About Our Partnership With Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered is the proud sponsor of the Weather Photographer of the Year competition, which is organised by the Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS).   

By sponsoring the competition, Standard Chartered hopes to motivate and inspire individuals to capture the magnificence of weather and climate, while encouraging greater awareness around climate change’s impact on our environment and communities.

Standard Chartered is a global bank connecting corporate, institutional and affluent clients to a network that offers unique access to sustainable growth opportunities across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Sustainability is strategically important to the Group and embedded in the way they do business, underpinning their brand promise, here for good. Sustainability is an integral part of their client offering across all business segments and a key revenue driver as they offer unique access to sustainable growth opportunities across their market footprint.

Standard Chartered strives to be a responsible business by operationalising their net zero targets, managing environmental and social risk, and acting transparently. The Bank aims to be net zero in their own operations by 2025, and in their financed emissions by 2050.

The Bank also offers Sustainable Finance solutions designed to help clients unlock sustainable and enduring growth through their innovative product suite. This is underpinned by their ambition to mobilise USD300 billion in Sustainable Finance by 2030.

Standard Chartered advocates in service of their markets to unlock capital in areas it is not flowing at scale or at all to help drive economic inclusion. One of these areas of focus is scaling Adaptation Finance to build shared societal resilience against the impacts of climate change. Last year, Standard Chartered, alongside KPMG, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, and other financial institutions, published the Guide for Adaptation and Resilience Finance, setting out a practical roadmap for investment into adaptation and resilience.

Learn more about Standard Chartered’s approach to sustainability: www.sc.com/sustainability

Standard Chartered provides a financial contribution which helps RMetS cover the costs of organising and running this competition. In addition, the Bank’s expertise in sustainability and sustainable finance can help raise awareness of the importance of climate action, encouraging photographers to consider the environmental impact of their work. Through this partnership, Standard Chartered helps to promote the competition across markets where it operates. 

The Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year competition can contribute to sustainability by raising awareness of environmental issues that put our planet at risk—including heatwaves, cyclones, and extreme flooding—while also depicting the awe-inspiring beauty and power of the weather. The competition can also inspire photographers to promote sustainable practices in their work.

No. The selection of winners in the Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year competition is done by a panel of judges consisting of meteorologists, photographers, and industry experts. Standard Chartered is not represented on the panel.   

The judging process is based solely on the quality, composition and creativity of the photographs submitted, ensuring a fair and impartial selection of winners. This approach aims to give equal opportunity to all participants, regardless of their background or reputation in the photography industry.