Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • Exclusive: Innovative carbon credit that pays to decommission oil fields in $10m funding round

    22 November 2023

    A carbon market firm is looking to raise $10 million to enable it to roll out a new type of carbon credit that will pay oil companies not to extract reserves.

  • The Future of ESG Data, Asia: conference round-up

    21 November 2023

    The region faces unique challenges, including that many SMEs are not able or willing to report the ESG data being demanded of them. Peter Cripps reports

  • The Future of ESG Data Asia conference: Does APAC need ISSB-Lite?

    17 November 2023

    The Asia-Pacific region might require a slimmed down version of the sustainability standards drawn up by the IFRS's International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), a conference heard.

  • Future of ESG Data Asia: Why one company is reducing its sustainability reporting to just nine metrics

    17 November 2023

    A real estate firm plans to reduce the number of sustainability indicators it will report - from more than 300 to just nine - amid concerns the costs of assuring them could exceed those of its financial audit.

  • Phoenix Group: Time for the UK government to form its own transition plan

    09 November 2023

    The UK government would help to catalyse investment in climate solutions if it produced its own transition plan, Phoenix Group has argued.

  • Environmental rating firm hopes to raise €15m amid revamp

    09 November 2023

    An ESG data provider is hoping to raise €15 million ($16 million) to help it roll out its newly enhanced dataset.

  • Nature 'to become a mainstream asset class', says Lombard Odier

    07 November 2023

    Agriculture - and nature more broadly - will become a mainstream asset class for investors, Lombard Odier's head of research has predicted, describing nature as "the most underpriced asset".

  • Nepal showcases impact investment opportunities

    25 October 2023

  • The Future of ESG Data 2023 conference round-up

    18 October 2023

    Will the standardisation of ESG disclosure really make a difference, and will ESG ratings stand the test of time? These were among the discussion points at the conference, writes Peter Cripps

  • The Future of ESG Data conference: ISSB 'will help transform Wild West ESG data market'

    17 October 2023

    The work of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) will help transform the Wild West of ESG data, a panel exploring potential game changers for the market heard.