Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • DNB becomes first central bank to sign PRI

    22 March 2019

    The Dutch central bank has issued a Responsible Investment Charter and has become the first central bank to sign the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

  • Carney: responsible investing will help break the tragedy of the horizon

    21 March 2019

    Mark Carney revisited his landmark tragedy of the horizon speech, this time striking a more positive note about the "tremendous" opportunities created by the low-carbon transition, and predicting that sustainable investing will "go mainstream".

  • Taxonomy 'to gain traction from date of publication in June'

    20 March 2019

    The draft taxonomy published by the EU's Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) could gain immediate traction among investors, before it is written into law.

  • ESG indexes get smarter

    15 March 2019

    Combining factor investing and ESG, and adopting AI-based ESG data are among the hot trends in sustainability-focused indexes, writes Peter Cripps

  • FC4S launches Africa platform

    14 March 2019

    The UN-backed Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) network has launched an African platform.

  • Why telco green bonds fail to connect with Jupiter's Ecology fund

    11 March 2019

    The recent benchmark-sized green bonds from telecommunications giants Verizon and Telefonica have been criticised by a fund manager as lacking 'additionality'.

  • Norway's oil fund to divest upstream oil and gas companies

    08 March 2019

    Norway's giant 'oil fund' is set to divest from NOK70 billion ($8 billion) of oil & gas exploration and production companies, in "a significant landmark" in the energy transition.

  • Boston Common withdraws climate resolutions with Verizon and Home Depot

    08 March 2019

    Boston Common Asset Management has withdrawn its climate-related shareholder resolutions with Verizon Communications and The Home Depot after reaching agreements with the companies.

  • ING issues first sustainability loan in Spanish real estate sector

    08 March 2019

    ING has issued the first sustainability loan in the Spanish real estate sector.

  • Green bond comment, March 2019: What role should green bonds play in the energy transition?

    06 March 2019

    Italian oil and gas distribution firm Snam recently issued a 'climate action bond' that divided opinion.