Edward Targett

Edward Targett

London
Ed is publisher of CSO Futures. He has 15 years' experience in newsrooms across energy, sustainability, and tech. He's also worked in ESG diligence; building greywater systems; and on an organic farm.
Oct
20
This week’s Chief Sustainability Officer vacancy: LKAB

This week’s Chief Sustainability Officer vacancy: LKAB

The Swedish state-owned company, which mines 80% of all iron ore mined in Europe, is seeking a CSO as it...
2 min read
Oct
20
Addressing climate change with data: the good, the bad, and the (un)certain

Addressing climate change with data: the good, the bad, and the (un)certain

Climate risk specialist Fathom's Dr Jannis Hock and Conor Lamb warn over the growing risk of "inequitable data quality" across nations
4 min read
Oct
17
SAP’s Chief Sustainability Officer Daniel Schmid on carbon accounting, hyperscaler transparency, and more

SAP’s Chief Sustainability Officer Daniel Schmid on carbon accounting, hyperscaler transparency, and a “war” on how companies make decisions

The German software heavyweight is putting sustainability at the heart of both its own business and its value proposition for customers. Chief Sustainability Officer Daniel Schmid says the company needs to be an industry role model if it wants to “gain the credibility to act as an enabler”.
6 min read
Oct
16
The UK government's IT carbon footprint has got worse - the transparency is welcome

The UK government's IT carbon footprint has got worse - the transparency is welcome

We have to be open. This boils down to skills in the sector and transparency from the suppliers, neither of which are anywhere near where they need to be
3 min read
Oct
16
Caterpillar appoints its third Chief Sustainability Officer in two years

Caterpillar appoints its third Chief Sustainability Officer in two years

"Our Scope 3 emissions are estimated to be more than 95% of the company’s total Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions inventory."
2 min read
Oct
13
Airbus Chief Sustainability Officer Julie Kitcher has challenges ahead  

Airbus appoints its first Chief Sustainability Officer

The world's largest plane maker has validated near-term SBTi targets, but faces a colossal uphill battle to decarbonise aviation.
3 min read
Oct
11
Vicky Bullivant, NTT Ltd., on Greenpeace, dirty grids and  SBTi validation

Vicky Bullivant, NTT Ltd., on Greenpeace, dirty grids and SBTi validation

"We’re on that journey… it is difficult,”
5 min read