全球最大財富基金剝離煤炭相關資產，7家中企在列

2015年6月，擁有全球最大主權財富基金（總價值達9000億美元）的挪威政府宣布，該國將拋售其主權財富基金中的煤炭資產。

上周末，挪威央行負責管理主權財富基金的有關部門開出了即將拋售的企業資產名單。在這些榜上有名的企業中，有22家是美國公司，其中包括美國電力（American Electric Power）和皮博迪能源（Peabody Energy）——后者剛剛于本周三申請破產。此外還有7家公司來自中國。挪威央行還表示，在今年接下來的時間里，挪威還將拋售更多涉煤企業的股份。

就在今年挪威央行宣布此項決定時，挪威主權財富基金的這筆煤炭投資仍是全球最大的一筆煤炭投資。該決定預計將影響全球122家公司，以及總價值達90億至100億美元的相關資產。這也是挪威為了響應聯合國關于勸導投資者出售化石燃料資產的倡議而邁出的一大步。

這些公司如今已經成了砧板上的魚肉，只有任其宰割的份。至于被拋售的理由，則是這些公司沒有達到挪威主權財富基金的道德準則，尤其是沒有達到與經濟可持續發展、環保和社會發展有關的標準。該標準簡單說來就是，這些公司總體收入的30%以上依賴于與煤炭有關的業務，或是盡管他們的煤炭相關收入暫未達到30%的門檻，但他們目前正在從事的一些項目將會把這個水平抬高至30%以上。

考慮到挪威主權財富基金的龐大規模，環保主義者們希望，挪威央行的拋售決定，將促使其他投資者進一步跟進。（財富中文網）

譯者：樸成奎

Back in June, the Norwegian government confirmedthat it would sell off coal investments from its $900 billion sovereign wealth fund—the largest in the world.

Late last week the unit of Norway’s central bank that manages the fund identified which companies would be cut. Of those named, 22 are based in the United States, including American Electric Power and Peabody Energy, which filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday. Seven companies are from China. The bank said more exclusions will occur later this year.

When it was announced earlier this year, the fossil fuel divestment was the largest of its kind and was expected to affect 122 companies worldwide and $9 billion to $10 billion worth of investments. It was considered a big step forward in the UN-backed campaign to persuade investors to sell off their fossil fuel assets.

The companies on the chopping block failed to meet the fund’s ethical guidelines whose standards focus on sustainable economic, environmental, and social development. Namely, more than 30% of the companies’ overall revenues come from business operations that depend on coal or they have projects in development that would push them over that 30% threshold.

Because of the fund’s size, environmentalists hopeits decision to divest would prompt other investors to follow.