Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • Asset manager plans shareholder resolutions on methane

    04 October 2017

    An engagement initiative on methane has been launched, targeting the 2018 proxy voting season.

  • French bank launches green bond fund

    29 September 2017

    A French bank has launched a green bond fund, which it hopes will allow asset owners to demonstrate that they are decarbonising their fixed income portfolios, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Investors plan GHG engagement campaign with large emitters

    27 September 2017

    A call to arms went out to investors today to join a new initiative that aims to engage with the 100 biggest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting companies globally.

  • Figueres throws down climate gauntlet to PRI

    27 September 2017

    Christiana Figueres threw down a climate gauntlet to signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) by challenging them to put 1% of their assets into clean energy or clean tech by 2020.

  • The dawn of a new age for reporting?

    22 September 2017

    The TCFD has challenged companies to up their game on reporting climate-related risks. But how will the market respond, asks Peter Cripps

  • ESG indexes: in the sweet spot

    20 September 2017

    Billions have flowed into funds tracking ESG indexes or low-carbon indexes in recent months. What are the innovations that will drive further growth, asks Peter Cripps

  • Aviva hits out at London's plans to woo Saudi Aramco

    18 September 2017

    Aviva Investors has joined the chorus of investors urging the UK not to weaken its governance laws to attract the $2 trillion initial public offering of oil giant Saudi Aramco.

  • Don't use legal risk as an excuse not to report under TCFD, says Picot

    15 September 2017

    Fear of legal action should not be used as an excuse for companies to refuse to report their climate risks, according to Russell Picot, a special advisor to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

  • SEB recruits Powell from IFC

    11 September 2017

    Swedish bank SEB has recruited IFC's head of funding and Treasury market operations, Ben Powell, to join its sustainability team.

  • UBS outlines sustainability ambition, and says US will seize ESG leadership from Europe

    08 September 2017

    UBS has laid out its ambition to make the financial services group a leader in the sustainability space.