全球最大财富基金剥离煤炭相关资产，7家中企在列

2015年6月，拥有全球最大主权财富基金（总价值达9000亿美元）的挪威政府宣布，该国将抛售其主权财富基金中的煤炭资产。

上周末，挪威央行负责管理主权财富基金的有关部门开出了即将抛售的企业资产名单。在这些榜上有名的企业中，有22家是美国公司，其中包括美国电力（American Electric Power）和皮博迪能源（Peabody Energy）——后者刚刚于本周三申请破产。此外还有7家公司来自中国。挪威央行还表示，在今年接下来的时间里，挪威还将抛售更多涉煤企业的股份。

就在今年挪威央行宣布此项决定时，挪威主权财富基金的这笔煤炭投资仍是全球最大的一笔煤炭投资。该决定预计将影响全球122家公司，以及总价值达90亿至100亿美元的相关资产。这也是挪威为了响应联合国关于劝导投资者出售化石燃料资产的倡议而迈出的一大步。

这些公司如今已经成了砧板上的鱼肉，只有任其宰割的份。至于被抛售的理由，则是这些公司没有达到挪威主权财富基金的道德准则，尤其是没有达到与经济可持续发展、环保和社会发展有关的标准。该标准简单说来就是，这些公司总体收入的30%以上依赖于与煤炭有关的业务，或是尽管他们的煤炭相关收入暂未达到30%的门槛，但他们目前正在从事的一些项目将会把这个水平抬高至30%以上。

考虑到挪威主权财富基金的庞大规模，环保主义者们希望，挪威央行的抛售决定，将促使其他投资者进一步跟进。（财富中文网）

译者：朴成奎

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.