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Plans to rollout rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across UK retail parks 
A recent report warns that the UK’s ban on fossil fuel car sales from 2030 is unrealistic without improved access to EV charging infrastructure. Real estate firm, Ediston, has partnered with EV charging network operator, Osprey Charging, to install new rapid charging points across retail parks in the UK. These rapid charging points are able to charge-up an EV to travel 100miles in just 10 mins. 
So what? Tackling range anxiety (the fear of running out of power on a journey) is a major hurdle for EV adoption. 
A Global EV Challenge… As EV sales doubled their market share in 2021. Yet, cheaper fossil-fuel powered cars still dominate sales in growing economies like India.

Dow Jones launches sustainability data to optimise global Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing 
Dow Jones announced the launch of its sustainability data to help the global financial community understand the performance and impact of a company’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices and make sustainable investment decisions.
Unique Selling Point: Many rating providers focus solely on company-disclosed data = opaque. Dow Jones supplements this data with analysis of daily news sentiment from thousands of global news sources = sustainable investment decisions based on information that is more timely and transparent.
Sticky business: ESG assets soared are predicted to grow to $53 trillion by 2025 (a third of all global assets under management). Novel methods to make ESG ratings more accurate are great but there is still a need for consistent company-disclosed data - the focus of the hotly anticipated International Sustainability Standards Boards.

Big policy changes put focus on lab-grown meat in China
Demand for livestock produce (e.g. meat) is expected to grow by 40% by 2050. Add to this that intensive livestock production is already the world’s 2nd largest contributor of Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it's clear drastic changes are needed.
China’s 5 year plan: Cultured (i.e. lab grown) meat has been included for the first time in China’s 5-year plan which sets the country’s economic goals.
Cultured Meat is Pinpointed… ​​for R&D research and investment into tech to produce cultured meat in a safe and cost-effective way.
Why’s this important for cultured meat worldwide: 

1. Development of tech to scale production to make it more cost competitive 

2. Provide a model for production and supply that other countries can learn from

3. Support in creating regulation that’s needed for cultured meat to go mainstream

• The global issuance of green, social sustainability (GSS) and sustainability-linked bonds (SLB’s) are set to reach a record high of $1.35tr in 2022, says Moody’s ESG Solutions. A 36% increase from 2021,

• Global beauty brand Coty has announced it has started making perfume using carbon-captured ethanol, as part of a plan to integrate recycled carbon into most of its fragrance portfolio by 2023.

• The first-ever wireless Electric Vehicle road in the US will be operational in Detroit next year, allowing on the go charging to fight range limitations

• Two long-awaited laws introduced into US congress could finally let ordinary citizens fix their pricey tech items, instead of having to pay the manufacturer (or buy a new one).

• To curb methane leakages from abandoned wells, the White House announced a $1.2b investment to plug 130,000 documented orphaned wells across US oil fields

• Texas based - Zeta Energy Closes $23 Million Series A Funding led by Moore Strategic Ventures for its Advanced Lithium Sulfur Battery Technology

• Israel based Agritask raises $26M Series B funding, led by Liechtenstein Group for their  platform that drives transparency, insights, and better decision making across the agri-food value chain

• Seattle startup, Cloud Paper has raised $5 million in a venture round. that makes toilet paper and paper towels from bamboo in an effort to slow deforestation,

• mPower Technology, announced that it has raised $10 million in Series B funding, led by Cottonwood Technology Fund for its space based solar technology

• California based Zero Grocery raised $11,800,000 / Seed from Sway Ventures the zero-waste, plastic-free grocery delivery service