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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
12
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund engages with miners over Amazon project concerns

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund engages with miners over Amazon project concerns

"Rehabilitation of deforested areas is  unlikely to mitigate the environmental damage resulting from the removal of intact rainforest."
2 min read
May
12
EU warned (again) to tread with caution around Omnibus simplification

EU warned (again) to tread with caution around Omnibus simplification

European lawmakers should “better heed the concerns of European investors” in their revisions to CSDDD and CSRD.
3 min read
May
09
UK supermarkets urged to accelerate climate transition

UK supermarkets urged to accelerate climate transition

"We are just not seeing the pace of progress we so urgently need for both people and planet."
2 min read
May
09
COP30 presidency kicks off ‘pioneering experiment’ to mobilise bottom-up collective climate action

COP30 presidency kicks off ‘pioneering experiment’ to mobilise bottom-up collective climate action

"This de-hierarchised form of mobilisation emerges spontaneously and organically when there is an urgent need that remains unmet."
2 min read
May
08
EU carmakers granted slower start to CO2 reduction race

EU carmakers granted slower start to CO2 reduction race

“It’s ironic that the EU is delaying emissions targets for the car industry just as EV sales surge."
2 min read
May
08
L’OrĂ©al has named Iñigo Larraya Tejero as Europe Chief Sustainability Officer

L’OrĂ©al appoints new Europe Chief Sustainability Officer

"Lots of challenges ahead but I am more determined than ever to drive positive change."
2 min read
May
08
Existing technologies could avoid 70% of fossil fuel methane emissions – yet these continue to rise

Existing technologies could avoid 70% of fossil fuel methane emissions – yet these continue to rise

"The latest data indicates that implementation on methane has continued to fall short of ambitions.”
2 min read
May
07
COP28 ‘coal to clean’ carbon credit scheme gets Verra approval

COP28 ‘coal to clean’ carbon credit scheme gets Verra approval

The initiative allows coal plants closing down before the end of their productive life to receive carbon finance.
2 min read
May
07
Investors press banks to set clear renewables financing targets

Investors press banks to set clear renewables financing targets

"Banks are not yet providing a clear strategy on how they will specifically finance the sectors and technologies most needed for the clean energy transition."
2 min read
May
07
Microsoft to buy 500,000 tonnes of carbon removals a year through extended agreement with Stockholm Exergi

Microsoft to buy 500,000 tonnes of carbon removals a year through extended agreement with Stockholm Exergi

"A huge vote of confidence in our BECCS project."
2 min read