Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • TCFD: A full disclosure

    20 March 2017

    Will the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) report change the landscape for investors, asks Hamza Ali

  • Chinese green bond indexes launched

    20 March 2017

    A series of indexes tracking both labelled and unlabelled Chinese green bonds has been launched, and will be listed on the Shenzhen and Luxembourg stock exchanges.

  • Luxembourg Green Exchange breaks €50bn mark

    17 March 2017

    The value of green bonds on the Luxembourg Green Exchange has passed €50 billion, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Divesting bonds from high-carbon issuers 'would not sacrifice alpha'

    16 March 2017

    Bond portfolios that divest issues from companies with high carbon footprints would not sacrifice significant alpha, research has suggested.

  • Investors and businesses call on Trump to back Paris Agreement

    15 March 2017

    Allianz, CalPERS and CalSTRS are among 1,000 investors and businesses to sign a statement calling for Donald Trump's administration to honour the Paris climate agreement.

  • Chinese regulator publishes green bond guidelines

    06 March 2017

    China's securities regulator has published guidelines to further boost the country's booming green bond market.

  • Green bond comment February: Another milestone passed

    01 March 2017

    The green bond market cruised past yet another milestone in February - it has now raised more than $200 billion since its inception under a decade ago. Of the $202.6 billion raised so far, $188.5 billion is currently outstanding.

  • CDC says green label helps shelter €500m bond from volatility

    24 February 2017

    French development institution Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations has issued its inaugural green bond, saying that the green label helped shield the deal from the volatility shaking the country's fixed income markets.

  • Meeting to thrash out cheaper mortgages for energy efficiency upgrades

    15 February 2017

    European mortgage lenders are this week expected to take further strides towards finalising an initiative that will allow cheaper loans for home renovations that boost energy efficiency.

  • Energy efficiency fund launched

    10 February 2017

    A private equity firm is marketing a fund that will focus on mid-sized energy efficiency assets at commercial and industrial sites in Western Europe.