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
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
Jul
31
L Catterton poaches Ralph Lauren sustainability head

People moves: L Catterton poaches Ralph Lauren sustainability head, CNH names first CSO

Two top sustainability appointments were made this week.
2 min read
Jul
30
GRI and TNFD publish interoperability guidance for nature disclosures

GRI and TNFD publish interoperability guidance for nature disclosures

The two standard setters aim to prevent the need for double reporting on biodiversity impacts.
1 min read
Jul
30
SBTi releases ‘mixed findings’ on carbon credit effectiveness in climate targets

SBTi releases ‘mixed findings’ on carbon credit effectiveness in climate targets

"The SBTi believes that direct decarbonisation must remain the priority for corporate climate action."
2 min read