迫于气候活动家的压力摩根大通将替换首席独董

据路透社2020年5月2日报道，5月1日纽约市养老保险基金负责人宣称他们赢了！因为，摩根大通将设定时间表替换其首席独立董事李·雷蒙德——埃克森美孚公司前首席执行官——该董事已成为该银行气候记录被批评的焦点。

New York City’s pension fund leader claimed a win on Friday after JPMorgan Chase & Co set a timetable to replace its lead independent director, a former Exxon Mobil Corp CEO who had become the focus of criticism of the bank’s climate record.

 

摩根大通此前表示，李·雷蒙德将于5月19日在该银行的年度会议上再次参选独立董事，他早些时候已要求董事会开始正式寻找首席独立董事一职继任者的程序。

The director, Lee Raymond, who is up for re-election at the bank’s annual meeting on May 19, had earlier asked the board to start a formal process to find a successor for the lead independent director role, JPMorgan said previously.

 

但在4月30日的证券备案中，摩根大通表明计划“在2020年夏季结束之前”任命一名新的首席独立董事，该公司其发言人拒绝对文件中的内容发表评论。

But in a securities filing on Thursday JPMorgan said it plans to name a new lead independent director “by end of summer 2020.” A JPMorgan spokesman declined to comment beyond the language in the filings.

 

纽约市审计长斯科特·斯特林格负责监督纽约市养老基金的运作，其办公室于上个月发起一项罢免雷蒙德的运动，其发言人在一份声明中称，这一变化“对股东和地球都是巨大的胜利。”

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, who oversees the city’s pension fund and whose office last month began a campaign to vote out Raymond, in a statement sent by a spokeswoman called the change “a tremendous victory for shareholders and for the planet.”

 

斯特林格办公室在反对雷蒙德的竞选活动中引用了摩根大通向化石燃料公司提供贷款以及雷蒙德在摩根大通董事会中长期任职的情况。雷蒙德自1987年以来一直是摩根大通的董事会成员。

Stringer’s office in its campaign against Raymond had cited JPMorgan’s lending to fossil fuel companies and Raymond’s long tenure on JPMorgan’s board.Raymond has been on the board of JPMorgan and a predecessor since 1987.

 

机构股东服务4月30日曾建议投资者支持摩根大通的所有董事，但称其对雷蒙德的支持是“谨慎的”，以便“在寻找继任者的过程中传达出额外的，新的独立监督的必要性。”

Institutional Shareholder Services on Thursday had recommended investors back all JPMorgan directors, but called its support for Raymond “cautionary” in order “to convey that additional, new independent oversight is necessary as the process to find his successor unfolds.”