迫于氣候活動家的壓力摩根大通將替換首席獨董

據(jù)路透社2020年5月2日報道，5月1日紐約市養(yǎng)老保險基金負責人宣稱他們贏了！因為，摩根大通將設(shè)定時間表替換其首席獨立董事李·雷蒙德——埃克森美孚公司前首席執(zhí)行官——該董事已成為該銀行氣候記錄被批評的焦點。

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·雷蒙德將于5月19日在該銀行的年度會議上再次參選獨立董事，他早些時候已要求董事會開始正式尋找首席獨立董事一職繼任者的程序。

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日的證券備案中，摩根大通表明計劃“在2020年夏季結(jié)束之前”任命一名新的首席獨立董事，該公司其發(fā)言人拒絕對文件中的內(nèi)容發(fā)表評論。

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.

 

紐約市審計長斯科特·斯特林格負責監(jiān)督紐約市養(yǎng)老基金的運作，其辦公室于上個月發(fā)起一項罷免雷蒙德的運動，其發(fā)言人在一份聲明中稱，這一變化“對股東和地球都是巨大的勝利。”

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.”

 

斯特林格辦公室在反對雷蒙德的競選活動中引用了摩根大通向化石燃料公司提供貸款以及雷蒙德在摩根大通董事會中長期任職的情況。雷蒙德自1987年以來一直是摩根大通的董事會成員。

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.

 

機構(gòu)股東服務(wù)4月30日曾建議投資者支持摩根大通的所有董事，但稱其對雷蒙德的支持是“謹慎的”，以便“在尋找繼任者的過程中傳達出額外的，新的獨立監(jiān)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.”