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马斯克怒怼标准普尔:道德沦丧

马斯克怒怼标准普尔:道德沦丧

Christiaan Hetzner 2022-05-23
特斯拉被标准普尔可持续发展指数除名,马斯克生气了。

自动驾驶技术遭遇调查,位于美国加州的工厂也面临种族主义指控,作为全球最大的电动汽车生产商,特斯拉(Tesla)烦事缠身,该公司也因此遭到标准普尔可持续发展指数(Standard & Poor’s sustainability index)除名。

5月17日,标准普尔道琼斯指数公司(S&P Dow Jones Indices,标准普尔可持续发展指数的提供商)宣布,经过年度调整后,电动汽车领域的先锋企业——特斯拉已经被该指数剔除,一道被剔除的公司还有伯克希尔-哈撒韦(Berkshire Hathaway)、强生(Johnson & Johnson)、Meta等巨头企业,而埃克森美孚(ExxonMobil)等公司则成功入选。

埃隆·马斯克在推特(Twitter)上称,“ESG就是个骗局”,他又补充说,标准普尔“罔顾事实,不足为信”。马斯克表示,标准普尔制定的可持续性标准看的只是“企业对左派思想有多顺从”。

@SPGlobalRatings道德沦丧

——埃隆·马斯克(@elonmusk),2022年5月18日

标准普尔指出,特斯拉缺乏低碳战略,在行为准则方面存在问题,这些都是扣分因素,使其在与迎头赶上的同行的竞争中落于下风。

然而真正让特斯拉落选该指数的原因似乎还是声誉和监管方面的风险。

标准普尔道琼斯指数公司在发布的《媒体与利益相关方分析》(Media and Stakeholder Analysis)中点到了两个独立事件:一是针对特斯拉的弗里蒙特工厂存在种族歧视和恶劣工作环境问题的指控;二是对特斯拉在处理由美国国家公路交通安全管理局(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)进行的自动驾驶车辆伤亡事故调查时的方式进行了批评。

受此影响,特斯拉在所属行业的排位直接跌至倒数25%,自动丧失入选资格。

标准普尔道琼斯指数公司的北美地区高级董事兼ESG指数主管玛格丽特·多恩说:“虽然特斯拉可能在推动燃油汽车退出方面发挥了自己的作用,但从更广泛的ESG(环境、社会和治理)视角来看,它已经落后于同行。”

另一方面,虽然原油巨头埃克森美孚因为被怀疑未如实向投资者和公众披露其在气候变化方面了解到的信息而正在遭受马萨诸塞州和纽约州调查,但该公司依然成为了入选该指数的308家候选公司之一。今年早些时候,埃克森美孚曾经试图终止相关调查,但其请求遭到联邦上诉法院驳回。

在声明中,多恩并未对埃克森美孚入选而特斯拉遭到剔除的原因做出解释。

煤炭、烟草行业均被排除在外

该评级机构表示,ESG 500指数的设计初衷并非打造一款高于标准普尔500指数(S&P 500)的产品——然而事实恰恰相反。

该指数应该在保持与其基准指数相似的风险和回报状况的同时,根据环境、社会和治理标准,为更具可持续性的公司提供独特的敞口。除电煤、烟草和武器制造等行业外,股市几乎所有行业均未纳入考量范围。

要论为环保事业所做的贡献,没有任何公司能够与特斯拉相提并论!

——埃隆·马斯克(@ elonmusk),2022年5月18日

但在把特斯拉这样的巨头企业剔除之后,标准普尔ESG指数与标准普尔500指数之间的差距或将大于预期。

过去在与标准普尔等机构打交道时,特斯拉就有过一些不好的体验,比如该公司迟迟无法入选标准普尔500指数,直到市值达到5万亿美元时才最终入选,当时还有很多人担心标准普尔500指数很难顺利接纳体量如此庞大的“新人”。

此外,虽然特斯拉去年利润丰厚,并且创造了超过50亿美元的超额现金,但其债务评级仍然为垃圾级。

多恩说:“虽然特斯拉等公司今年并未入选标准普尔可持续发展指数,但好在我们每年都会进行调整,这些企业未来还可以参与评审,届时它们仍然有机会入选。”(财富中文网)

译者:梁宇

审校:夏林

自动驾驶技术遭遇调查,位于美国加州的工厂也面临种族主义指控,作为全球最大的电动汽车生产商,特斯拉(Tesla)烦事缠身,该公司也因此遭到标准普尔可持续发展指数(Standard & Poor’s sustainability index)除名。

5月17日,标准普尔道琼斯指数公司(S&P Dow Jones Indices,标准普尔可持续发展指数的提供商)宣布,经过年度调整后,电动汽车领域的先锋企业——特斯拉已经被该指数剔除,一道被剔除的公司还有伯克希尔-哈撒韦(Berkshire Hathaway)、强生(Johnson & Johnson)、Meta等巨头企业,而埃克森美孚(ExxonMobil)等公司则成功入选。

埃隆·马斯克在推特(Twitter)上称,“ESG就是个骗局”,他又补充说,标准普尔“罔顾事实,不足为信”。马斯克表示,标准普尔制定的可持续性标准看的只是“企业对左派思想有多顺从”。

@SPGlobalRatings道德沦丧

——埃隆·马斯克(@elonmusk),2022年5月18日

标准普尔指出,特斯拉缺乏低碳战略,在行为准则方面存在问题,这些都是扣分因素,使其在与迎头赶上的同行的竞争中落于下风。

然而真正让特斯拉落选该指数的原因似乎还是声誉和监管方面的风险。

标准普尔道琼斯指数公司在发布的《媒体与利益相关方分析》(Media and Stakeholder Analysis)中点到了两个独立事件:一是针对特斯拉的弗里蒙特工厂存在种族歧视和恶劣工作环境问题的指控;二是对特斯拉在处理由美国国家公路交通安全管理局(National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)进行的自动驾驶车辆伤亡事故调查时的方式进行了批评。

受此影响,特斯拉在所属行业的排位直接跌至倒数25%,自动丧失入选资格。

标准普尔道琼斯指数公司的北美地区高级董事兼ESG指数主管玛格丽特·多恩说:“虽然特斯拉可能在推动燃油汽车退出方面发挥了自己的作用,但从更广泛的ESG(环境、社会和治理)视角来看,它已经落后于同行。”

另一方面,虽然原油巨头埃克森美孚因为被怀疑未如实向投资者和公众披露其在气候变化方面了解到的信息而正在遭受马萨诸塞州和纽约州调查,但该公司依然成为了入选该指数的308家候选公司之一。今年早些时候,埃克森美孚曾经试图终止相关调查,但其请求遭到联邦上诉法院驳回。

在声明中,多恩并未对埃克森美孚入选而特斯拉遭到剔除的原因做出解释。

煤炭、烟草行业均被排除在外

该评级机构表示,ESG 500指数的设计初衷并非打造一款高于标准普尔500指数(S&P 500)的产品——然而事实恰恰相反。

该指数应该在保持与其基准指数相似的风险和回报状况的同时,根据环境、社会和治理标准,为更具可持续性的公司提供独特的敞口。除电煤、烟草和武器制造等行业外,股市几乎所有行业均未纳入考量范围。

要论为环保事业所做的贡献,没有任何公司能够与特斯拉相提并论!

——埃隆·马斯克(@ elonmusk),2022年5月18日

但在把特斯拉这样的巨头企业剔除之后,标准普尔ESG指数与标准普尔500指数之间的差距或将大于预期。

过去在与标准普尔等机构打交道时,特斯拉就有过一些不好的体验,比如该公司迟迟无法入选标准普尔500指数,直到市值达到5万亿美元时才最终入选,当时还有很多人担心标准普尔500指数很难顺利接纳体量如此庞大的“新人”。

此外,虽然特斯拉去年利润丰厚,并且创造了超过50亿美元的超额现金,但其债务评级仍然为垃圾级。

多恩说:“虽然特斯拉等公司今年并未入选标准普尔可持续发展指数,但好在我们每年都会进行调整,这些企业未来还可以参与评审,届时它们仍然有机会入选。”(财富中文网)

译者:梁宇

审校:夏林

Investigations into its Autopilot self-driving feature along with allegations over pervasive racism at Elon Musk’s Tesla factory in California have cost the world's largest electric vehicle maker a place in the Standard & Poor’s sustainability index.

On May 17, the index provider announced changes resulting from its annual rebalancing, revealing the electric vehicle pioneer failed to make the cut along with Berkshire Hathaway, Johnson & Johnson and Meta, while companies like ExxonMobil were left in.

Musk took to Twitter, saying "ESG is a scam" and adding that S&P had "lost their credibility." He said the sustainability criteria put in place by S&P really have to do with "how compliant your business is with the leftist agenda."

@SPGlobalRatings has lost their integrity

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 18, 2022

S&P said points were withdrawn from Tesla in part due to the lack of a low carbon strategy as well as issues surrounding its code of conduct, pushing it below industry peers that were catching up.

Yet reputational and regulatory risks appear to have really tripped up Tesla's place on the index.

During the provider’s Media and Stakeholder analysis, they identified two separate events “centered around claims of racial discrimination and poor working conditions at Tesla’s Fremont factory, as well as its handling of the (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) investigation after multiple deaths and injuries were linked to its autopilot vehicles.”

As a result, its scores placed it in the bottom quartile of its sector, disqualifying it automatically from consideration.

“While Tesla may be playing its part in taking fuel-powered cars off the road, it has fallen behind its peers when examined through a wider ESG lens,” said Margaret Dorn, senior director and head of ESG Indices for North America.

Crude oil giant Exxon was among the 308 candidates included on the index, even though it is currently being probed by Massachusetts and New York over whether it to investors and the public regarding what it knew about climate change. A federal appeals court rejected Exxon's effort to halt the probe earlier this year.

Explanations why Exxon was chosen instead of Tesla were not provided by Dorn in the statement.

No coal or tobacco

According to the ratings agency, the ESG 500 is not inherently designed to offer an outperformance over S&P 500 — indeed just the opposite is the case.

It should maintain a risk and return profile similar to its own benchmark index, while simultaneously offering a distinct exposure to companies deemed more sustainable according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. Almost all sectors of the equity market are excluded from consideration, except ones such as thermal coal, tobacco and weapons manufacturing.

Despite Tesla doing more for the environment than any company ever! pic.twitter.com/ImxrhnRepj

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 18, 2022

By not including a megacap like Tesla, however, there is now a potential risk that the two indices could diverge more than intended.

Tesla has not had the best experience with agencies like S&P. The latter waited so long to add Tesla to the broader S&P 500 index that the EV maker was worth half a trillion dollars before it was picked, prompting consideration of how it could possibly digest such a large first-time entrant.

Moreover, Tesla’s debt rating is still in junk territory even though it was highly profitable and generated just over $5 billion in excess cash last year.

"While Tesla and others may not have been included in the index this year, the beauty of the annual rebalance is that they will once again have an opportunity to be reviewed for inclusion in years to come," Dorn said.

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