Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • 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.

  • Bank launches green bond database

    28 November 2016

    A bank has launched a green bond database designed to help the market scale up - and to encourage issuers to seek a second opinion.

  • Infra fund loans $61m to Texan wind project

    25 November 2016

    A fund backed primarily by Scandinavian institutions has made a $61 million loan to an onshore wind project in Texas, after agreeing a partnership deal with its developer.

  • Yieldco JLEN to raise £150m

    25 November 2016

    UK yieldco John Laing Environmental Assets Group (JLEN) plans to raise more than £150 million ($190 million) by selling new shares.

  • UK gives £230m to clean transport, but remains in 'slow lane'

    23 November 2016

    The UK gave £230 million ($290 million) to accelerate the roll-out of clean transport in its Autumn budget statement, but was accused of "pootling along in the slow lane" when it comes to low-carbon energy transition.

  • Companies take $14bn hit from water problems in 2016, CDP finds

    18 November 2016

    The value of water-related financial impacts borne by companies soared to $14 billion last year, up from $2.6 billion the previous year.