據油價網2022年10月19日報道，全球最大資產管理公司貝萊德公司(BlackRock)在書面答復英國議會一個委員會關于金融部門在英國凈零碳轉型過程中所扮演角色的調查時表示，貝萊德公司將不會停止投資石油、天然氣或煤炭。

當被問及貝萊德公司是否支持“不需要對煤炭、石油和天然氣進行新的投資”的凈零假設時，這個全球著名資產管理公司回答說“不”。 路透社援引了環境審計委員會在提交證據期間收到的數十份金融和環境機構的聲明。

這家全球最大資產管理公司補充說：“貝萊德公司在轉型過程中扮演的角色是我們客戶的受托人，而不是在實體經濟中策劃具體的脫碳結果。” 

在最近幾周里，美國多個州表示，他們將從貝萊德公司管理層撤回州資金，因他們不認同貝萊德公司的ESG投資政策。在短短幾周內，路易斯安那州、南卡羅來納州、猶他州和阿肯色州先后宣布將從貝萊德公司撤資，撤資總額超過10億美元。 

10月初，路易斯安那州財政部長約翰·施羅德致信貝萊德公司首席執行官拉里·芬克，宣布將從貝萊德公司撤資。施羅德指出，到目前為止，路易斯安那州已經撤資5.6億美元，到年底前將撤資7.94億美元。

好幾個月以來，美國共和黨人控制的州已經表示，他們將不再與那些擁有與ESG一致投資政策的資產管理公司進行業務往來。這些州表示，這表明那些金融公司正在抵制石油和天然氣行業。  

李峻 編譯自 油價網

原文如下：

BlackRock Says It Won’t Stop Investing In Coal, Oil, And Natural Gas

BlackRock will not stop investing in oil, natural gas, or coal, the world’s largest asset manager told a UK parliamentary committee in written responses to an inquiry on the role of the financial sector in the UK’s net-zero transition.  

Asked if BlackRock supports a net-zero scenario in which “no new investment is needed in coal, oil, and gas,” the asset manager responded: “No.”, Reuters reported, citing dozens of statements from financial and environmental institutions the Environmental Audit Committee has received during the period of submitting evidence.  

“BlackRock’s role in the transition is as a fiduciary to our clients – it is not to engineer a specific decarbonization outcome in the real economy,” the asset manager added.  

In recent weeks, multiple U.S. states have said they would withdraw state funds from BlackRock’s management, as they disapprove of the ESG investment policies of the world’s top asset manager. Over the course of just a few weeks, Louisiana, South Carolina, Utah, and Arkansas announced they would divest funds from BlackRock totaling more than $1 billion.

In early October, Louisiana State Treasurer John Schroder announced in a letter to BlackRock’s chief executive Larry Fink that he would divest all Treasury funds from BlackRock. Louisiana has removed $560 million to date and will pull out a total of $794 million by year’s end, Schroder noted.

For months now, Republican states have said they would no longer do business with asset managers who have ESG-aligned investment policies, which, the states say, show that those financial firms are boycotting the oil and gas industry.