Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • Ireland hopes to raise up to €4bn via its maiden green bond

    10 October 2018

    Ireland is hoping to raise between €3 billion and €4 billion in its inaugural green bond issuance, which began to be marketed to investors today, Environmental Finance understands.

  • Energy storage yieldco plans to raise £200m

    05 October 2018

    The first yieldco focused exclusively on energy storage plans to raise £200 million ($260 million) by floating on the London market.

  • Stellar line-up of speakers confirmed for green equities conference

    05 October 2018

    Some of the leading experts in sustainable finance are to speak at Environmental Finance's Green Equities conference, in conjunction with the City of London's Green Finance Initiative this month.

  • Green bond comment, October: Down but not out

    03 October 2018

    The green bond market suffered an uncharacteristic fall in activity in the third quarter of 2018.

  • Is the future worth investing for?

    01 October 2018

    As the innovative Land Degradation Neutrality fund reaches a $100 million first close, Monique Barbut, Ambroise Fayolle, Rémy Rioux and Philippe Zaouati explain the role of sustainable land management in promoting resilience to climate disasters.

  • 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.