six metres underwater in 100 years? Amsterdam has been six metres underwater for ages and that’s a really nice place.’

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A little glimpse into the thought processes of the sort of people who run the capitalist world (and it isn't politicians of any party).

[Delphinus]

1. Wow.

It's all about now; no thought to the future.

[hunter]

2. It's rather amusing that anyone thinks Florida government is as competent as the Netherlands.