Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • CalSTRS seeks more ESG asset managers

    18 October 2016

    The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has launched a major hunt for asset managers specialising in environmental, social and governance (ESG), as it looks to shake up the sustainability management of its equities portfolios.

  • Sin stocks portfolio 'could outperform in Morningstar's Sustainability ratings'

    17 October 2016

    A fund manager has devised a portfolio of 'sin stocks' that are likely to score highly in Morningstar's Sustainability ratings to illustrate his fear that the methodology has the potential to mislead investors.

  • Infrastructure investors 'still not reporting environmental metrics'

    12 October 2016

    Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are being increasingly incorporated into infrastructure investment, but environmental data is still not being widely reported.

  • HSBC issues annual report on its inaugural, €500m green bond

    10 October 2016

    HSBC said the proceeds of its inaugural green bond have been almost fully dispersed, and have been used to finance or refinance 20 renewables, energy efficiency or sustainable waste management projects.

  • The road to Marrakesh is paved with green intentions

    26 September 2016

    The Paris climate change summit will be a tough act to follow, but its successor is shaping up to be an important meeting in its own right. Hamza Ali and Peter Cripps report

  • Macquarie in €90m Japanese solar deal

    26 September 2016

    Macquarie Capital has teamed up with an infrastructure specialist to ink a €90 million ($100 million) deal to acquire a solar project pipeline in Japan.

  • Mark Carney: the five measures needed to scale up the green bond market

    23 September 2016

    Green bonds are a key investment tool to "advance a low carbon future while raising global investment and spurring growth", but five measures are needed to help the market scale up, Mark Carney has argued.

  • Green finance "an opportunity" to uphold financial stability, says Carney

    23 September 2016

    Bank of England (BoE) governor Mark Carney has, in another landmark speech, highlighted the "major opportunity" presented by the green economy, saying that its growth can help promote financial stability.

  • Sustainable forestry fund reaches first close

    22 September 2016

    A sustainable forestry fund has reached a first close.

  • Key COP21 target for ratification reached

    21 September 2016

    The Paris climate deal moved a step closer to becoming law today after the number of countries that ratified it hit 60.