据路透社伦敦12月3日消息，荷兰皇家壳牌周一屈服于投资者在气候变化问题上日益增长的压力，计划设定短期目标以减少碳足迹。
英国石油公司和道达尔已经设定了短期目标，但壳牌首席执行官Ben van Beurden此前曾拒绝制定硬性目标，称将壳牌置于法律挑战之下是“鲁莽的”。
但在与投资者讨论后，这家英荷油气巨头表示，从2020年起，它将每年制定三至五年的目标，其中将包括具体的净碳足迹目标。
壳牌股东曾批评该公司去年制定了到2050年将二氧化碳排放量减半的长期“雄心”，但缺乏具有约束力的实施目标。
壳牌周一没有具体说明任何目标，计划将这些目标和其它措施与高管薪酬政策挂钩。修订后的薪酬政策将于2020年提交股东大会批准。
Ben van Beurden在一份声明中说:“我们正在采取重要措施，通过设定短期目标，实现我们的净碳足迹目标。”
此举正值各国政府在波兰召开联合国气候变化大会(COP24)之际，该会议将制定实施2015年气候协议的“规则手册”。
《巴黎协定》设定的目标是在本世纪逐步淘汰化石燃料，转向清洁能源，并帮助限制气温上升。
壳牌与310名投资者签署了一份联合声明，概述了目标和审查过程。这些投资者管理的资产超过32万亿美元，被称为“气候行动100+”。
Robeco首席投资官Peter Ferket在联合声明中表示:“在满足《巴黎气候变化协定》要求方面，我们认为有必要加强投资者及其被投资公司之间的合作关系，以加速实现如此雄心勃勃的共同目标。”
陈菲 摘译自 路透社
原文如下：
Shell sets carbon cutting targets after investor pressure
Royal Dutch Shell caved in to growing investor pressure over climate change BP and Total have already set short-term targets, but Shell Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden had previously resisted setting hard goals, saying it would be “foolhardy” to expose Shell to legal challenges.
But following discussions with investors, the Anglo-Dutch oil and gas giant said that from 2020 it will set three- to five-year targets every year which will include specific net carbon footprint targets.
Shareholders had criticized Shell for last year setting long-term “ambitions” to halve its emissions of carbon dioxide by 2050, which lacked binding targets for implementation.
Shell, which did not specify any targets “We are taking important steps toward turning our Net Carbon Footprint ambition into reality by setting shorter-term targets,” Ben van Beurden said in a statement.
The move comes as governments meet in Poland for a conference hosted by the United Nations COP24 which will lay out a “rule book” to implement a 2015 climate accord.
The Paris agreement set goals to phase out fossil fuel use this century, shift toward cleaner energies and help limit a rise in temperatures.
Shell signed a joint statement with a group of 310 investors with over $32 trillion of assets under management, dubbed Climate Action 100+, outlining the targets and review process.
“When it comes to meeting the demands of the Paris Agreement
