Bronwyn King: You may be accidentally investing in cigarette companies
Bronwyn King: Unawekuwa unaekeza katika makumpini ya sigara bila ufahamu.
Dr. Bronwyn King on a mission to save a billion lives -- from tobacco, the greatest preventable cause of premature death. Full bio
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planning to save the world.
aliyenuia kukomboa ulimwengu.
on a lung cancer unit.
were smokers or ex-smokers,
Takriban wangonjwa wangu wote ni wavutaji au wavutaji wa zamani,
smoking when they were children
na baadhi yao walianza uraibu wa kuvuta wakiwa wadogo
in a beautiful, wealthy country,
Licha yakuishi katika nchi yenye mazingira ya kupendeza na utajiri,
sophisticated medicines,
na upatikanaji wa madawa ya kisasa,
of my patients died.
wa wagonjwa wangu alifariki.
kuwa tumbaku ni mbaya,
firsthand, day-by-day,
I'm a radiation oncologist,
mimi ni mtaalam wa mionzi,
caused by tobacco.
kuhusu maafa ya tumbaku.
having my first ever meeting
kwenye mkutano wangu wa kwanza
from my superannuation fund.
kwa uwekezaji wangu wa kustaafu.
I'm sure you can imagine.
nimeainishwa katika chaguo la msingi.
there are other options?"
Nikasema, "Chaguo? Yamaanisha kuwa kuna chaguo zingine?"
rolled his eyes, and said,
Akanitazama, akanitolea macho na akasema,
investing in mining, alcohol or tobacco."
uwekezaji katika uchimbaji, pombe au tumbaku."
Nikasema, "Umesema tumbaku?"
I'm currently investing in tobacco?"
you own part of that company.
unamiliki sehemu ya hiyo kampuni.
and succeed and thrive.
to attract new customers,
to sell more of its products.
iuze bidhaa zake zaidi.
that I wanted less.
one person standing here
mtu mmoja amesimama hapa,
on this enormous stage.
nyekundu katika jukwaa hii kubwa.
at seven million people
have died as a result of tobacco
kutokana na maafa ya tumbaku
were launched today,
sekta mpya ingalizinduliwa leo,
had killed seven million people.
in that new, deadly industry?
Kuna mmoja wetu anayeweza akaekeza kwa hiyo sekta mpya hatari?
pressing global issues of our time,
Tumbaku ni mojawapo ya masuala tata ya ulimwengu kwa sasa,
in the problem than we may realize.
na wengi wetu tunahusika kwa tatizo hilo kadri na tunayoweza kutambua.
explained to me
Kwa hivyo, mwakilishi alinieleza
of my portfolio.
which international shares do I have?"
"Ni hisa zipi za kimataifa ninazo?"
two weeks later with this list:
na orodha hii:
in international shares
the Swedish Match company.
were tobacco companies,
zilikuwa ni kampuni za tumbaku,
my super fund, it was all of them.
si malipo yangu
it wasn't just superannuation funds,
Na nikagundua kuwa
ni mabenki, bima
it wasn't just Australia.
mzima wa sekta ya fedha,
with the tobacco industry.
that kill seven million people every year.
inayoua watu milioni saba
with my superannuation fund,
kuhusu swala hili na uwekezaji
na nimekuwa namuzungumzo nao tangu hapo.
issues to deal with, these days.
Hivyo ninashauri wavumbua mfumo
why it is reasonable
ask a suite of three questions
waulize mfumo wa
they might invest our money.
yoyote watakoekeza fedha zetu.
by the company be used safely?
kampuni
"La" ndilo jibu kwa makampuni ya tumbaku.
of cigarettes for a human being.
ya idadi za sigara kwa binadamu.
so significant on a global level
to a UN treaty or convention?
hadi ikawa swala la mkataba wa UN?
global impact of tobacco.
is that the world is on track
Utabili wa sasa ni kuwa
deaths this century.
idadi ya bilioni moja ya
Vifo bilioni moja.
to the concept of engagement.
want to be good corporate citizens.
yana nia ya kikweli kuwa raia wa ushirika.
engage with them,
be an effective lever for change?
"La" ndilo jibu kwa kampuni za tumbaku.
the tobacco industry is futile.
their primary business.
zitasitisha
with the tobacco industry
Kwa kweli, ushirikiano na sekta ya tumbaku
three simple questions,
maswali matatu rahisi,
and defensible
ni nzuri na inawezatekelzwa
investment in the tobacco industry.
uwekezaji katika sekta ya tumbaku.
that demands that we act on tobacco.
the Sustainable Development Goals.
tukabiliane na tumbaku. Mwaka wa 2015,
Sasa tunazungumzia tumbaku,
straight to number three:
tobacco control regulation
to achieve that goal.
ni msingi kama
of the 17 goals cannot be achieved
13 kati ya
of the tobacco industry.
hadi kuwe na mabadiliko
Mimi binafsi, lengo ninalopendelea
ushirikiano kwa malengo.
health sector doing everything it can
suffering as a result of tobacco.
kusaidia wagonjwa wanaoteseka
seven million people have died,
Licha ya hayo kusemwa,
watu milioni saba wamefariki,
aligned on tobacco, 180 of them,
the provisions of the UN tobacco treaty.
180 kati yaozilizo katika harakati
wa tumbaku wa UN.
to lend money to tobacco companies,
Ikiwa sekta fedha
fedha kwa kampuni za tumbaku,
from tobacco companies,
na kutahidi kunufaika
dhidi ya kila mmoja.
"the global tobacco epidemic,"
to stand side by side
tunahitaji kila sekta ya jamii
to deal with sensitive issues.
na maswala nyeti.
global conventions.
kuna hatari za kibiashara.
being invested in the tobacco industry
na uwekezaji katika
to consider them.
and fewer people will smoke,
kuwa watu wachache
tobacco regulation.
kwa taratibu za tumbaku.
on cigarette packets in Canada,
pakiti za sigara Canada,
to give them right back to the salespeople
the ones that say they'll kill me?"
"Tafadhali unaweza nipa zile zinzaosema zinaeza kuniua?"
regulation reduces consumption,
committed to more regulation.
kuna nchi 180 ambazo zimajitolea
and the risk that presents.
Tuzungumze kuhusu maswala ya sheria
of the tobacco industry
Kwa sasa, ni mfumo wa biashara
externalizes all of the health costs
communities pay, you pay, I pay.
jamii zinalipa,
externalizes all those costs,
Sekta ya tumbaku
US dollars per year.
trilioni moja dola za Marekani.
and privatize the profits.
that the tobacco industry
kuwa sekta ya tumbaku
for those health costs,
15 billion US dollars.
dola bilioni 15 za Marekani.
why should any of us, in any country,
mbona yeyote kati
of the tobacco industry?
alipe gharama ya sekta ya tumbaku?
and the risk there.
significantly relies on child labor.
inategemea
Labour Organization
Machi 2017, Shirika la Kazi Duniani
child labor is rampant."
ajira kwa watoto imeenea."
that use children to produce tobacco leaf.
Ukaguzi wa magavi unaimarishwa,
to escape public attention.
reputation risk to consider
that continue to maintain an affiliation
yanayoendelea kuwa na huo uhusiano
as the world's least reputable industry.
Tutazema maafa yake kwa watoto.
100,000 children start smoking.
walianza kuvuta sigara.
inside the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Melbourne Cricket Ground.
are from the poorest communities on earth.
wa mataifa maskini duniani.
that people start smoking
watu huanza kuvuta sigara
but the worst thing here
na jambo mbaya zaidi hapa ni
data from every country on earth,
kwa kila nchi duniani,
with finance leaders,
2,000 na viongozi wa fedha,
of Melbourne and Sydney
ya Melbourne na Sydney
and all across the globe,
na kote ulimwenguni,
in the tobacco industry,
katika sekta ya tumbaku,
when they're presented with the facts,
they want to be part of the solution.
na kwa wingi, wanataka kuwa
Hapa Australia, sasa tuna
from "Should we go tobacco-free?"
hadi "Mbona hatijafanya hilo bado?"
by leading financial organizations
ya kifedha makuu kwa nchi nane tofauti
the Netherlands, Sweden,
fund managers, pension funds,
mfuko wa pensheni,
has been redirected
in the tobacco industry.
kutoka kwa uwekezaji katika
Utafiti huu umeithibithishwa.
announcement in March this year,
wa AMP Capital alisema,
investment returns
we need to ask ourselves.
below which we will not sink
tunaweza kitiri
and incredible support.
Sasa kama tunajaribu
a princess on your team.
Mkuu wa kifalme,
ndiye balozi wa kimataifa
a knight, a former premier,
Pia tunaye bwana, knight,
and a stack of CEOs.
waziri wa shirikisho wa zamani,
Lakini uwezo wa kubadilisha
with these highly influential people.
sehemu ya utatuzisuluhisho.
part of the solution.
kuwa sehemu ya suluhisho.
hichi wanamiliki makampuni
their banks and their insurers.
benki zao na wanaowatolea huduma za bima
in companies that make products
yanayotengeneza bidhaa
na tuchukue hatua pamoja,
for one billion people
ya watu bilioni moja
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Bronwyn King - Oncologist, tobacco-free advocateDr. Bronwyn King on a mission to save a billion lives -- from tobacco, the greatest preventable cause of premature death.
Why you should listen
After stumbling upon what she calls "the missing piece of global tobacco control," Dr. Bronwyn King abandoned plans for a career in medicine to start Tobacco Free Portfolios, a charity that brings the reality of tobacco into corporate boardrooms across the globe.
By working collaboratively with the global finance sector -- big banks, insurers and pension funds -- Dr. King and her team have been instrumental in major financial organizations in a dozen countries moving to tobacco-free finance, shifting more than twelve billion US dollars away from investment in tobacco. And she is just getting started.
Dr. King previously worked as Team Doctor for the Australian Swimming Team, was listed in 2014 as one of the Westpac/Australian Financial Review 100 Women of Influence and has received a host of medals and awards for building a bridge between the global health and finance sectors.
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