Emmanuelle Picaud is an independent investigative journalist based in France.
Her work focuses on environment, urbanism, green finance and topics linked with the use of public or private funds.
She combines traditional investigative techniques—such as freedom of information requests, company and court reports, and leaks—with data-driven methods, including trade data analysis, financial databases, OSINT. She has collaborated in the past with journalists; consortiums on cross-border investigations.
In 2023, Emmanuelle coordinated the European investigation “Cashing in on Carbon Credits”, a series of reports uncovering how companies in the cement and steel industries profited from free emission allowances on the European carbon market, generating billions in windfall gains. Academically, she holds a Master’s degree in Journalism, as well as a Master’s in Urban Planning and a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy. She regularly contributes to specialized publications related to these fields.
Her work has been featured in national and international outlets such as Le Monde (France), the BBC (UK), El Diario.es (Spain), TagessSpiegiel (Germany), Irpi Media (Italy) or Le Temps (Switzerland)
