芬蘭政府敦促能源公司Fortum爭取碳中和

據路透社2020年3月30日報道，芬蘭中左翼政府3月30日對國有的能源公司福特姆（FORTUM.HE）減少排放的戰(zhàn)略表示了祝福，但承諾將推動該公司進一步實現(xiàn)碳中和。

Finland’s center-left government on Monday gave its blessing to majority state-owned Fortum’s strategy to cut emissions, but promised to push the company further towards carbon neutrality, the minister in charge wrote. 

這份政府聲明是對世界自然基金會芬蘭分支機構提出的一項提議的回應，該提議是在3月31日的年度股東大會上修改Fortum公司章程。

The government’s statement came in response to a proposal by the World Wide Fund for Nature’s Finnish branch to amend Fortum’s articles of association at its annual general meeting on Tuesday. 

世界自然基金會希望向擁有Fortum多數股權的德國Uniper公司施加壓力，以擺脫煤炭作為能源的使用。本月早些時候，F(xiàn)ortum表示，為獲得對德國競爭對手的控制權而掃除了最后的障礙，結束了長達兩年多的收購戰(zhàn)。

The WWF hopes to pressure Germany’s Uniper, in which Fortum holds a majority stake, to get rid of coal as an energy source. Earlier this month, Fortum said a final obstacle had been removed for it to gain control of its German rival, ending a more than two-year takeover battle. 

芬蘭政府所有權指導小組負責人Tytti Tuppurainen拒絕了世界自然基金會芬蘭的提議，該提議將巴黎氣候協(xié)議的最具野心的把溫升控制在1.5攝氏度內的目標納入了Fortum的公司章程。

The minister in charge of the Finnish government’s ownership steering group, Tytti Tuppurainen, rejected WWF Finland’s proposal to include the Paris climate deal’s goal of maximum 1.5 degree Celsius temperature rise in Fortum’s articles of association. 

Tuppurainen說，根據現(xiàn)行法律，上市公司不可能采取這樣的非營利行動。她補充說，但是，政府希望碳中和成為它與Fortum的共同目標。

Such a non-profit move was not possible for a listed company under current legislation, Tuppurainen said. She added, however, that the government wants carbon neutrality to be a joint goal for it and Fortum. 

Tuppurainen寫道：“（WWF）提案的雄心與國有企業(yè)的雄心一致。”“The (WWF) proposal’s ambition is in line with that of the state owner,” Tuppurainen wrote. 

包括世界自然基金會在內的環(huán)保組織都批評Uniper決定繼續(xù)計劃在德國啟動一家全新的燃煤發(fā)電廠Datteln4的決定，盡管該公司努力減少碳排放。

Environmental organizations including the WWF have criticized Uniper for its decision to proceed with the planned startup of a brand new coal plant, Datteln4 in Germany, despite its effort to cut carbon emissions. “Fortum應宣布關閉德國能源集團Uniper煤電的時間表，”世界自然基金會芬蘭公司在早些時候的一份聲明中寫道。“Fortum should announce a timetable for the shutdown of German energy group Uniper’s coal power,” WWF Finland wrote in a statement earlier.

Fortum一直小心謹慎，不要公開批評Uniper的減排目標，但要求進行戰(zhàn)略調整，并稱Uniper的向綠色一代轉變的新戰(zhàn)略是“朝正確方向邁出的一步”。

Fortum has been careful not to criticize Uniper publicly for its emission cut goals but has demanded strategic alignment, calling Uniper’s new strategy to shift towards greener generation “a step in the right direction”.