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In the first case of its kind - BNY Mellon is fined over ESG greenwashing 

The headline: The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fined BNY Mellon’s investor advisor division $1.5mn (a drop in the ocean compared to the $380bn in assets held by BNY Mellon Investment Adviser) for allegedly misstating and omitting info about environmental, social and governance (ESG) from mutual funds under its management. 
What exactly did BNY Mellon do? BNY Mellon suggested that all investments in the funds had undergone an ESG quality review. But, some funds hadn’t gone through the quality review process.
The importance: The SEC’s dedicated greenwashing agency has shown its teeth & capabilities to investigate, punish and prevent greenwashing - in theory this should deter repeat offences by other finance organisations.

Finland's new climate negative goal is the new gold standard 
The Finnish Parliament approved a new Climate Change Act that would commit the country to carbon neutrality by 2035, and carbon negativity by 2040. Finland is breaking ground: as it would be the first country in the world to legally bind itself to negative emissions (emit less than zero carbon dioxide equivalent) 
Stand out from the crowd: Most countries have only made commitments to carbon neutrality, and most on a much longer timeline than Finland. While some of these are legally binding — Finland cites the laws of Sweden, Denmark and the United Kingdom as examples — many are not.

Tesla diners anyone?
Just in case you thought Elon Musk has too much going on to focus on the Tesla diner concept he's been tweeting about for years... The company recently filed paperwork for a Tesla restaurant with 200-plus seats, giant movie screens and, yes, supercharging stations. Why? At charging stations, Tesla has a captive market for a short period of time. There’s a business catering to that audience, and food service is a part of that.

Bloom helps Sudanese citizens combat inflation by saving in US dollars
Over 200 million people in East Africa do not have access to a bank account or mobile money. Those who do face ongoing concern of inflation, a regional issue affecting how they save and preserve wealth - Sudanese inflation reached over 420% last year. Bloom offers fee-free and high interest rate accounts for users to save in dollars and buy and spend in Sudanese pounds. It also enables users to receive remittances (Generally family members sending money home) from abroad, free of charge. They are joining Y Combinators 22 winter batch to accelerate their growth.

• A project led by Danone and LanzaTech transforms captured carbon into one of the main components of low-carbon plastic.

• A global buyers club of over 50 companies including Microsoft and Ford Motor pledge at Davos to buy green steel, aluminium and other commodities by 2050

• Joby’s electrical air-taxi, which aims to begin carrying passengers in 2-years’ time, has gained 3 of the certificates needed to begin transporting people.

• Shell has faced increasing activist pressure relating to its climate strategy with fewer shareholders backing the plans while protests delayed the annual meeting.

• UK energy firms will now pay an additional 25% ‘windfall’ tax for the next 12 months due to increased demand after the Russia-Ukraine crisis

3 of the stories are true, and 1 is not, can you guess which?

• Man disguised as old woman smears cake across front of Mona Lisa

• Snoop dogg goes green (again?) buying stake in solar company

• Beavers released and setup home… in London 

• Scientists develop a ‘sixth finger’ for humans