Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • Foresight buys anaerobic digestion plant on behalf of pension fund

    23 July 2018

    Asset manager Foresight has completed the acquisition a 2.5MW operational anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in the UK, on behalf of a pension fund.

  • The green and sustainability loan market: ready for take-off

    20 July 2018

    Green and sustainability loans are the hot new trend in sustainable finance. Could they outgrow the booming green bond market, ask Nick Roumpis and Peter Cripps.

  • Green Investment Group closes €270m Swedish wind project

    20 July 2018

    Macquarie's Green Investment Group (GIG) has reached a €270 million ($310 million) financial close on an onshore wind project backed by one of the longest corporate wind power purchase agreements (PPAs) in existence.

  • HSBC is top underwriter of sustainability bonds in H1

    18 July 2018

    HSBC was the biggest underwriter of sustainability bonds in the first half of 2018, according to figures from Environmental Finance.

  • Credit Agricole tops H1 social bond chart

    18 July 2018

    Credit Agricole was the biggest underwriter of labelled social bonds in the first half of 2018.

  • Comment: The CDM must not make life harder for developers

    16 July 2018

    New CDM issuance rules penalise developers and discriminate against smaller companies, says Alexis Leroy

  • BAML regains top green underwriter spot, as US market 'reawakens'

    13 July 2018

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has regained the title of leading underwriter in the green bond market, helped by a "reawakening" of the US corporate market.

  • Thoughts on green bonds' legal documents

    13 July 2018

    The sustainable finance market should avoid overreacting to extraordinary events and maintain its market-building approach, argues Aaron Franklin

  • The anatomy of a taxonomy

    11 July 2018

    The European Commission has a highly ambitious target - to develop a taxonomy to define what is green and act as a compass for sustainable finance. But there's a long and rocky road ahead for this controversial initiative, find Nick Roumpis and Peter Cripps

  • Dutch banks draft circular economy finance guidelines

    09 July 2018

    Three Dutch banks have teamed up to launch Circular Economy Finance Guidelines, which they hope will gain global traction.