Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • Final HLEG report marks giant strides for sustainable finance globally

    31 January 2018

    The final High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (HLEG) report was released today, marking a landmark moment for the EU that will also reverberate around the rest of the world.

  • Build and adopt sustainability taxonomy by 2020, says HLEG

    31 January 2018

    The final HLEG report lays out a roadmap for a comprehensive taxonomy of sustainable finance, and calls for a working group to be set up this year to complete this "immense task" by 2020.

  • Notes from the inside: reflections on HLEG one year on

    31 January 2018

    The final report by the High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance is ambitious but also practical, argues Ingrid Holmes

  • Crédit Agricole becomes leading green bond underwriter

    29 January 2018

    Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (CACIB) has seized the title of leading underwriter in the green bond market for 2017, after knocking its American rival Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) off the top spot.

  • New ESG index uses machine learning

    25 January 2018

    Deutsche Bank has launched an index that uses 'machine learning' to help select companies with a strong sustainability performance.

  • Scenario analysis: creating memories of the future

    12 January 2018

    The TCFD suggests companies should use scenario analysis to help them report climate risks. But what should they look like, asks Peter Cripps

  • Hong Kong launches green finance 'certification' scheme

    12 January 2018

    The Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency (HKQAA) has launched a Green Finance Certification Scheme, which has already been used to certify its first green bond.

  • Green bond round-up, January 10

    10 January 2018

    Italian utility Enel has successfully issued its second green bond, raising €1.25 billion ($1.5 billion).

  • Comment: Assessing Nigeria's sovereign green bond

    10 January 2018

    Issuing its first sovereign green bond was a significant achievement for Africa's biggest economy, but it missed an opportunity to make a much bigger capital markets splash, argues Keith Mullin

  • Environmental Finance Green Bond Awards open for entries

    10 January 2018

    Green bonds saw another year of record growth and Environmental Finance is calling for entries for its annual Green Bond Awards to honour the market leaders.