NatWest gotovitsya k unizitelnomu protivostoyaniyu na sobranii aktsionerov na etoy nedele, poskolku investory i uchenye trebuyut nemedlennogo peresmotra togo, chto oni nazyvayut 'klimaticheskim otkatom' - shag, kotoryy, po-vidimomu, vklyuchaet oslablenie ogranicheniy na kreditovanie neftegazovogo sektora i otkaz ot nekotorykh tseley po desarbonizatsii bez 'obosnovannogo obyasneniya'.
Aktivisty, vklyuchaya ShareAction, prizyvayut k protestnym golosovaniyam protiv predsedatelya banka Rika Khaytornthuyta na ezhegodnom sobranii v Edinburge vo vtornik. Oni privlekli tyazhelovesov, takikh kak Pensionnyy sovet Angliyskoy tserkvi, Rathbones Investment Management, EdenTree Investment Management, Nest i Pensionnyy fond Bolshogo Manchestera - vse oni upravlyayut aktivami na obshchuyu summu $1,4 trln i podpisali zayavlenie s trebovaniem provesti vstrechu v techenie trekh mesyatsev dlya obsuzhdeniya klimaticheskoy strategii.
Yesli etogo malo, ShareAction takzhe peredayet pismo, podpisannoe 70 uchenymi-klimatologami i ekspertami, v kotorom prizyvayut NatWest 'proyavit liderstvo i otmenit otkat ot klimaticheskikh obyazatelstv'. Poslednie izmeneniya v politike banka vklyuchayut otkaz ot obyazatelstva ne kreditovat neftegazovye kompanii, u kotorykh otsutstvuet nadezhnyy plan perekhoda ili kotorye ne soobshchayut o vybrosakh ugleroda; udalenie obeshchaniya ne finansirovat kompanii po razvedke i dobyche, bolshaya chast aktivov kotorykh nakhoditsya za predelami Velikobritanii; i otkaz ot tseley dlya alyuminiya, tsementa, zheleza i stali.
Zhanna Martin, rukovoditel bankovskoy programmy ShareAction, khorosho obobshchila situatsiyu: 'NatWest godami pozitsioniroval sebya kak klimaticheskogo lidera, no tikhoe oslablenie ogranicheniy na iskopaemoe toplivo pokazyvaet, chto sovet dvizhetsya v nepravilnom napravlenii.' Ona dobavila, chto etot otkat imeet 'realnye posledstviya, podpityvaya klimaticheskiy krizis, kotoryy uzhe nanosit ushcherb domam, zdorovyu i sredstvam k sushchestvovaniyu.'
Predstavitel NatWest zashchitil bank, zayaviv, chto on sokhranyaet promezhutochnye tseli po snizheniyu klimaticheskogo vozdeystviya vdvoe po sravneniyu s 2019 godom, rabotaya nad dostizheniem nulevykh vybrosov k 2050 godu. On utverzhdal, chto bank 'utochnil svoy podkhod, chtoby on otrazhal menyayushchuyusya politicheskuyu sredu' - chto yavlyaetsya vezhlivym sposobom skazat, chto oni prisposablivayutsya k vremenam, dazhe yesli eti vremena v ogne.