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  • 2020年07月01 日

新冠状病毒和气候变化重塑基建计划

本文是与《金融时报》合作编制的《亚洲商业方针特别版》的一部分。

新冠状病毒在中国武汉市肆虐期间,亚洲开发银行的主管人员接到中国燃气的来电,而中国燃气是这家位于马尼拉的银行的长期私营企业客户。

私营企业贷款部主管Michael Barrow表示:「对方查询亚洲开发银行能否向中国燃气提供资金,为新建医院提供液化天然气,而这些医院是仓促兴建的,以满足不断增长的病床需求。」「我们现在必须优先考虑即时应对疫情的措施」。

新冠肺炎广泛传播,令一切无法「如常运作」。无论是私营企业和政府,或是开发银行(例如亚洲开发银行和总部设在北京的亚洲基础设施投资银行),在正常时期均努力实现目标远大的跨境项目,但在疫情爆发后均搁置了基建项目。

疫情爆发引发市场忧虑,担心当资金用于应对更为紧迫的威胁时,重要的工程将无限期推迟。亚洲开发银行早前将支出增加了两倍至200亿美元,以帮助政府应对疫情的影响。

随著多国政府背弃应对气候变化和海平面上升等长期威胁的承诺,在确保基建项目实现绿色、可持续和稳健发展目标方面,短期内可能难有进展。

工厂停止生产,路上没有排放废气的车辆行驶,区内的天空由一片蒙浓的灰黄色回复至蔚蓝,令处理污染问题似乎不再是燃眉之急。如果石油价格跌至每桶20美元,公众就不会急于转用可再生能源。

不过,地区的开发银行现在可以发挥关键作用,帮助寻找对策,在处理疫情带来的直接威胁的同时,兼顾基建的长期需求以支持经济发展。这些银行通常较政府更有公信力,特别是对私营部门而言。

亚洲新兴国家的政府通常需要在基建项目的规划和融资方面得到帮助,如果项目成果良好,则成为经济繁荣发展的关键。这些项目包括修建道路,以便农民能够将农作物运到市场,儿童能够上学;亦包括修建发电厂,让国家能够吸引制造业和创造就业。但不论是发展中国家或发达国家,鲜有政府能否在这方面取得成果。

政治人物倾向于从选举周期的角度思考问题,而选举周期可能短至两年。另一方面,基建项目是现在投放资金,以换取将来才会出现的利益。

同时,民营企业在设定回报目标时,都会将政府视为最大的风险因素之一,例如在获得土地或申请许可证方面。如果政府换届,政策通常亦会变化,相关支持措施也会逐渐消失,令私营企业陷入困境。

疫情产生的一个影响(特别是对就业的威胁),是令人们意识到社会凝聚力可能崩溃。这可能需要推行一些应对举措,例如在短期内注重贪穷人口的粮食安全,并确保长期加强社会安全网。

亚洲开发银行东南亚地区负责人Ramesh Subramaniam称:「推行社会利益保障计划至关重要。」他表示,企业在这些计划中仅发挥轻微的支持作用。

一旦疫情的直接威胁消失,气候变化或会迫使所有选民以新的方式思考基建设施,包括关注环保、可持续发展和稳健的企业。换句话说,基建投资和环境、社会和治理(ESG)投资的趋势可能一体化。这与部分私营企业目前的状况一致:全球对这些企业施加更大的压力,要求它们遵守最佳标准。

如今,许多私营机构(例如贝莱德及其他资产管理公司,以及银行和保险公司)正牵头抵制以前的标准基建项目,例如建设燃煤发电厂。

瑞士再保险等保险公司在业务考量中更加关注气候变化,因为这些企业为极端天气等事件承保,而由于气候转变,极端天气的发生频率和严重性均有所增加。瑞士再保险和其他保险公司均表示,在风险管理上有必要考虑能够可持续发展及稳健的基建设施。

经济适用房:新重点

现时,经济适用房等新规划项目成为可持续发展程度最高的基建设施项目,它们既能带来直接的社会和经济效应,亦能吸引私营部门。

此外,这些项目必须合符商业意义,而不是纯粹关乎企业社会责任。

Vivek Pathak,国际金融公司

经济适用房已成为区内开发银行的重点工作。世界银行辖下的私营企业国际金融公司正与一家瑞士公司合作,在越南建造这类经济适用房,该项目名称为EZ Land;此外,国际金融公司亦与印尼雅加达郊区的房地产发展商Ciputra合作。Vivek Pathak负责世界银行集团辖下的国际金融公司的东亚地区业务。他表示,当游说私营企业以能够获利的价格建造房屋,同时采取最佳的绿色标准时,他发现最具说服力的论点是:绿色(环保)和棕色(不环保)的房屋哪一种最能保值。

据他所言:「发展项目必须具备商业意义,而不是纯粹关乎企业社会责任」。

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