Bronwyn King: You may be accidentally investing in cigarette companies
博朗温 · 金: 你可能在不经意间投资了烟草公司
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.
踌躇满志的医生,盘算着拯救世界。
on a lung cancer unit.
是在肺癌部门工作了三个月。
were smokers or ex-smokers,
或有吸烟历史者,
smoking when they were children
in a beautiful, wealthy country,
sophisticated medicines,
of my patients died.
逃脱了死亡的命运。
firsthand, day-by-day,
I'm a radiation oncologist,
caused by tobacco.
having my first ever meeting
from my superannuation fund.
I'm sure you can imagine.
there are other options?"
rolled his eyes, and said,
investing in mining, alcohol or tobacco."
烟草行业有意见的人来说。”
I'm currently investing in tobacco?"
在投资烟草行业?”
you own part of that company.
你就拥有了这个公司的一部分。
and succeed and thrive.
to attract new customers,
to sell more of its products.
that I wanted less.
one person standing here
看到一个人站在这里,
on this enormous stage.
at seven million people
have died as a result of tobacco
were launched today,
假如一个新行业今天成立,
had killed seven million people.
in that new, deadly industry?
这个新的致命行业吗?
pressing global issues of our time,
最紧迫的全球议题之一,
in the problem than we may realize.
程度远超我们的想象。
explained to me
of my portfolio.
which international shares do I have?"
two weeks later with this list:
in international shares
the Swedish Match company.
were tobacco companies,
一个肿瘤学家的投资。
my super fund, it was all of them.
几乎所有养老基金都是。
it wasn't just superannuation funds,
it wasn't just Australia.
with the tobacco industry.
that kill seven million people every year.
每年导致700万人死亡。
with my superannuation fund,
养老基金团队讨论这个问题,
issues to deal with, these days.
棘手问题需要处理。
采用一个框架来清楚说明
why it is reasonable
ask a suite of three questions
用我的钱投资公司时,
they might invest our money.
by the company be used safely?
of cigarettes for a human being.
so significant on a global level
to a UN treaty or convention?
global impact of tobacco.
灾难性的全球影响。
is that the world is on track
deaths this century.
烟草有关的因素。
to the concept of engagement.
want to be good corporate citizens.
成为优秀企业公民。
engage with them,
be an effective lever for change?
是否是改变的有效手段?
the tobacco industry is futile.
their primary business.
with the tobacco industry
three simple questions,
三个简单的问题,
and defensible
是合理的,站得住脚的。
investment in the tobacco industry.
that demands that we act on tobacco.
要求我们对烟草采取行动。
the Sustainable Development Goals.
《可持续发展目标》。
straight to number three:
tobacco control regulation
to achieve that goal.
of the 17 goals cannot be achieved
目标也无法实现,
of the tobacco industry.
health sector doing everything it can
正在尽其所能,
suffering as a result of tobacco.
seven million people have died,
700万的人还是因此失去了生命。
aligned on tobacco, 180 of them,
共同行动,有180个国家参与其中,
the provisions of the UN tobacco treaty.
to lend money to tobacco companies,
继续借钱给烟草公司,
from tobacco companies,
"the global tobacco epidemic,"
to stand side by side
每个部门通力合作,
to deal with sensitive issues.
global conventions.
being invested in the tobacco industry
与长期投资烟草行业
to consider them.
and fewer people will smoke,
tobacco regulation.
on cigarette packets in Canada,
加拿大香烟包装上时,
是把烟还给销售人员,
to give them right back to the salespeople
吸烟致命的香烟。”
the ones that say they'll kill me?"
regulation reduces consumption,
committed to more regulation.
and the risk that presents.
of the tobacco industry
externalizes all of the health costs
将所有跟烟草相关的
communities pay, you pay, I pay.
externalizes all those costs,
US dollars per year.
and privatize the profits.
内化,私有化。
that the tobacco industry
for those health costs,
15 billion US dollars.
why should any of us, in any country,
为什么我们所有人,所有国家,
of the tobacco industry?
and the risk there.
significantly relies on child labor.
Labour Organization
child labor is rampant."
童工现象十分猖獗。
that use children to produce tobacco leaf.
使用童工生产烟叶的国家。
to escape public attention.
reputation risk to consider
that continue to maintain an affiliation
as the world's least reputable industry.
最臭名昭著的行业。
100,000 children start smoking.
inside the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
墨尔本的板球场了。
are from the poorest communities on earth.
地球上最贫穷的社区。
that people start smoking
but the worst thing here
data from every country on earth,
这已经算是最大年龄了。
with finance leaders,
of Melbourne and Sydney
and all across the globe,
in the tobacco industry,
when they're presented with the facts,
they want to be part of the solution.
参与到解决问题中来。
“我们不应该投资烟草业吗?”
from "Should we go tobacco-free?"
by leading financial organizations
the Netherlands, Sweden,
fund managers, pension funds,
基金经理,养老基金,
has been redirected
in the tobacco industry.
已经很好地得到了证明。
announcement in March this year,
investment returns
对社会造成损害的行业中
we need to ask ourselves.
below which we will not sink
有没有一个不能触及的
and incredible support.
很多帮助,和难以置信的支持。
a princess on your team.
a knight, a former premier,
一位骑士,一位前总理,
and a stack of CEOs.
with these highly influential people.
具有高度影响力的人。
成为解决问题的一部分。
part of the solution.
成为解决问题的一部分。
their banks and their insurers.
投资了一些公司。
in companies that make products
投资到生产的产品
for one billion people
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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