Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • HSBC rejects comments by its head of RI about climate

    23 May 2022

    HSBC has distanced itself from the remarks of a senior employee who delivered a controversial speech about 'Why investors need not worry about climate risk'.

  • Carney: Some fossil fuel investment justified

    11 May 2022

    The transition to a net-zero carbon economy requires "nothing short of a revolution", although some limited investment in fossil fuels is justified in the short term, Mark Carney has said.

  • Webinar to explore green financial growth in Mexico

    04 May 2022

    The growth prospects of the green bond market in Mexico will be the focus of a webinar presented by the IFC in collaboration with Environmental Finance.

  • EFRAG's proposed sustainability standards welcomed

    03 May 2022

    The release of draft European corporate sustainability reporting standards has been hailed as a "much needed strengthening of EU disclosure rules".

  • New York State Retirement Fund supports proposal to stop underwriting fossil fuels

    27 April 2022

    The New York State comptroller has pledged to support of shareholder proposals that ask three insurance companies to stop underwriting new fossil fuel supplies.

  • Taxonomania

    14 April 2022

    Can the patchwork of taxonomies springing up across the world ever be reconciled, ask Genevieve Redgrave and Peter Cripps

  • Energy efficiency's 'time has come', says financier

    25 March 2022

    A fund that focuses on energy efficiency investments has raised £100 million ($130 million) on the same day it announced its intention to tap the market.

  • Iceberg Data Lab completes 'sectoral mapping' for natural capital impact

    11 March 2022

    Iceberg Data Lab has finished work to map different sectors of the economy according to the pressures they place on natural capital.

  • EF's Sustainable Investment Awards open for entries

    11 March 2022

    Entries to Environmental Finance's annual Sustainable Investment Awards are open until 14 April 2022

  • Pass the Dutchie

    24 February 2022

    A new sustainable bond fund excludes Dutch and Australian sovereign bonds. Peter Cripps reports