Peter Cripps

ISS STOXX launches enhanced climate risk solutions

World Bank to host Tropical Forest Fund, in 'breakthrough' for mechanism

The World Bank has stepped in as trustee and interim host of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), in a move that paves the way for its launch at COP30 in Brazil next month.

LOIM brewing sustainable coffee fund

Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) is mulling the launch of a number of regenerative farming funds, including one focused on sustainable coffee, Environmental Finance has learned.

Improved climate risk data 'to help tackle uninsurability'

Improvements in climate risk data could help to tackle the 'uninsurability' problem that has seen insurers walk away from some areas that are seen as too risky, one specialist argued.

Nest to build reporting framework for asset managers

The UK's Nest Pensions has started to build a framework against which it will ask its asset managers to report, in a bid to streamline and harmonise the ESG data it receives.

LPFA expands net zero target to 80% of assets, mulls adaptation work

London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) says 80% of its £8 billion ($10.7 billion) portfolio is now covered by its net zero target, after it expanded its scope to include infrastructure and the portion of its real estate holdings and corporate fixed income that was not already covered.

Generation warns Trump's COP withdrawal could 'backfire'

The US's decision to walk away from the COP negotiations could "backfire", according to Generation Investment Management, "prompting other countries to see that it is in their interest to stick together against [President] Donald Trump's bullying and threats

Guarantco to provide cover for Indian renewables green bond

Finance a key theme for COP30, says CISL

Finance is set to be a key theme at COP30 in Belém, the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership (CISL) has predicted,...

RepRisk: Huge potential for geospatial technology to drive risk management

ESG data provider RepRisk has doubled the coverage of a tool that uses geospatial data to assess the biodiversity risks faced by projects, Environmental Finance has learned.