Peter Cripps

EU 'overregulating' on green finance, warns UK

The EU may be overregulating when it comes to green finance, a UK minister has claimed.

CA100+ consults on mining net zero standard

Investor initiative, the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+), has launched a consultation on a net zero standard for mining, to help investors assess progress of diversified mining companies.

LeapFrog: reaching emerging markets

There is correlation between impact and returns, according to LeapFrog Investments. Peter Cripps reports

IFC: We need more bankable projects

Climate head Vivek Pathak tells Peter Cripps that the development finance institute is spending a record amount on climate-related activities, but still needs more projects

'Next wave of GSSS bonds in Americas to come from hard-to-abate sectors'

The next wave of labelled bonds in the Americas will be from companies in hard-to-abate sectors, which have been underrepresented in the market so far, an underwriter has predicted.

Sustainalytics: only one firm is aligned with 1.5°C

Morningstar Sustainalytics has provided further details of its recently launched Low Carbon Transition Ratings, revealing that only one company it has assessed so far is currently aligned to a 1.5°C pathway.

People moves 5 May: Brown leaves Impax for Conduit

Comment: The politicisation of ESG in the US

The anti-ESG movement is winning because it is stifling debate and making sustainable finance toxic, warns Peter Cripps

EU's SFDR 'has had fundamental impact in US'

The EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) has "fundamentally" impacted asset managers in the US, a conference heard.

There is already ample natural capital data, says TNFD

There is already enough data on natural capital for investors to meaningfully engage on the subject, a spokesperson for the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures claimed.