Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • GRESB expands its reach into 'real assets'

    04 April 2016

    Standards body GRESB has launched a service assessing the environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials of 'real assets', as it expands its scope further away from the real estate sector.

  • Green bond comment March: A spring in its step

    30 March 2016

    The green bond market continues to enjoy robust growth during an action-packed first quarter.

  • Irish sustainable forestry fund eyes first close

    29 March 2016

    An Irish sustainable forestry fund hopes to reach a first close in coming weeks.

  • UBS sustainable ETFs 'to break through the £500m mark'

    21 March 2016

    Investments in UBS's sustainable exchange traded fund (ETF) business are expected to break through the £500 million ($720 million) barrier this year.

  • Osborne urged not to scrap UK carbon reporting

    14 March 2016

    UK Chancellor George Osborne is considering scrapping the requirement for listed companies report on their carbon emissions, according to the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), which has urged him not to take this "valuable" information away from shareholders.

  • Norway's sovereign wealth fund divests 58 companies on environmental grounds

    11 March 2016

    Norway's giant sovereign wealth fund divested from 58 companies last year because they were deemed to pose environmental risks.

  • Sustainable private equity firm seeks £50m

    11 March 2016

    A private equity firm is looking to raise £50 million ($70 million) to invest in companies that contribute towards the creation of a 'circular economy'.

  • Moody's GBA revisions revealed

    11 March 2016

    Moody's Green Bond Assessment (GBA) is "likely" to expand its definition of 'what is green' to include other taxonomies in addition to the one laid out in the Green Bond Principles (GBPs), Environmental Finance has learned.

  • $30m fundraise, as Pace 'comes of age'

    10 March 2016

    The US property assessed clean energy (Pace) market has "come of age", according to a company that has just raised $30 million in operating capital to help fund its expansion plans.

  • $2bn committed to conservation in US

    09 March 2016

    Private companies were among a raft of organisations to announce more than $2 billion of investments to protect land, water and wildlife in the US.