Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • European Commission names 20-strong sustainable finance commitee

    23 December 2016

    The European Commission has named a 20-strong committee charged with helping "hardwire sustainability" into EU financial policy.

  • GIB to make first offshore wind exit

    21 December 2016

    The UK's Green Investment Bank is expected to announce its first exit of an offshore wind project in coming days.

  • Green Climate Fund approves $315m of projects - but misses target

    16 December 2016

    The Green Climate Fund has approved a further $315.2 million of funding for projects at its latest board meeting, but has fallen short of its target for the year.

  • Poland issues green bond market's first sovereign bond

    15 December 2016

    Poland has priced a €750 million ($790 million) green bond, stealing a march on other countries such as France and Nigeria to become the first sovereign to tap the market.

  • California dreaming of return to green bond market?

    12 December 2016

    The state of California hopes to launch a green bond in coming weeks to fund an agricultural project, Environmental Finance understands.

  • Axa's green bond fund grows by a third in first year

    09 December 2016

    Axa Investment Managers' green bond fund has seen its assets grow by more than a third in its first year, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Investing in a changing climate

    06 December 2016

    Insurers are increasingly factoring climate change into their investment decisions. But they are only at the start of a long learning process, finds Peter Cripps. This is the second part of a three-part series on how insurers are dealing with climate change

  • Trump will not scupper the growth in environmental finance, says buoyant Impax

    01 December 2016

    The election of Donald Trump is unlikely to derail the growth in environmentally-themed investments, Impax Asset Management said today as it reported a record year of growth, led by the US.

  • Impax reaches first close on third renewables PE fund

    01 December 2016

    Impax Asset Management has reached a €149 million ($158 million) first close on its third European renewables-focused private equity fund.

  • Four US oil majors face shareholder resolutions on climate lobbying

    30 November 2016

    Four US oil majors are to be hit by shareholder resolutions calling on them to disclose their anti-climate change lobbying activities, Environmental Finance can reveal.