Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • An action plan for sustainable finance

    27 April 2018

    The European Commission in March launched an ambitious action plan it hopes will catapult the European Union (EU) into the position of global leader for sustainable finance. Nick Roumpis reports

  • 'Put more ESG information into bond documents', says investor

    27 April 2018

    Bond offering documents should include more environmental, social and governance (ESG) information, according to one large investor.

  • EU carbon prices set to quadruple by 2030, says Carbon Tracker

    26 April 2018

    European carbon prices could double by 2021 and quadruple by 2030 if the European Commission legislates to align its current emissions targets with the Paris Agreement, according to a report by Carbon Tracker.

  • TCFD guidance for banks launched

    26 April 2018

    Guidance was today launched to help banks assess and report the 'transition risks' in their loan books, as recommended by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

  • Voting begins for EF's Deals of the Year awards

    25 April 2018

    A new category of 'Loan of the Year' has been added to Environmental Finance Deals of the Year awards.

  • Green bond round-up, 25 April

    25 April 2018

    More than $3.3 billion of green bonds have settled in the first three days of this week*, with announcements suggesting that a strong pipeline of issuance of green and social bonds can be expected in coming weeks.

  • Introducing Sustainable Land Bonds - Investing in nature for climate

    23 April 2018

    Climate finance flows could be used to help developing tropical forest countries tap the bond markets, scaling up the amount of capital available to them for conservation, argues Peter Wheeler

  • Framework launched to help investors assess their dependencies on natural capital

    23 April 2018

    Natural capital is no longer a "niche" consideration, it was claimed today, as a framework was launched to help investors assess their dependencies on these factors.

  • HSBC is latest bank to withdraw from coal and tar sands

    20 April 2018

    HSBC pledged to stop lending to most coal-fired power stations and to stop financing oil from tar sands, but "missed the chance to join the green banking leaders", according to one NGO.

  • £500m fund launched to invest in Indian renewables

    20 April 2018

    A new fund has been seeded with £240 million ($340 million) to invest in "green energy infrastructure" in India.