Vinay Shandal: How conscious investors can turn up the heat and make companies change
维纳 · 山达尔: 有责任意识的投资者如何掀起浪潮,令公司做出改变
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on the issues of the day.
彼得 · 帕克(蜘蛛侠)?
多样性的标杆人物,
just oozing charisma to solve the issues?
散发着魅力的人去解决问题?
not going to solve the issues.
也不是来解决问题的。
to solve the issues,
展示该如何解决问题。
Paul Singer, Barry Rosenstein.
保罗 · 辛格,巴里 · 罗森斯坦。
OGs of Wall Street.
of a company's CEO and board
公司的股票行业后,那种会打击
when you hear a bear outside your tent,
外面有熊的那种恐惧感
with a mouthful of Doritos --
塞满了多力多滋玉米片——
地方取下来的那包,
to pull down from the bear hang,
be passing through."
but they definitely want money.
但是他们绝对更想要钱。
他们创造价值的方式,
the way they create value,
that the changes they create,
认为他们创造的这种改变,
is too short-term in nature.
在自然中周期太短。
they use are egregious.
使用的策略太过分。
a small handful of activists,
to be constructive and collaborative.
保持建设性和协作性。
需要信任的地方给予信任。
where credit is due.
to catalyze large-scale change
他们设法在大公司中
with management to make change,
通过管理来创造改变,
the environment and society.
and better world this would be.
多么环保并且美好的世界。
不厌其烦的这么做?
为什么投资者会在意这件事儿?
Why would an investor care?
和管理问题上——表现很好,
and governance issues --
corporate citizenship,
for our collective futures,
an act of good corporate citizenship.
公民行为具有更深远的意义,
that shows a clear correlation
表现之间存在明显的关联。
and financial performance.
for the environment and society
问题上做的很好的企业,
companies are catching on.
and making money in the process.
同时也在这个过程中赚钱。
组织叫做 “海洋会谈”。
called Parley for the Oceans.
plastic waste from the ocean.
海洋中的塑料垃圾。
to make shoes.
塑料垃圾制造鞋子。
塑料垃圾制作的鞋子:
and good for business.
consumer segment known as hipsters --
消费者群体叫做时尚族的话——
在一个无名品牌的鞋子
the choice between a no-name shoe
塑料垃圾制作的鞋子之间做选择时,
plastic from the ocean
阿迪达斯,周末会挑选两次,
of the week and twice on Sunday,
to talk about them.
讨论关于鞋子的话题,
I'm a consultant. I make slides.
我是一个咨询顾问,我在做幻灯片。
I'm not looking --"
must be bothering you.
可以讨论一下这个话题。
for the rest of this ride.
is from the ocean,
你吃的鱼的肚子里,
I got eco-shoes.
我买了双环保鞋。
我们都有过这样的时刻。
We've all been there.
I'll give you a discount code.
of moving Uber Pools.
我忍不住坚持要下车。
we need to love the hipsters.
我们需要爱护这些时尚族。
and we need companies like Adidas,
像阿迪达斯这样的企业,
让投资者说服其他公司
to convince other companies
call them "conscious investors."
我们称之为 “有意识的投资者”。
engaging management on ESG issues.
ESG问题管理的话题。
management to make changes
这些管理工作中来,这些工作
the environment and society.
can take a page from the playbook
可以从激进投资者的
issues getting management to make changes.
做出改变方面没有任何问题。
loves making money.
and not pay it back.
那里拿钱而不还回去。
trying to seize up Argentinian assets.
没收阿根廷在各处的资产。
an Argentinian navy vessel
在加纳海岸没收一艘
with big guns were on the ship.
全副武装的海军军官。
调来一台起重机
to show up with a crane
the navy officers drew their weapons
投资额20倍的赔偿。
his original investment.
巴里 · 罗森斯坦的事迹。
陷入困境时,悄悄地
stock in Whole Foods,
to sell itself to Amazon,
same-day delivery of his organic Doritos.
有机玉米片能当天发货。
John Mackey, and the board
约翰 · 麦基和董事会
the prime example of selling out.
dollars in the process.
a very nice impression on John.
John and Barry just hugging it out
一个截然不同的例子:
against private prisons in the US,
监狱进行了严厉的打击,
I am troubled by devastating images
我告诉诸位,我很讨厌那些
out of the arms of their parents
私人拘留中心的照片,
detention facilities that did too little
保持联系方面几乎毫无作为。
contact with their parents.
in the eye and say,
to do things. Let me show you"?
让我展示给你看"这些话吗?
woke up the next day
我们还是对孩子好些吧。”
We'd better be nice to the kids."
of several high-profile divestitures
私人监狱股票发生了
同一时期的表现超过了市场。
has outperformed the market.
投资者拥有这些股票,
investors owning the stock
who don't care about these issues
被那些不在乎这些问题,
about these issues.
投资者所拥有的地步。
with conscious investors.
投资者抱有的问题。
ESG关注的基金中。
to a greener world.
资金转入一个更绿化的世界。
to a greener portfolio,
转入一个更绿化的投资中去,
to flip the script,
从撤资转向参与,
from divesting to engaging,
到加入实际的管理工作中来,
to actually working with management
提高他们的ESG表现?
their ESG performance?
they should and they could.
并且可以采纳的建议,
between ESG performance
have shown us they could.
已经证明了他们可以的。
change in a company.
一个企业发生改变。
做这些事情是为了赚钱。
do what they do to make money.
to improve society and the environment
则是为了改良社会和环境,
collaboratively and constructively.
和建设性的方式来做事。
of the some of the largest investors.
大的投资者支持着。
他们一起管理着百亿的资产。
together, they manage trillions.
越来越直言不讳。
about the importance of ESG.
increasingly vocal in his annual letters
年度来信中越来越直接的
that John called "greedy bastards,"
称之为 “贪婪匪徒” 的老家伙们,
to the board of Apple,
董事会写了一封公开信,
手机容易让小孩子上瘾。
are addictive for children.
在解决这个问题了。
is some pressure.
on conscious investors
投资者们一点压力,
on management
the environment and society.
来改进环境和社会。
影响自己的问题开始,
that matters to them
that lines up with your purpose:
该立场与你的目的一致:
labor rights, diversity.
with your purpose, you are golden.
一致,你就成功了。
professionals focused on this.
shows up to a campaign,
参与一个活动时,
CEO和董事会进行对话,
talking to the CEO and the board
to talk about an ESG issue,
出面谈论ESG问题的时候,
in the risk department
in the investor relations department,
较浅的职员对话,
这种情况应该被改变。
and that needs to change.
underperforms financially,
and work with management,
公司的财务表现。
the company's financial performance.
underperforms on ESG issues.
欠佳时,情况也应如此。
标准化的方式来衡量ESG问题。
on how we measure ESG,
价值观相符的方式被管理起来。
managed in line with your values.
more conscious in the first place.
让投资者更有觉悟。
about your money being invested
对于你的钱财被投资在
don't line up with yours.
pushing them to divest,
真正的参与,真正的从事管理工作,
truly work with management
their ESG performance.
他们解决这些问题。
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Vinay Shandal - Investment agitatorBCG's Vinay Shandal is passionate about the role of capital in creating impact.
Why you should listen
A Partner in The Boston Consulting Group's Toronto office, Vinay Shandal leads BCG's Principal Investors and Private Equity practice in Canada. He also helps lead the global efforts on shareholder activism, a topic for which he developed passion while at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Before becoming a consultant, Shandal practiced corporate law in New York and clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa.
Shandal has co-authored numerous BCG and other publications on various aspects of investing, shareholder activism and the role of capital in driving better societal outcomes.
As a leader at BCG's Centre for Canada's Future, Shandal is also invested in keeping tabs on and tackling some of the country’s most pressing issues. He is a board member of Capitalize 4 Kids, a nonprofit that aims to solve the toughest challenges in children's brain health and mental health. In his work, Shandal is most passionate about the role of capital in creating impact and most inspired by his wife, Christina, who is a respected social activist.
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