Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • UBS sustainable ETFs 'to break through the £500m mark'

    21 March 2016

    Investments in UBS's sustainable exchange traded fund (ETF) business are expected to break through the £500 million ($720 million) barrier this year.

  • Osborne urged not to scrap UK carbon reporting

    14 March 2016

    UK Chancellor George Osborne is considering scrapping the requirement for listed companies report on their carbon emissions, according to the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), which has urged him not to take this "valuable" information away from shareholders.

  • Norway's sovereign wealth fund divests 58 companies on environmental grounds

    11 March 2016

    Norway's giant sovereign wealth fund divested from 58 companies last year because they were deemed to pose environmental risks.

  • Sustainable private equity firm seeks £50m

    11 March 2016

    A private equity firm is looking to raise £50 million ($70 million) to invest in companies that contribute towards the creation of a 'circular economy'.

  • Moody's GBA revisions revealed

    11 March 2016

    Moody's Green Bond Assessment (GBA) is "likely" to expand its definition of 'what is green' to include other taxonomies in addition to the one laid out in the Green Bond Principles (GBPs), Environmental Finance has learned.

  • $30m fundraise, as Pace 'comes of age'

    10 March 2016

    The US property assessed clean energy (Pace) market has "come of age", according to a company that has just raised $30 million in operating capital to help fund its expansion plans.

  • $2bn committed to conservation in US

    09 March 2016

    Private companies were among a raft of organisations to announce more than $2 billion of investments to protect land, water and wildlife in the US.

  • Revolver 'to shoot green lending beyond the green bond market'

    07 March 2016

    A local authority has signed a revolving credit facility based on its green bond framework, pioneering a model that could be widely replicated by other borrowers.

  • BNP Paribas Aqua launches in sterling

    04 March 2016

    BNP Paribas has launched a sterling version of its Aqua fund.

  • Mats Andersson to step down as AP4 CEO

    02 March 2016

    Mats Andersson is to step down as the CEO of Sweden's AP4 pension fund, meaning the pension sector will lose one of its leading advocates for sustainability.