Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • Stellar line-up of speakers confirmed for green equities conference

    05 October 2018

    Some of the leading experts in sustainable finance are to speak at Environmental Finance's Green Equities conference, in conjunction with the City of London's Green Finance Initiative this month.

  • Green bond comment, October: Down but not out

    03 October 2018

    The green bond market suffered an uncharacteristic fall in activity in the third quarter of 2018.

  • Is the future worth investing for?

    01 October 2018

    As the innovative Land Degradation Neutrality fund reaches a $100 million first close, Monique Barbut, Ambroise Fayolle, Rémy Rioux and Philippe Zaouati explain the role of sustainable land management in promoting resilience to climate disasters.

  • Carney launches Climate Financial Risk Forum

    28 September 2018

    The UK's Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) is to step up its oversight of climate change after a survey revealed that only 10% of banks are treating the issue as a strategic risk.

  • Comment: Could Warren Buffett be wrong?

    24 September 2018

    Peter Cripps asks whether the great Warren Buffett could have been wrong when he said insurers don't need to worry about climate change.

  • Nuveen charts course for zero carbon real estate portfolio

    24 September 2018

    US asset manager Nuveen is developing a 'route map' to show how to make its real estate equity portfolio net zero-carbon by 2050.

  • Bank loans for green project finance have lower default risk than non-green, finds Moody's

    19 September 2018

    Project finance bank loans for green use-of-proceeds projects demonstrate a lower risk of default compared with non-green projects, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service.

  • Green bond round-up, 19 September

    19 September 2018

    DZ Bank is planning to raise €250 million ($300 million) by issuing its first labelled green bond.

  • SGD1.2bn green loan for Singapore building issued

    18 September 2018

    The first syndicated, secured green loan in South East Asia has been issued, raising SGD1.2 billion ($900 million) to help fund an environmentally-friendly green building in Singapore.

  • ING adopts science-based targets

    17 September 2018

    Dutch bank ING said it will adopt science-based targets to steer its €500 billion ($580 billion) lending portfolio towards a low-carbon future.