Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • How investors can support a circular economy for plastics

    29 July 2021

    New engagement guidance will help investors ask the right questions of companies, argue Rebecca Chapman and Gerald Naber

  • IOSCO report suggests ways to mitigate 'risks' from ESG ratings [UPDATED]

    26 July 2021

    Regulators may wish to focus more attention on the use of environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings, data products and providers, a draft report by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has suggested.

  • Freshfields 'landmark' report on impact launched

    21 July 2021

  • SEC appoints climate counsel

    19 July 2021

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has appointed a climate counsel, as it looks to update its guidance on climate reporting

  • Carney: institutions to be asked 'are you in or out of GFANZ' pre-COP26

    07 July 2021

  • UK FCA plans extending TCFD reporting to investors

    22 June 2021

    The UK is planning to extend mandatory climate disclosures to all listed companies, asset managers,...

  • Row as Finland and Sweden call for weakening of forestry requirements in EU taxonomy

    08 June 2021

    A member of the EU's Platform on Sustainable Finance has slammed a demand by Finland and Sweden to change the requirements for forestry in the EU's taxonomy of sustainable activities.

  • Green bond comment, June 2021: Are oil and gas firms still locked out of the sustainable bond market?

    02 June 2021

    The labelled bond market needs to start helping dirty issuers finance the transition, argues Peter Cripps

  • Messy ESG data creates golden time for AI, says BlackRock

    20 May 2021

  • MSCI's HSBC upgrade raises NGO eyebrows

    14 May 2021

    An environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings upgrade for HSBC, despite its significant exposure to fossil fuels, has reignited a discussion about the subjective nature of ESG ratings.