Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • COP26 draft agreement 'needs more ambition'

    10 November 2021

    A draft agreement thrashed out at COP26 has been praised for committing to phase out coal and subsidies for fossil fuels, but was lambasted for failing to scale up climate finance to the most vulnerable countries, and was accused of an overall lack of ambition.

  • PBOC launches green lending tool

    09 November 2021

    The People's Bank of China (PBoC) has launched a green financing tool to help boost the country's slowing economy.

  • Markets 'unmoved' by blizzard of COP26 announcements

    08 November 2021

    The flurry of announcements emanating from the COP26 summit in Glasgow have yet to make an impact on financial markets, a sustainability-focused fund manager has claimed.

  • COP26 round-up, 4 November: The end of coal 'in sight' following historic pledges

    04 November 2021

    23 countries made commitments to phase out coal power, including five of the world's top 20 coal power-using countries.

  • Investors welcome UK's plans for mandatory transition reporting

    03 November 2021

    Investors and NGOs have given a cautious welcome to the UK's plans to introduce mandatory reporting for financial firms on their transition strategies.

  • Wheb's AUM trebles in a year

    22 October 2021

    Wheb Asset Management has seen its assets under management (AUM) treble in a little over a year, as it rides a boom in demand for impact investing.

  • Bond round-up: KfW, Micron, Blackstone, Triodos, Wesfarmers, KommuneKredit ... and more

    20 October 2021

  • US Fed: climate risks could lead to a sharp repricing of assets at any time

    11 October 2021

    The US Federal Reserve has given its strongest indication yet that it could provide supervisory guidance for large banks on managing climate risks, warning that "climate-related risks could lead to a sharp repricing of assets at any time".

  • ESG data and ratings face regulatory ramp-up

    08 October 2021

    Regulators are bearing down on the ESG data industry, Environmental Finance's The Future of ESG Data conference heard. Peter Cripps reports

  • ECB warns banks face severe impact from run-away warming

    22 September 2021

    Runaway climate change would increase by 30% the risk that the most exposed banks would default by 2050...