Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • Osmosis wins $4.5bn mandate, as market shifts away from 'one size fits all' approach to ESG

    13 February 2023

    A specialist environmental asset manager has won one of the biggest ever ESG mandates, in a $4.5 billion deal that signals the market is moving away from "one size fits all" approach to sustainability funds.

  • GIIN set to issue guidance on impact in listed equities

    10 February 2023

    The Global Impact Investing Network's (GIIN) CEO said the organisation is developing guidance on "what impact looks like in a listed equities fund".

  • CA100+ warns on lack of credible transition strategies

    06 February 2023

    The chair of the world's biggest engagement initiative has raised the alarm over a lack of credible short and medium term decarbonisation strategies among its target companies.

  • Mirova plans $500m blended finance emerging markets renewables fund

    02 February 2023

    Impact specialist Mirova said it expects "very soon" to reach a first close on a blended finance fund that will invest in renewable energy in Africa, Asia and Latin America

  • Mirova plans new agro-forestry fund

    01 February 2023

    Mirova is planning to launch a second version of its pioneering Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) fund, and hopes to raise as much as $500 million, Environmental Finance has learned

  • Labelled bond market sees strong start to 2023, says JP Morgan

    30 January 2023

    The green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bond market has enjoyed a strong start to 2023, said JP Morgan,...

  • Don't kill SFDR by adopting strict definition of sustainability, Mirova urges Commission

    30 January 2023

    The CEO of Mirova has warned the European Commission not to become too "strict" in its definition of sustainable investment, or it will risk "killing" its Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

  • SEC reporting proposals 'to boost US corporate GSSS bonds'

    25 January 2023

    The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposals on climate reporting will help drive greater uptake of green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bond in the US...

  • The top 20 most read articles in 2022 - and the three big themes they reveal

    06 January 2023

    A list of the top 20 most read news stories and features on Environmental Finance in 2022 reveal three key themes that dominated the news agenda during the year.

  • Q&A: Royal London Global Equity Transitions Fund

    27 December 2022

    Bixuan Xu, manager of the newly launched fund, says holdings are picked based on the materiality and credibility of their transition strategies