People & Culture

Westcon-Comstor names first Chief Sustainability Officer amid record growth

Scope 3 emissions went up 17.4% as the company posted record half-year results.

Melodie Michel

01 November 2023

People & Culture

Fidelity International grows sustainable finance team

The US$700 billion asset manager is in a race to reduce corporate and portfolio emissions.

Melodie Michel

31 October 2023

People & Culture

Global Sustainability Standards Board seeks four new members

Chief Sustainability Officers have the skills and knowledge required to apply.

Melodie Michel

27 October 2023

People & Culture

Investment manager M&G names first Chief Sustainability Officer

Kathy Ryan joins a growing sustainability team.

Melodie Michel

26 October 2023

CSO

Formula E’s sustainability boss sees it as a sandbox for innovation

Jaguar increased battery life in its cars after testing new software at a Formula E championship.

Melodie Michel

26 October 2023

People & Culture

APAC firms lead the way with Chief Sustainability Officer appointments

Among recent high-profile Chief Sustainability Officer appointments in the region, Singaporean bank OCBC named Mike Ng its first group CSO last July.

Melodie Michel

25 October 2023

Jobs

This week’s Chief Sustainability Officer vacancy: LKAB

The Swedish state-owned company, which mines 80% of all iron ore mined in Europe, is seeking a CSO as it...

Edward Targett

20 October 2023

People & Culture

Most Chief Sustainability Officers are new to sustainability and to their role, survey finds

CSOs' responsibilities are growing, yet most are learning on the job.

Melodie Michel

18 October 2023

People & Culture

SAP’s Chief Sustainability Officer Daniel Schmid on carbon accounting, hyperscaler transparency, and a “war” on how companies make decisions

The German software heavyweight is putting sustainability at the heart of both its own business and its value proposition for customers. Chief Sustainability Officer Daniel Schmid says the company needs to be an industry role model if it wants to “gain the credibility to act as an enabler”.

Edward Targett

17 October 2023

People & Culture

Caterpillar appoints its third Chief Sustainability Officer in two years

"Our Scope 3 emissions are estimated to be more than 95% of the company’s total Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions inventory."

Edward Targett

16 October 2023

Airbus

Airbus appoints its first Chief Sustainability Officer

The world's largest plane maker has validated near-term SBTi targets, but faces a colossal uphill battle to decarbonise aviation.

Edward Targett

13 October 2023

People & Culture

Vicky Bullivant, NTT Ltd., on Greenpeace, dirty grids and SBTi validation

"We’re on that journey… it is difficult,”

Edward Targett

11 October 2023