Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • Carney launches Climate Financial Risk Forum

    28 September 2018

    The UK's Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) is to step up its oversight of climate change after a survey revealed that only 10% of banks are treating the issue as a strategic risk.

  • Comment: Could Warren Buffett be wrong?

    24 September 2018

    Peter Cripps asks whether the great Warren Buffett could have been wrong when he said insurers don't need to worry about climate change.

  • Nuveen charts course for zero carbon real estate portfolio

    24 September 2018

    US asset manager Nuveen is developing a 'route map' to show how to make its real estate equity portfolio net zero-carbon by 2050.

  • Bank loans for green project finance have lower default risk than non-green, finds Moody's

    19 September 2018

    Project finance bank loans for green use-of-proceeds projects demonstrate a lower risk of default compared with non-green projects, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service.

  • Green bond round-up, 19 September

    19 September 2018

    DZ Bank is planning to raise €250 million ($300 million) by issuing its first labelled green bond.

  • SGD1.2bn green loan for Singapore building issued

    18 September 2018

    The first syndicated, secured green loan in South East Asia has been issued, raising SGD1.2 billion ($900 million) to help fund an environmentally-friendly green building in Singapore.

  • ING adopts science-based targets

    17 September 2018

    Dutch bank ING said it will adopt science-based targets to steer its €500 billion ($580 billion) lending portfolio towards a low-carbon future.

  • PKA makes 10% renewables pledge

    17 September 2018

    Danish pension fund Pensionskassernes Administration (PKA) has pledged to ramp up its investments in renewable energy to 10% of the value of its portfolio by 2020.

  • Interview: Fiona Reynolds outlines some key announcements from PRI in Person

    17 September 2018

    The CEO of the PRI explains why the organisation is launching a 'leaders group' and awards for its signatories. Peter Cripps reports

  • Blog: Sustainable finance and San Francisco

    14 September 2018

    San Francisco became the centre of the universe for green and sustainable investors this week, when it hosted two major conferences. Peter Cripps reports.