ESG：美国证监会通过气候信息披露新规

研究报告ResearchReport10Mar2024ESG&PowerEquipment&NewEnergy&UtilitiesESG：美国证监会通过气候信息披露新规SECAdoptsRulestoEnhanceandStandardizeClimate-RelatedDisclosuresforInvestors杨斌BinYangbin.yang@热点速评FlashAnalysis(PleaseseeAPPENDIX1forEnglishsummary)事件：美国时间3月6日，美国证券交易委员会（SEC）通过了《面向投资者的气候相关信息披露的提升和标准化》的最终规则，是一项具有里程碑意义的新规定，旨在增强和标准化公共公司及其公开发行中的气候相关披露。这一规定的出台标志着对投资者长期以来关于提供更一致、可比较和可靠的财务影响信息需求，及要求更透明的气候信息回应，尤其是关于气候变化带来的风险及其管理方式。规则将要求披露范围一和范围二温室气体排放量。这项新规定要求公共公司披露与气候相关的风险以及这些风险对公司策略、运营结果或财务状况可能产生的影响。此外，它也要求公司披露其为应对这些风险所采取的策略和行动。这包括任何为适应或缓解重大气候相关风险而进行的支出，以及任何与气候相关的目标或目的的详细信息。此举意在促进投资者获取一致、可比较和有决策用途的信息，同时为发行人明确报告要求。特别值得注意的是，新规定还包括了对于大型加速申报人(LAFs)和加速申报人(AFs)（除非另有豁免）必须披露的范围1和范围2排放信息的要求。值得注意的是，范围3是提议规则中最有争议的方面。与欧盟不同，欧盟有权监管所有规模的公开和私人持有的企业，SEC只有监管上市公司的权力。在美国，私人持有公司的监管通常由各州管理。这在范围3报告方面造成了一个法律问题，因为它要求上市公司从私人持有公司那里寻求信息。这创建了对私人持有公司的间接监管，然而这些公司明显不在SEC的监管范围内。尽管国会民主党人视范围3为必要组成部分，但SEC最终选择将其完全从最终规则中删除。最终规则是在过去两年发布或采用的众多自愿和强制性气候和相关披露要求之后制定的，包括IFRS(CSRD)和相关的欧洲可持续发展报告标准和加州气候立法。与其他指南一样，美国证券交易委员会的最终规则利用了现有的披露框架，例如温室气体核算体系(GHGProtocol和气候相关财务披露工作组(TCFD建立的框架。然而，虽然IFRS可持续发展披露标准和CSRD广泛涉及可持续发展和SEC的最终规则仅涉及气候相关披露。同时，美国证监会对重要性”（Materiality）的定义也与美国最高法院的判例保持一致——即如果理性投资者在决定是否购买或出售证券或如何投票时很有可能认为某个信息事项很重要，或者理性投资者会认为该信息的遗漏已经很大程度上改变了所得信息的整体组合，那么该信息事项就具有“重要性”。关联方将如何应对。1）建立或完善气候治理。2）了解拟议规则的要求和其他相关的气候披露准则。3）识别披露和控制差和距。4）评估报告和数据管理。5）气候风险管理。6）制定气候战略。美股ESG投资的启示。此新规将国际气候披露标准如TCFD建议和温室气体核算体系（GHGProtocol）并与美国财务报告体系相融合。该规则的实施无疑会增加企业的透明度，促使公司更加认真地考虑其环境影响和气候风险管理。这将有助于投资者做出更加负责任和有信息依据的决策，推动资本流向更加可持续的企业和项目。然而，为了达到这一目标，企业、投资者和监管机构需要共同努力，确保规则的有效实施，并应对可能出现的法律挑战和政治反对。投资建议：建议关注ESG及基本面做到行业顶尖水平的美股公司，如【英伟达】、【台积电】等。风险提示：气候风险状况信息披露情况不及预期；政策监督效果不及预期。本研究报告由海通国际分销，海通国际是由海通国际研究有限公司，海通证券印度私人有限公司，海通国际株式会社和海通国际证券集团其他各成员单位的证券研究团队所组成的全球品牌，海通国际证券集团各成员分别在其许可的司法管辖区内从事证translationthe附录APPENDIX重要信息披露本研究报告由海通国际分销，海通国际是由海通国际研究有限公司(HTIRL)，HaitongSecuritiesIndiaPrivateLimited(HSIPL)，HaitongInternationalJapanK.K.(HTIJKK)和海通国际证券有限公司(HTISCL)的证券研究团队所组成的全球品牌，海通国际证券集团(HTISG)各成员分别在其许可的司法管辖区内从事证券活动。IMPORTANTDISCLOSURESThisresearchreportisdistributedbyHaitongInternational,aglobalbrandnamefortheequityresearchteamsofHaitongInternationalResearchLimited(“HTIRL”),HaitongSecuritiesIndiaPrivateLimited(“HSIPL”),HaitongInternationalJapanK.K.(“HTIJKK”),HaitongInternationalSecuritiesCompanyLimited(“HTISCL”),andanyothermemberswithintheHaitongInternationalSecuritiesGroupofCompanies(“HTISG”),eachauthorizedtoengageinsecuritiesactivitiesinitsrespectivejurisdiction.HTIRL分析师认证AnalystCertification:我，杨斌，在此保证（i）（ii）（包括我们的家属）（我已经告知他们）报告发布后的3I,BinYang,certifythat(i)theviewsexpressedinthisresearchreportaccuratelyreflectmypersonalviewsaboutanyorallofthesubjectcompaniesorissuersreferredtointhisresearchandiinopartofmycompensationwas,isorwillbedirectlyorindirectlyrelatedtothespecificrecommendationsorviewsexpressedinthisresearchreport;andthatIincludingmembersofmyhousehold)havenofinancialinterestinthesecurityorsecuritiesofthesubjectcompaniesdiscussed.Iandmyhousehold,whomIhavealreadynotifiedofthis,willnotdealinortradeanysecuritiesinrespectoftheissuerthatIreviewwithin3businessdaysaftertheresearchreportispublished.利益冲突披露ConflictofInterestDisclosures/（ERDDisclosure@htiseccom）HTIandsomeofitsaffiliatesmayengageininvestmentbankingand/orserveasamarketmakerorholdproprietarytradingpositionsofcertainstocksorcompaniesinthisresearchreport.Asfarasthisresearchreportisconcerned,thefollowingarethedisclosuremattersrelatedtosuchrelationship(Asthefollowingdisclosuredoesnotensuretimelinessandcompleteness,pleasesendanemailtoERD-Disclosure@htisec.comiftimelyandcomprehensiveinformationisneeded).香港华润(集团)有限公司上海代表处目前或过去12个月内是海通的客户。海通向客户提供非投资银行业务的证券相关业务服务。香港华润(集团)有限公司上海代表处is/wasaclientofHaitongcurrentlyorwithinthepast12months.Theclienthasbeenprovidedfornon-investment-bankingsecurities-relatedservices.评级定义（从2020年7月1日开始执行）：（“HTI）HTI的评级定义。并且HTI基于各自情况（）分析师股票评级优于大市12-1810%下中性，未来12-18FINRA/NYSE的评级分布规则，我们会将中性评级划入持有这一类别。弱于大市12-1810%TOPIX,KOSPI,TAIEX,Nifty100,美–SP500;其他所有中国概念股MSCIChina.RatingsDefinitions(from1Jul2020):HaitongInternationalusesarelativeratingsystemusingOutperform,Neutral,orUnderperformforrecommendingthestockswecovertoinvestors.InvestorsshouldcarefullyreadthedefinitionsofallratingsusedinHaitongInternationalResearch.Inaddition,sinceHaitongInternationalResearchcontainsmorecompleteinformationconcerningtheanalyst'sviews,investorsshouldcarefullyreadHaitongInternationalResearch,initsentirety,andnotinferthecontentsfromtheratingalone.Inanycase,ratings(orresearch)shouldnotbeusedorrelieduponasinvestmentadvice.Aninvestor'sdecisiontobuyorsellastockshoulddependonindividualcircumstances(suchastheinvestor'sexistingholdings)andotherconsiderations.

评级分布RatingDistributionAnalystStockRatingsOutperform:Thestock’stotalreturnoverthenext12-18monthsisexpectedtoexceedthereturnofitsrelevantbroadmarketbenchmark,asindicatedbelow.Neutral:Thestock’stotalreturnoverthenext12-18monthsisexpectedtobeinlinewiththereturnofitsrelevantbroadmarketbenchmark,asindicatedbelow.ForpurposesonlyofFINRA/NYSEratingsdistributionrules,ourNeutralratingfallsintoaholdratingcategory.Underperform:Thestock’stotalreturnoverthenext12-18monthsisexpectedtobebelowthereturnofitsrelevantbroadmarketbenchmark,asindicatedbelow.Benchmarksforeachstock’slistedareasfollows:Japan–TOPIX,Korea–Taiwan–TAIEX,–Nifty100,US–SP500;forallotherChina-conceptstocks–MSCIChina.截至20231231日海通国际股票研究评级分布优于大市中性弱于大市(持有)海通国际股票研究覆盖率 89.4%9.6%1.0%投资银行客户* 3.9%*在每个评级类别里投资银行客户所占的百分比。5.1%5.6%上述分布中的买入，中性和卖出分别对应我们当前优于大市，中性和落后大市评级。只有根据FINRA/NYSE此前的评级系统定义（直至2020年6月30日）：买入，未来1218个月内预期相对基准指数涨幅在10%中性，未来1218FINRA/NYSE卖出，未来1218个月内预期相对基准指数跌幅在10%各地股票基准指数：日本–TOPIX,韩国–KOSPI,台湾–TAIEX,印度–Nifty100;其他所有中国概念股–MSCIChina.HaitongInternationalEquityResearchRatingsDistribution,asofDecember31,2023Outperform Neutral Underperform(hold)HTIEquityResearchCoverage 89.4% 9.6% 1.0%IBclients* 3.9% 5.1% 5.6%*Percentageofinvestmentbankingclientsineachratingcategory.BUY,Neutral,andSELLintheabovedistributioncorrespondtoourcurrentratingsofOutperform,Neutral,andUnderperform.ForpurposesonlyofFINRA/NYSEratingsdistributionrules,ourNeutralratingfallsintoaholdratingcategory.PleasenotethatstockswithanNRdesignationarenotincludedinthetableabove.Previousratingsystemdefinitions(until30Jun2020):BUY:Thestock’stotalreturnoverthenext12-18monthsisexpectedtoexceedthereturnofitsrelevantbroadmarketbenchmark,asindicatedbelow.NEUTRAL:Thestock’stotalreturnoverthenext12-18monthsisexpectedtobeinlinewiththereturnofitsrelevantbroadmarketbenchmark,asindicatedbelow.ForpurposesonlyofFINRA/NYSEratingsdistributionrules,ourNeutralratingfallsintoaholdratingcategory.SELL:Thestock’stotalreturnoverthenext12-18monthsisexpectedtobebelowthereturnofitsrelevantbroadmarketbenchmark,asindicatedbelow.Benchmarksforeachstock’slistedregionareasfollows:Japan–TOPIX,Korea–KOSPI,Taiwan–TAIEX,India–Nifty100;forallotherChina-conceptstocks–MSCIChina.海通国际非评级研究：海通国际发布计量、筛选或短篇报告，并在报告中根据估值和其他指标对股票进行排名，或者基于可能的估值倍数提出建议价格。这种排名或建议价格并非为了进行股票评级、提出目标价格或进行基本面估值，而仅供参考使用。HaitongInternationalNon-RatedResearch:HaitongInternationalpublishesquantitative,screeningorshortreportswhichmayrankstocksaccordingtovaluationandothermetricsormaysuggestpricesbasedonpossiblevaluationmultiples.Suchrankingsorsuggestedpricesdonotpurporttobestockratingsortargetpricesorfundamentalvaluesandareforinformationonly.海通国际A股覆盖：海通国际可能会就沪港通及深港通的中国A股进行覆盖及评级。海通证券（600837.CH），海通国际于上海的母公司，也会于中国发布中国A股的研究报告。但是，海通国际使用与海通证券不同的评级系统，所以海通国际与海通证券的中国A股评级可能有所不同。HaitongInternationalCoverageofA-Shares:HaitongInternationalmaycoverandrateA-SharesthataresubjecttotheHongKongStockConnectschemewithShanghaiandShenzhen.HaitongSecurities(HS;600837CH),theultimateparentcompanyofHTISGbasedinShanghai,coversandpublishesresearchonthesesameA-SharesfordistributioninmainlandChina.However,theratingsystememployedbyHSdiffersfromthatusedbyHTIandasaresulttheremaybeadifferenceintheHTIandHSratingsforthesameA-sharestocks.海通国际优质100A股（Q100）指数：海通国际Q100指数是一个包括100支由海通证券覆盖的优质中国A股的计量产品。这些股票是通过基于质量的筛选过程，并结合对海通证券A股团队自下而上的研究。海通国际每季对Q100指数成分作出复审。HaitongInternationalQuality100A-share(Q100)Index:HTI’sQ100Indexisaquantproductthatconsistsof100ofthehighest-qualityA-sharesundercoverageatHSinShanghai.Thesestocksarecarefullyselectedthroughaquality-basedscreeningprocessincombinationwithareviewoftheHSA-shareteam’sbottom-upresearch.TheQ100constituentcompaniesarereviewedquarterly.盟浪义利（FIN-ESG）数据通免责声明条款：在使用盟浪义利（FIN-ESG）数据之前，请务必仔细阅读本条款并同意本声明：第一条义利（FINESG）（以下简称“本公司”）（）绩表现不作为日后回报的预测。（（））SusallWaveFIN-ESGDataServiceDisclaimer:PleasereadthesetermsandconditionsbelowcarefullyandconfirmyouragreementandacceptancewiththesetermsbeforeusingSusallWaveFIN-ESGDataService.FIN-ESGDataisproducedbySusallWaveDigitalTechnologyCo.,Ltd.(Inshort,SusallWave)’sassessmentbasedonlegalpubliclyaccessibleinformation.SusallWaveshallnotberesponsibleforanyaccuracyandcompletenessoftheinformation.Theassessmentresultisforreferenceonly.Itisnotforanyinvestmentadviceforanyindividualorinstitutionandnotforbasisofpurchasing,sellingorholdinganyrelativefinancialproducts.WewillnotbeliableforanydirectorindirectlossofanyindividualorinstitutionasaresultofusingSusallWaFIN-ESGData.SusallWadonotconsiderrecipientsascustomersforreceivingthesedata.Whenusingthedata,recipientsshallmakeyourownindependentjudgmentaccordingtoyourpracticalindividualstatus.Thecontentsofthedatareflectthejudgmentofusonlyonthereleaseday.Wehaverighttoupdateandamendthedataandreleaseotherdatathatcontainsinconsistentcontentsordifferentconclusionswithoutnotification.Unlessexpresslystated,thedata(e.g.,financialperformancedata)representspastperformanceonlyandthepastperformancecannotbeviewedasthepredictionoffuturereturn.ThecopyrightofthisdatabelongstoSusallWave,andreserveallrightsinaccordancewiththelaw.Withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofourcompannoneofindividualorinstitutioncanusethesedataforanyprofitablepurpose.Besides,noneofindividualorinstitutioncantakeactionssuchasamendment,replication,translation,compilation,re-editing,adaption,deletion,abbreviation,excerpts,issuance,rent,exhibition,performance,projection,broadcast,informationnetworktransmission,shooting,addingiconsandinstructions.IfanylossofSusallWaoranythird-partyiscausedbythoseactions,usersshallbearthecorrespondingcompensationliability.SusallWaveshallnotberesponsibleforanyloss.Ifanytermisnotcontainedinthisdisclaimerbutwritteninotheragreementsonourwebsite(e.g.UserRegistrationProtocolofSusallWaveWebsite,UserService(includingauthentication)AgreementofSusallWaveWebsite,PrivacyPolicyofSusallwaveWebsite),itshouldbeexecutedaccordingtootheragreements.Ifthereisanydifferencebetweenthisdisclaimandotheragreements,thisdisclaimershallbeapplied.重要免责声明：非印度证券的研究报告：本报告由海通国际证券集团有限公司（“HTISGL”）（“HTIRL”）（571章）4（）HTISGLHaitongInternational(Japan)K.K.（“HTIJKK）HTIJKK管为投资顾问。印度证券的研究报告：SecuritiesandExchangeBoardofIndia（“SEBI”）HaitongSecuritiesIndiaPrivateLimited（“HTSIPL）BSELimited（“BSE”）NationalStockExchangeofIndiaLimited（“NSE）（）HTSIP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