Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • Members of EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance announced

    13 June 2018

    The European Commission has announced the members of its Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance.

  • Green bond round-up, 13 June 2018

    13 June 2018

    DNB Boligkreditt, a subsidiary of Norwegian bank DNB, has raised €1.5 billion ($1.76 billion) from its first green covered bond.

  • An underwriter's reflections on green bond pricing

    05 June 2018

    There has been much discussion about whether green bonds command a 'greenium', but is it time to look at the argument from a different perspective, asks Jacob Michaelsen

  • New report aims to help companies disclose physical climate risks

    01 June 2018

    The disclosure of physical climate risks has received less attention than reporting transition climate risks, it was claimed at the launch of a report that aims to help redress the balance.

  • Make climate transition focus of next proxy season, says DWS

    01 June 2018

    A rallying call has been issued to investors to make climate transition plans the main focus of the next shareholder voting season.

  • Royal DSM raises €1bn in 'green loan'

    30 May 2018

    Dutch chemicals firm Royal DSM has signed a €1 billion ($1.2 billion) revolving credit facility that links its cost of borrowing with greenhouse gas (GHG) targets.

  • Green bond round-up, 25 May 2018

    25 May 2018

    Electricity transmission operator TenneT successfully launched its eighth green bond, raising €1.25 billion ($1.5 billion).

  • ESG data has 'lost the plot when it comes to impact'

    24 May 2018

    The environmental, social and governance (ESG) data industry has lost the plot when it comes to assessing sustainability and impact, a leading sustainability-focused fund manager has claimed.

  • Carbon market sentiment strengthens

    23 May 2018

    Sentiment about carbon prices is becoming increasingly bullish, but "a huge gap remains between current price expectations and what's needed to achieve the 2°C goal" set by the Paris climate agreement.

  • Report your impact on all of the SDGs, not one or two, urges WWF

    21 May 2018

    The trend that sees companies and investors identify which of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) their activities support was criticised by the President of WWF, who said: "You either have to be the champion of [all of] the SDGs or not".