These big banks don't care who they lend money to, and if they don't some other big bank will. Why do people live for the moment and destroy the future of mankind on this planet. We need an environment czar to take out these kind of people. Give them the power to destroy big firms and their officers/owners. Trouble is, most people can be bribed nowadays, something that has been going on for generations.

HSBC has been recently caught money laundering. Its shoddy reputation is second to none.
Of course, when a corporation gets as big as HSBC, they pay fines which are usually much smaller than the profits from their crimes. Therefore, especially in their case, crimes do pay and they pay big (especially when they don't caught).

This is just the very tip of a horrible chunk of sea ice. I would die of shock if there were not other examples of banking organisations funding everything from rogue states, to cartels, to dodgy construction firms. Just the curl of the burl, as Mastadon might say.

It is an old way in the area. In indonesia,in borneo or sumatera since long ago, the corrupt goverment gave right to some company that mostly his (ex president) family or friends to be able to open sawit palm farm.
Method is really simple, after got the permit, then borrow some money to bank, cut the tree and sell it. This alone already make lots of money, with loads of big tree and exotic woods.

Then use the money from bank to start the farm, and some for private use. Then use the farm as collateral. Bank charge with big interest, everyone happy. 7 till 15 years later sell the farm in smaller cluster to small company or private. Bank pay them all in cash as finance company and charge good interest to buyer by credit selling.

Really smart but very sick way to do business, but that is reality. Corrupt gov with greedy bank, left people nothing and heavily destroyed rain forest and everything in it.