Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • Comment: Why isn't blended finance working?

    21 January 2025

    There is a long way to go to plug the funding gap for the Sustainable Development Goals, writes Peter Cripps

  • BlackRock launches fund with SDR label

    17 January 2025

    BlackRock has launched its first fund to have a label under the UK's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) regime.

  • $500m CCMM bond marks 'new era for climate finance'

    15 January 2025

    The Climate Investment Funds Capital Markets Mechanism (CCMM) has issued a $500 million bond, in a deal hailed as the dawn of "a new era in climate finance".

  • OECD blended finance conference to tackle barriers to capital mobilisation

    14 January 2025

    BlackRock, Amundi and BNP Paribas have been named among the speakers at a conference on how to mobilise capital for sustainable development in emerging markets.

  • Comment: Investors need to target sovereigns in 2025

    10 January 2025

    As California burns and 1.5°C drifts out of reach, it is time for investors to move up the value chain, argues Peter Cripps

  • Mobilising transition finance 'key concern' for 2025, says Moody's

    06 January 2025

    Mobilising transition finance to support decarbonisation targets, especially to the emerging markets, will remain a 'key hurdle' this year, according to an outlook paper by Moody's Ratings.

  • The top 10 most-read stories of 2024 - and the themes they reveal

    24 December 2024

    What piqued readers' interest over the past year? Peter Cripps looks at the most clicked-on articles to identify the trends playing on investors' minds

  • Environmental Finance launches Blended Finance segment, partners with OECD on conference

    17 December 2024

    Environmental Finance has launched a segment of its website dedicated to 'Blended Finance' and has partnered with the OECD on a conference on the topic, to help drive interest in this vital developmental theme.

  • Impact awards 2024 - Personality of the year: Amar Inamdar

    17 December 2024

    Amar Inamdar has emerged as a leader in unlocking climate finance for Africa.

  • Trump second term to put sustainable debt market in 'wait-and-see mode'

    05 December 2024

    The re-election of Donald Trump will put a dampener on sustainable debt issuance, a bank has predicted, but the effect will be short-lived.