Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • HSBC issues annual report on its inaugural, €500m green bond

    10 October 2016

    HSBC said the proceeds of its inaugural green bond have been almost fully dispersed, and have been used to finance or refinance 20 renewables, energy efficiency or sustainable waste management projects.

  • The road to Marrakesh is paved with green intentions

    26 September 2016

    The Paris climate change summit will be a tough act to follow, but its successor is shaping up to be an important meeting in its own right. Hamza Ali and Peter Cripps report

  • Macquarie in €90m Japanese solar deal

    26 September 2016

    Macquarie Capital has teamed up with an infrastructure specialist to ink a €90 million ($100 million) deal to acquire a solar project pipeline in Japan.

  • Mark Carney: the five measures needed to scale up the green bond market

    23 September 2016

    Green bonds are a key investment tool to "advance a low carbon future while raising global investment and spurring growth", but five measures are needed to help the market scale up, Mark Carney has argued.

  • Green finance "an opportunity" to uphold financial stability, says Carney

    23 September 2016

    Bank of England (BoE) governor Mark Carney has, in another landmark speech, highlighted the "major opportunity" presented by the green economy, saying that its growth can help promote financial stability.

  • Sustainable forestry fund reaches first close

    22 September 2016

    A sustainable forestry fund has reached a first close.

  • Key COP21 target for ratification reached

    21 September 2016

    The Paris climate deal moved a step closer to becoming law today after the number of countries that ratified it hit 60.

  • Environmental risks are 'still not adequately viewed by the mainstream'

    19 September 2016

    Traditional approaches of incorporating environmental factors into risk management are increasingly being recognised as "insufficient", according to a report commissioned by the G20.

  • G20 communique 'as important as Paris climate deal'

    16 September 2016

    The G20 communique on climate change was "as important as the Paris climate deal" for the investment community.

  • Impact investment fund reaches first close

    15 September 2016

    A carbon fund that will help provide clean energy and water to impoverished households has reached a first close.