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3 Mins Read Matt Rogers, co-founder of the popular Nest Labs smart thermostat, is now putting his focus on food waste with the launch of a novel kitchen device called Mill. Mill is a kitchen device that dehydrates a range of food scraps not typically compostable, such as animal ingredients. The device dehydrates the scraps overnight, leaving an […]
4 Mins Read Climate TRACE, the global non-profit coalition working to make meaningful climate action faster and easier by independently tracking greenhouse gas emissions, has released data on more than 70,000 polluters. Last month, during the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, the Al Gore-backed NGO Climate TRACE ( TRACE stands for Tracking Real-Time Atmospheric Carbon Emissions), which launched […]
4 Mins Read VEG3, a New Zealand-based company, has announced the release of what they describe as the “world’s first artificial intelligence marketing assistant for vegans”. In the future, will AI tools replace content writers? The AI-powered software is capable of creating all kinds of content formats, from blog paragraphs to emails to press releases to social media […]
4 Mins Read Hong Kong-based ombnichannel food app KIN has just closed a $3.7 million pre-Series A funding round with participation confirmed by Tony Yeung, Chris Liu, Optimus Capital, and more to connect consumers more intrinsically to their food choices while eliminating waste and the negative environmental consequences of food delivery. KIN is powered by a learning algorithm […]
4 Mins Read Carbon calculation startup Plant FWD has closed a $10 million Series A, co-led by Acre Venture Partners and Congruent Ventures as well as existing investors BBG Ventures, Precursor, Concrete Rose, and January Ventures among others. The startup has earmarked the funding for continued development of data, new product creation and enlarging the climate science team. […]
5 Mins Read Singaporean climate tech startup Handprint, which uses SaaS model to integrate sustainability-focused infrastructure into corporate platforms, has just closed a $2.2 million seed round as investors get more and more excited about impact assessment tools. The company’s ultimate aim is to offer businesses an easy way to improve their impact on the planet. Consumers are […]
3 Mins Read Provenance, a sustainability marketing tech outfit based in London, has announced the closure of a $5 million investment round. Led by Working Capital Innovation Fund and NordicEye, other participants included musician Peter Gabriel, The Brandtech group, and Digital Currency Group. The investment will be used to continue software development of Provenance’s flagship e-commerce platform that confirms […]
3 Mins Read Transparency is coming to the chocolate industry via blockchain technology, and it could help to mitigate longstanding human rights and labor issues. Despite commitments from the world’s largest chocolate producers, including Nestlé, Hershey’s, and Mars, unfair wages and human rights labor violations are still commonplace in the cocoa industry. But new blockchain technology from the […]
3 Mins Read Vegan social app abillion has announced it is giving its users the option to own shares in the company. The company says this represents a new concept of ownership and allows users of the social platform to take a vested interest in its success. Previously, credits amassed by leaving reviews of vegan products could only […]
3 Mins Read It was only a matter of time before vegans carved out a space on the blockchain universe. New blockchain app VeganNation is creating an online global community complete with its own economy that gives users access to vegan business location services, chat functions and reward redemption. It is a U.K. subsidiary of Israeli startup SIPUP, […]
3 Mins Read YOUR BEET, a female-founded platform and app from Melbourne, aims to make plant-based eating simple and wants to support consumers that are looking to align with climate-friendly ideas. Personal and planetary health are given priority, with users able to order nutritionally balanced food direct from an app. The startup recently closed a successful SEK 6 […]
4 Mins Read Singapore’s abillion, the global eco reviews app that has over one million users, has announced a $10 million Series A investment round was led by New York-based venture fund 1/0 Capital. Funding has been earmarked for product development and app extension. A peer-to-peer marketplace within the platform is being cited as having the potential to […]
4 Mins Read A new browser extension has just launched to help consumers get their online shopping fix sustainably. Called Beagle Button, the machine learning-enabled tool detects when a user is shopping online, then automatically finds an eco-friendly match within its database of approved products. Beagle Button is the latest digital tool that sustainable shoppers have in their […]
3 Mins Read Storey is a “digital wardrobe” app developed by two former Google employees who wanted to make resale and sustainable fashion choices easy.
4 Mins Read Thanks to the digital age, secondhand shopping has totally taken off online and is no longer confined to the neighbourhood charity thrift shop. Gone are the days where you have to sort through piles of donated clothing for your next sustainable fashion purchase. Now, buying and selling preloved clothing has never been easier thanks to […]
6 Mins Read Here are 16 easy digital detox habits that you should try to maintain to keep yourself and your planet healthy. It’s easier than you think.
4 Mins Read Are you living in Hong Kong and want to lower your carbon footprint? These 6 sustainability apps are making going green easy in the city.
3 Mins Read Created by sisters Nicole and Frankie, Bandi is a new secondhand clothing app helping users find their clothes swap twin to shop sustainably.
4 Mins Read Have you ever come across a delicious recipe only to find out later on that it’s not 100% plant-based? Well, a new search engine has come to the rescue for this exact situation. Launched earlier this year, EatKind is an AI-powered tool that can convert pretty much any recipe or dish vegan by recommending the […]
4 Mins Read Danish startup Responsibly has bagged $2 million in pre-seed investment to launch its data platform for responsible sourcing.
5 Mins Read Jybe is a new review app to helping users find out which restaurants use sustainable packaging for food takeout and online deliveries.