Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • Utility returns to green bond market, with benchmark issue

    15 April 2016

    A utility has returned to the green bond market, after pricing €1 billion ($1.1 billion) of notes, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Tell me more: a call for better disclosure on green bond impacts

    14 April 2016

    A consultation paper argues that assessing the impact of green bonds could lead to preferential pricing - but better reporting is needed first. Peter Cripps reports

  • Greencoat UK Wind plans £300m equity raise

    14 April 2016

    Greencoat UK Wind revealed plans to sell up to £300 million ($430 million) of shares over the coming year, as it eyes an "attractive" pool of assets that it expects to come up for grabs.

  • Initiative formed to boost emerging market green bond issues

    11 April 2016

    A development agency and a bank have formed a "strategic alliance" to promote "exemplary" green bond issues in emerging markets.

  • Impax reports strong growth in AUM

    08 April 2016

    Environmentally-themed investor Impax Asset Management has shrugged off market volatility to chalk up another "strong" quarter of growth in its assets under management (AUM).

  • Leading the charge

    05 April 2016

    The historic Paris climate change agreement has underlined what is arguably the biggest challenge faced by financial markets in a generation, says Peter Cripps

  • Acquisition makes NextEnergy Solar Fund 'biggest solar yieldco'

    05 April 2016

    NextEnergy Solar Fund has become the biggest solar operator of the UK-listed yieldcos, following a £97.9 million ($140 million) acquisition of five plants.

  • GRESB expands its reach into 'real assets'

    04 April 2016

    Standards body GRESB has launched a service assessing the environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials of 'real assets', as it expands its scope further away from the real estate sector.

  • Green bond comment March: A spring in its step

    30 March 2016

    The green bond market continues to enjoy robust growth during an action-packed first quarter.

  • Irish sustainable forestry fund eyes first close

    29 March 2016

    An Irish sustainable forestry fund hopes to reach a first close in coming weeks.