People & Culture

Brazil’s Petrobras on the hunt for next Chief Sustainability Officer

Mauricio Tolamsquim has left the company to join the board of Brazilian utility Eletrobras.

Melodie Michel

26 May 2025

COP30

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."

Melodie Michel

09 May 2025

Deforestation

Deforestation: Timber from illegal Amazon logging sold on EU and US markets

“This is not the time to water down or weaken enforcement of legal requirements for EU and US companies."

Melodie Michel

07 April 2025

COP30

Brazil names top climate negotiator as COP30 president

COP30 is already being touted as ‘the bounce-back COP’ after several years of disappointing progress and climate negotiations largely led by fossil fuel lobbyists.

Melodie Michel

24 January 2025

COP29

COP29 ends with new US$300bn climate finance goal

The NCQG has been described as "not enough" and a "bitter disappointment" by some; "ambitious and achievable" by others.

Melodie Michel

25 November 2024

CSO Futures Weekly

CSO Futures Weekly

CSO share their views on EVs and green buildings, recycled materials take centre stage and a study questions the legitimacy of sustainability bonuses in this week's newsletter.

Melodie Michel

26 October 2023

Policy & Standards

Brazil to make ISSB-aligned climate disclosures mandatory from 2026

This is the country’s latest move to improve the sustainability performance of its companies, after the creation of a cap-and-trade system.

Melodie Michel

20 October 2023