芬兰政府敦促能源公司Fortum争取碳中和

据路透社2020年3月30日报道，芬兰中左翼政府3月30日对国有的能源公司福特姆（FORTUM.HE）减少排放的战略表示了祝福，但承诺将推动该公司进一步实现碳中和。

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. 

这份政府声明是对世界自然基金会芬兰分支机构提出的一项提议的回应，该提议是在3月31日的年度股东大会上修改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. 

世界自然基金会希望向拥有Fortum多数股权的德国Uniper公司施加压力，以摆脱煤炭作为能源的使用。本月早些时候，Fortum表示，为获得对德国竞争对手的控制权而扫除了最后的障碍，结束了长达两年多的收购战。

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. 

芬兰政府所有权指导小组负责人Tytti Tuppurainen拒绝了世界自然基金会芬兰的提议，该提议将巴黎气候协议的最具野心的把温升控制在1.5摄氏度内的目标纳入了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说，根据现行法律，上市公司不可能采取这样的非营利行动。她补充说，但是，政府希望碳中和成为它与Fortum的共同目标。

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写道：“（WWF）提案的雄心与国有企业的雄心一致。”“The (WWF) proposal’s ambition is in line with that of the state owner,” Tuppurainen wrote. 

包括世界自然基金会在内的环保组织都批评Uniper决定继续计划在德国启动一家全新的燃煤发电厂Datteln4的决定，尽管该公司努力减少碳排放。

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应宣布关闭德国能源集团Uniper煤电的时间表，”世界自然基金会芬兰公司在早些时候的一份声明中写道。“Fortum should announce a timetable for the shutdown of German energy group Uniper’s coal power,” WWF Finland wrote in a statement earlier.

Fortum一直小心谨慎，不要公开批评Uniper的减排目标，但要求进行战略调整，并称Uniper的向绿色一代转变的新战略是“朝正确方向迈出的一步”。

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”.