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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.
May
09
CSO Futures Weekly - May 9

CSO Futures Weekly: The devil in the details

Peaking power sector emissions, Paypal's rising crypto footprint and a growing bet on carbon capture and storage...
4 min read
May
09
Electricity emissions may have peaked in 2023

Electricity emissions may have peaked in 2023

Renewable energy, including solar, wind and hydro, made up a record 30% of the world’s energy mix last year.
3 min read
May
09
Germany’s development bank KfW names new Chief Sustainability Officer

Germany’s development bank KfW names new Chief Sustainability Officer

Jürgen Kern joined the bank in 2007 and was most recently Director of Corporate Strategy and Sustainability.
2 min read
May
08
Paypal’s crypto emissions now make up more than 15% of its carbon footprint

Paypal’s crypto emissions now make up more than 15% of its carbon footprint

The crypto assets held by Paypal on behalf of its customers more than doubled between 2022 and 2023, reaching US$1.2 billion.
3 min read
May
08
Microsoft signs historic carbon capture deal to remove 3 million tonnes of CO2

Microsoft signs historic carbon capture deal to remove 3 million tonnes of CO2

Tech giant is betting heavily on carbon removals to achieve carbon negativity.
3 min read
May
07
TotalEnergies and Sinopec to collaborate on low-carbon energy

TotalEnergies and Sinopec to collaborate on low-carbon energy

TotalEnergies invested about US$5.9 billion in low-carbon energies and almost US$11 billion in oil and gas in 2023.
2 min read
May
07
New guidance available for ISSB-ESRS sustainability standards interoperability

New guidance available for ISSB-ESRS sustainability standards interoperability

EFRAG is aiming to reduce complexity and fragmentation between different disclosure frameworks.
2 min read
May
06
Global banks under pressure to set more specific sustainable finance targets

Global banks under pressure to set more specific sustainable finance targets

To meet the world’s net zero targets, the ratio of green to fossil fuel financing should reach a minimum of 4:1 by 2030.
3 min read
May
06
IBM names new Chief Sustainability Officer as Balta retires

IBM names new Chief Sustainability Officer as Balta retires

Christina Shim joined IBM at the end of 2021 to lead its sustainability software strategy.
2 min read
May
03
CSO Futures Weekly - May 3

CSO Futures Weekly: Adaptation will be crucial to achieve necessary battery storage capacity

Energy storage needs may be threatened by climate risk, Gap Inc. and General Motors provide climate updates and insurers shake up sustainability governance...
3 min read