Peter Cripps

Manager of €100m French listed equities biodiversity fund selected - with RfP for private fund expected in Q1

Sustainability specialist Mirova has won a competitive tender to manage a listed equities fund focused on biodiversity, with a private assets strategy expected to be launched in coming months.

Conference round-up: Sustainability Data EMEA 2024

Now in its fifth year, Environmental Finance's Sustainability Data EMEA 2024 in London continues to shine a light on the rapidly expanding and evolving field of ESG data. Peter Cripps reports

TNFD to launch nature transition plan guidance discussion paper at COP16

The Taskforce on Nature‑related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has confirmed it plans to launch a discussion paper on transition planning at the COP16 biodiversity summit.

Q&A with Patrick de Cambourg: 'It's money time'

Ahead of his keynote address at Environmental Finance's Sustainability Data conference on Thursday, EFRAG's de Cambourg says the EU's sustainability standards will help reduce the reporting burden

Decrease in financial sector greenwashing, finds RepRisk

The number of incidents of greenwashing in the banking and financial sectors decreased by 27% in 2024, amid increasing regulation in Europe and the ESG backlash in the US, research has shown

Taxonomies 'struggling to support the transition', webinar hears

Green taxonomies need to embed forward-looking, decarbonisation pathways to help catalyse the transition to a net-zero carbon economy, a webinar heard.

ING optimistic of recovery for sustainable debt supply in 2025

The sustainable debt market is "struggling to gain momentum" this year amid higher interest rates and a lack of 'greenium', according to ING, but the Dutch bank is optimistic that issuance could be "invigorated" in 2025.

ICE launches US muni bond physical climate risk indexes

NZDPU expansion 'a major step to closing the data gap', says Carney

A free-to-use database of climate data will be expanded to cover 10,000 companies, based on their disclosures via CDP

French asset owners to announce biodiversity fund at COP16

A group of French asset owners expects to announce the asset manager selected to run a new biodiversity fund at the upcoming biodiversity COP.