Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • Investors urged to vote against Sembcorp coal plant deal

    07 November 2022

    The financial engineering behind Sembcorp's proposed sale of two coal-fired plants means the transaction is a "quick and dirty solution" to decarbonisation, and highlights the weaknesses of some sustainability-linked bond (SLB) structures, a think-tank has argued.

  • Loss and damage: what to look out for at COP27

    04 November 2022

    The climate jamboree will see tensions between developed countries and the Global South come to the fore, writes Peter Cripps

  • Comment: The spectre of Stuart Kirk haunts sustainable finance

    21 October 2022

    Sustainable finance needs bright new ideas. And, for that, we must encourage freedom of expression, argues Peter Cripps

  • Investment warning over UK's plans to cap renewables revenues

    13 October 2022

    The CEO of a clean energy and energy efficiency-focused investment firm has warned the UK government's plans to cap the revenues of renewables generators risks deterring investment in the sector.

  • Comment: The UK's sustainable finance rules: A job half done

    07 October 2022

    The new UK government needs to finish the job started by its predecessors, and belatedly finalise its sustainable finance policies, writes Peter Cripps

  • FCA to publish fund labelling proposals this month

    06 October 2022

    The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it hopes to belatedly publish its fund sustainability labelling proposals by the end of the month, but there was no update on when the UK's taxonomy might follow.

  • ESG in Fixed Income Americas conference: EU taxonomy could have 'chilling' impact

    28 September 2022

    The "proscriptive" nature of the EU's sustainable finance requirements could have a "chilling" impact on the green bond market, the ESG and Fixed Income Americas conference heard.

  • ISSB stakeholders want more information about materiality

    13 September 2022

    IFRS Foundation head Lee White gives his assessment of some of the challenges facing the International Sustainability Standards Board. Peter Cripps reports

  • Comment: RIP Queen Elizabeth, long live the King!

    09 September 2022

    Can environmentalist King Charles help sway the course of the UK, asks Peter Cripps

  • Hydrogen-focussed energy transition fund raises €3bn

    31 August 2022

    A fund that will invest in clean hydrogen projects to help hard-to-abate sectors lower their emissions has raised €3 billion in an oversubscribed final offering.