Peter Cripps

People Moves, 29 November: Northern Trust, HSBC, European Commission, Finance for Biodiversity ... and more

Guarantco guarantees catfish bond

GuarantCo has provided a guarantee for green bonds issued by a Vietnamese catfish producer.

Emirates becomes first Middle Eastern bank to issue SLLB

Emirates NBD has issued a Sustainability Linked Loan Bond (SLLB) - believed to be only the fifth issuer to adopt the innovative instrument.

The 'finance COP' short-changed the Global South, say investors

Investors have lamented that the agreement thrashed out at COP29 does not go far enough to plug the gap in funding required to help emerging markets transition to a net zero economy.

La Banque Postale invests in ESG data startup

Financial services group La Banque Postale has invested - via its venture capital fund, 115K - in a French ESG-focused fintech start-up.

COP29: COPs need fundamental overhaul says Ban Ki-moon and others

A prominent group of politicians has called for a "fundamental overhaul" of the COP process, arguing its "current structure simply cannot deliver" change at exponential speed and scale.

COP29: Climate finance vehicle prepares for inaugural bond issue

An innovative climate finance vehicle has signalled that it is ready to issue its first bonds, although they are not expected to be labelled 'green'.

Q&A with TNFD's David Craig

The co-chair of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures talks to Peter Cripps about why the organisation is consulting on an open-access nature data 'facility'

Global Biodiversity Framework 'in jeopardy' after COP16 finance failure

The COP16 biodiversity summit has failed to reach agreement on crucial issues relating to finance, leaving delivery of the landmark Global Biodiversity Framework agreed two years ago "in jeopardy".

Comment: Financial grievances weigh on COP16

The rift between the Global South and the Global North was inescapable at the biodiversity summit and is hindering progress, writes Peter Cripps.