Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • Mirova to buy Althelia Ecosphere

    29 June 2017

    Sustainable investment specialist Mirova has agreed to buy conservation finance specialist Althelia Ecosphere as it looks to gain a leadership position in natural capital, which it describes as "the next frontier of impact investment".

  • Mark Carney: It doesn't matter whether the G20 supports the TCFD

    29 June 2017

    The recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) will gain traction even if they are not officially backed by the G20, Mark Carney has claimed.

  • Nordea roadshows green bond at Environmental Finance conference

    21 June 2017

    Scandinavian financial services group Nordea is this week roadshowing its inaugural green bond, including meeting investors on the sidelines of Environmental Finance's Green Bonds Europe 2017 conference.

  • Sustainability in the digital age

    16 June 2017

    Zouk Capital's Samer Salty explains his thoughts on sustainable investing, cleantech and the measurement of impact to Peter Cripps

  • GBPs appoint first Chinese member of executive committee

    15 June 2017

    Bank of China has become the first Chinese player to join the executive committee of the Green Bond Principles (GBPs).

  • GBPs issues Social Bond Principles and guidelines for sustainability bonds

    14 June 2017

    A set of Social Bond Principles (SBP) has been published to promote transparency and integrity in the growing market for 'social bonds'. Guidelines covering 'sustainability bonds' have also been issued by the Green Bond Principles (GBP).

  • France taps its €7bn sovereign green bond, raising a further €1.6bn

    09 June 2017

    The Republic of France has tapped its record breaking €7 billion ($7.9 billion) sovereign green bond, raising a further €1.632 billion.

  • Green bond comment, June - Of Repsol and reputation

    07 June 2017

    Repsol's green bond rocked the green bond market in May by reigniting the 'what is green' debate.

  • Comment: Trump and Paris - who will have the last laugh?

    02 June 2017

    As he announced that the US was to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord, President Donald Trump claimed that the rest of the world was laughing at the US for signing the agreement, and they won't be laughing any longer.

  • Breadth of ESG screening at Talanx touches €100bn mark

    02 June 2017

    Talanx Group has expanded its screening of investments by non-financial criteria to cover 90% of its €110 billion ($123.4 billion) own portfolio, but requested stakeholders be patient as it implements the practice fully, which is "not a sprint".