Standard Chartered Bank Launches Asia’s First Retail Product To Fund The Sustainable Development Goals

London and Hong Kong-listed bank Standard Chartered has launched the first retail banking product in Asia that directly supports the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

StanChart’s Sustainable Deposit (US$) enables the bank’s corporate and individual customers to use the money they deposit to support the SDGs, with initiatives the banks says will go towards projects to combat climate change, alleviate poverty and give people in developing countries better access to healthcare and education….………………….……………………..