Connected Kerb
48Mixed / Improving· ProvisionalUK on-street public EV charging network targeting residents without private driveways; raised £65M from the UK National Wealth Fund and Aviva Investors in 2025.
Why it's on ClimateTicker
Connected Kerb builds and operates on-street public EV charge points primarily for urban residents who lack private driveways, directly enabling the shift from internal combustion engine vehicles to electric mobility and reducing transport emissions at scale. The core infrastructure thesis is genuinely climate-positive — filling a critical gap that holds back mass EV adoption. However, as a growth-stage private company with no published SBTi targets, no CDP disclosure, and no independently verified carbon accounting of its own operations or facilitated emissions, the sustainability narrative rests almost entirely on the inherent value of the product rather than on any rigorous self-reported ESG framework.
Controversy & Greenwashing Watch
Connected Kerb founders sold equity via Seedrs within months of securing £55m in public money from the NWF, raising investor and media questions about whether public capital enabled a private exit; the government declined to comment.source ↗
Aviva's CEO sat on the government's National Wealth Fund advisory taskforce at the same time that Aviva was an existing £110m investor in Connected Kerb, prompting industry allegations of favouritism over the £55m NWF equity stake, which the NWF denied.source ↗
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