Name
Melissa Lindsay
Job Title
Founder & CEO
Company
Emstream & Emsurge
Speaker Bio
Melissa is the founder and CEO of Emstream – a tech enabled carbon brokerage, and Emsurge – a climate-tech start-up building digital market infrastructure for the more transparent wholesale trading of ESG commodities.
Since launching in carbon markets late 2021, her companies have facilitated the transparent over-the-counter trade of over 10 million tonnes of carbon and have digitally connected over 250 traders worldwide. Emsurge has partnered with the Climate Action Center of Excellence (CACE) to host regular electronic auctions for Article 6 credits that have been vetted by CACE to be consistent with the Paris Agreement.
The Emsurge platform was designed out of her experience as a member of the Taskforce for Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets. Over 500 projects have since been listed on Emsurge to access Emstream’s international network of investment grade buyers and investors.
Melissa was formerly the Global Head of LNG at Tullett Prebon, where she structured spot and term LNG trades and was instrumental in the creation of the financial LNG market and associated risk management tools. She holds a degree from Bath University in Economics and International Development.
Since launching in carbon markets late 2021, her companies have facilitated the transparent over-the-counter trade of over 10 million tonnes of carbon and have digitally connected over 250 traders worldwide. Emsurge has partnered with the Climate Action Center of Excellence (CACE) to host regular electronic auctions for Article 6 credits that have been vetted by CACE to be consistent with the Paris Agreement.
The Emsurge platform was designed out of her experience as a member of the Taskforce for Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets. Over 500 projects have since been listed on Emsurge to access Emstream’s international network of investment grade buyers and investors.
Melissa was formerly the Global Head of LNG at Tullett Prebon, where she structured spot and term LNG trades and was instrumental in the creation of the financial LNG market and associated risk management tools. She holds a degree from Bath University in Economics and International Development.