Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • CredAg pledges €2bn towards green, social and sustainability bonds

    25 November 2015

    Crédit Agricole has pledged to invest €2 billion in "high quality" green, social or sustainability bonds by the end of 2017.

  • Caisse des Depots to cut carbon investment by 20%

    24 November 2015

    French public sector investment giant Caisse des Depots et Consignations (CDC) has pledged to reduce the carbon footprint of its equities portfolio by 20% by 2020.

  • CarbonNeutral rebrands as Natural Capital Partners

    23 November 2015

    The CarbonNeutral Company has changed its name to Natural Capital Partners to reflect the fact that its focus has widened beyond emissions offsets.

  • Paris 'can provide toolkit to allow carbon markets to link'

    20 November 2015

    The Paris climate summit will not realistically set up a global carbon market, but could provide a toolbox to help link regional trading systems.

  • Outperforming efficiency index steps up hunt for fund

    18 November 2015

    A resource efficiency index that has significantly outperformed mainstream benchmarks since its inception nearly two years ago, has stepped up its search for an asset manager to base a fund on it.

  • Southern Power Co plans $750m green bond

    13 November 2015

    Southern Power Company is marketing a $750 million green bond, in a transaction set to make it the first US-based utility to tap the market.

  • Profile: Axa IM's new green bond fund

    11 November 2015

    Axa IM uses its in-house responsible investment expertise to cherry-pick labelled green bonds, and also buys unlabelled green corporate bonds, says Peter Cripps

  • Axa IM launches green bond fund

    11 November 2015

    Axa Investment Managers has launched a green bond fund.

  • NRW Bank attracts green buyers to €500m green bond

    04 November 2015

    NRW Bank has issued its third green bond, with the majority of the €500 million ($544 million) of paper sold to investors with a green or social mandate.

  • BlackRock warns on stranded assets

    04 November 2015

    BlackRock has warned that companies with high-cost fossil fuel reserves are at risk of being devalued, adding that "climate change has arrived as an investment issue".