Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • 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.

  • China plans first green covered bond

    14 September 2016

    China is planning to launch its first green covered bond, Environmental Finance understands.

  • S&P Global Ratings develops green bond and ESG assessment tools

    09 September 2016

    S&P Global Ratings is developing a green bond evaluation tool, making it the latest in a series of players to launch a product to help investors quantify the green credentials of an issue.

  • First fund tracking innovative resource efficiency index launches

    07 September 2016

    An innovative index that comprises companies that are efficient in relation to the consumption of energy, food and water (EFW) has licensed its first fund.

  • BlackRock devises methodology for carbon scoring and tilting

    06 September 2016

    BlackRock has devised a methodology for scoring companies on climate change and weighting them accordingly in a portfolio, and has warned investors that they "can no longer ignore" the issue.

  • G20 keeps up the focus on green finance

    05 September 2016

    The G20 made numerous references to green finance in its latest communique, reaffirming the message that the transition to a low-carbon economy is underway.