Melodie Michel

Melodie Michel

Melodie is chief reporter at CSO Futures. After writing about finance and trade for more than a decade, she completed a master's degree in CSR to hone her skills as a sustainability journalist.
Aug
06
Renewable energy carbon credits excluded from market integrity scheme

Renewable energy carbon credits excluded from market integrity scheme

The second most popular type of carbon offsets have rapidly declined in both volume and value.
3 min read
Aug
06
GIB Asset Management names new Chief Sustainability Officer

GIB Asset Management names new Chief Sustainability Officer

Victoria Barron was previously Head of Sustainable Investment at BT Pension Scheme.
1 min read
Aug
05
Listed companies two years away from exhausting their 1.5ºC carbon budget

Listed companies two years away from exhausting their 1.5ºC carbon budget

Just 11% of listed firms have aligned their strategies with a 1.5ºC future.
2 min read
Aug
05
Uber partners with BYD to bring 100,000 EVs onto roads

Uber partners with BYD to bring 100,000 EVs onto roads

The partnership will not expand to the US, where import tariffs on Chinese EVs have more than tripled.
2 min read
Aug
02
Top fashion brands lack ambition and transparency on climate: report

Top fashion brands lack ambition and transparency on climate: report

Less than half (47%) of brands have an SBTi-validated decarbonisation target covering their entire supply chains.
2 min read
Aug
02
PCAF: 500 FIs now signed up to financed emissions accounting standard

PCAF: 500 FIs now signed up to financed emissions accounting standard

The organisation's methodology to assess capital market emissions was integrated into NZBA guidelines this year.
2 min read
Aug
01
CSO Futures Weekly - August 1

CSO Futures Weekly: Let’s talk about Chief Sustainability Officer burnout

CSOs are under pressure, SBTi kicks the carbon credit can down the road and a raft of new appointments...
4 min read
Aug
01
Renewables overtook fossil fuels in EU power generation in the first half of 2024

Renewables overtook fossil fuels in EU power generation in the first half of 2024

This is the first time this milestone is achieved at a European level.
1 min read
Aug
01
‘Blamed for the sins of the father’: We need to talk about Chief Sustainability Officer burnout

‘Blamed for the sins of the father’: We need to talk about Chief Sustainability Officer burnout

CSOs lack support to face mounting pressures.
5 min read
Jul
31
Nissan announces 2030 vehicle carbon intensity reduction targets

Nissan announces 2030 vehicle carbon intensity reduction targets

Manufacturing emissions stood at 0.48 tonnes of CO2 per vehicle in 2023 – just 0.5% lower than in 2018.
2 min read