Peter Cripps

'Stewarding AI firms will be very hard', warns pension fund

Sustainable investors will have a role to play in ensuring that the wave of AI companies expected to list on public markets in coming months have governance structures that give investors a voice, a conference heard.

BTG Pactual reaches final close on $1.2bn reforestation fund

BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group has reached a final close on its Latin American Reforestation strategy, making it the largest ever reforestation fund, at $1.24 billion.

Brazil: There's no alternative to TFFF, we hope the money comes

Brazil is hopeful that the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) will hit $10 billion of pledges of sponsor capital by the end of the year and hopes the next COP will prove a catalyst for capital to flow.

PRI publishes asset owners' strategy document

The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has released a report to signatories based on initial findings of its Future of Responsible Investment working group, as it considers its future strategy.

AI is transformative but can't close disclosure gap (Debt conference)

Artificial intelligence (AI) will transform sustainable finance but cannot make up for poor disclosure of sustainability-related information, a conference heard.

We have entered the 'age of pragmatic transition'

The conflict in the Middle East creates a headwind for the sustainable debt market, but other considerations such as the drive for energy security will help underpin its growth, Rahul Ghosh tells Peter Cripps

Norway joins Brazil as co-lead of TFFF

The $125 billion Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) has taken a step closer to becoming operational after it set up two key decision-making bodies and Norway stepped up to join Brazil to lead the initiative.

Glass Lewis enters ESG data market, with transition assessment offering

Proxy voting service Glass Lewis has launched a climate transition data offering, in a move that will pit it against ESG data providers with established products.

Game-changing blended finance initiative delayed 'but making good progress'

A pioneering initiative to scale up blended finance has been delayed by bureaucratic obstacles - but expects to make its first investment within a year.

Poor green capex reporting 'creates investor blind spot'