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We INFORM. We INSPIRE. We EMPOWER. Founded by serial entrepreneur Sonalie Figueiras in 2011, Green Queen is an award-winning sustainability & impact media platform advocating for social & environmental change in Asia. Our mission is to shift consumer behaviour through our authentic, original and ground-breaking content.

Climate Change

Without Buying Offsets, the EATV ETF Earns Carbon Neutral Status

Green Queen Team Jan 17, 2023

The VegTech plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, EATV, is now certified carbon neutral — a feat it achieved without buying offsets. EATV (NYSE: EATV) says its carbon-neutral status comes by way of avoiding animal products in food…
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Thai Union Invests In French Algae Tech Platform Algama

Green Queen Team Jan 17, 2023

Thai Union, food giant and leading producer of Thai seafood, has invested in France's Algama algae innovation platform. Thai Union's Corporate Venture Capital Fund joined Algama's recent €13 million Series A funding round to help…
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China Takes First Place In the 2022 ProVeg Food Innovation Challenge APAC

Green Queen Team Jan 17, 2023

With more than $10,000 in prize money on the table, young Asian tech teams competed in the ProVeg Food Innovation Challenge APAC. China, Korea, India, Indonesia, and Thailand were all victorious in the 2022 ProVeg Food Innovation…
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No Meat Factory Closes a $42 Million Series B Funding Round

Green Queen Team Jan 16, 2023

Canada's No Meat Factory has announced the closing of a $42 million Series B funding round to help accelerate its plant-based meat production. The new financing was led by new investor Tengelmann Growth Partners. Existing investor Emil…
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Climate Change

This Carbon Negative Cement Reduces Emissions and Costs Less Than Conventional

Green Queen Team Jan 16, 2023

In the fight against climate change, a new approach to cement is key. Brimstone says its concrete is carbon-negative. Concrete's carbon footprint is not insignificant. Every year, more than four billion tonnes of cement are used to make…
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Climate Change

A Surge in Corporates Green Job Listings Highlights The Lack Of Global Sustainability Talent

Green Queen Team Jan 14, 2023

By Christopher Boone, Professor of Sustainability, Arizona State University and Karen C. Seto, Professor of Geography and Urbanization Science, Yale University To meet today’s global sustainability challenges, the corporate world needs…
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Alt Protein

A Counter To ‘Plant-Based Junk Food Is Bad News For The Planet’

Green Queen Team Jan 13, 2023

Editor's Note: This piece came about because Dan commented on a Linkedin post about our original article. We appreciated his insights so we invited him to write this piece to share his thoughts. I am writing this rebuttal in response…
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Plastic Pollution

This New Design Tool Was Created To Help Businesses Go Plastic-Free

Green Queen Team Jan 13, 2023

A new online designed tool backed by A Plastic Planet aims to help designers and business leaders eradicate one trillion pieces of plastic waste from the global economy by 2025. Following two years of development, the PlasticFree site…
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Alt Protein

Project Eaden Lands €10M for Vegan Steak That Eliminates ‘Every Single Reason’ for Animal Meat

Green Queen Team Jan 13, 2023

German food-tech startup Project Eaden has announced a €10.1 million seed funding round for its novel fiber technology used to create plant-based steak. Creandum, Atlantic Food Labs, Shio Capital, Trellis Road, and several angels…
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Human Rights

Child Labor Accusations Hit the U.S. Meat Industry

Green Queen Team Jan 12, 2023

Allegations made against a Wisconsin cleaning company say it employed more than two dozen minors to clean dangerous meatpacking plants for JBS, the world's largest meat company. Packers Sanitation Services Inc. (PSSI), a specialized…
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Alt Protein

WTH Foods Launches New Filipino-Inspired Frozen Plant-Based Meat Range, Umani

Green Queen Team Jan 11, 2023

Philippines-based plant-based meat manufacturer WTH Foods has launched Umani, a new range of frozen plant-based products drawing on Filipino culture. The mission-driven WTH Foods says its new range of frozen meals is part of its goal of…
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South Korea’s Lotteria Adds a New Plant-Based Burger To Its 1,300 Restaurants

Green Queen Team Jan 11, 2023

Lotteria Co. Ltd., the South Korean quick-service restaurant chain with more than 1,300 locations, has added a new version of its Ria Miracle plant-based burger to the menu. The Ria Miracle Burger II, which follows its Ria Miracle…
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Alt Protein

Impossible Foods Retail Sales Grew More Than 50% In 2022

Green Queen Team Jan 10, 2023

Leading vegan meat brand Impossible Foods says it saw more than a 50 percent dollar retail sales growth last year, even amid declining category sales. The Bay Area manufacturer of beef, pork, and chicken made from plants says it was the…
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Food Tech Start-Up Vgarden Creates ‘Clean’ Plant-Based Tinned Tuna

Green Queen Team Jan 10, 2023

Israel-based Vgarden, Ltd., has launched its first vegan and kosher-friendly tuna in tins and pouches. Vgarden says its plant-based tuna has the same appearance, texture, and flavor as conventional tuna. And it is competitively priced…
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Alt Protein

China and U.S. Discuss Best Regulatory Processes for Cultivated Meat

Green Queen Team Jan 9, 2023

In a sign that widespread regulatory approval for cultivated meat is imminent, regulatory experts from the U.S. and China met to discuss the next steps. A recent virtual event organized by the AgFood Future Center of Excellence (AGF)…
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Southeast Asia

Singapore Appoints Its First Chief Sustainability Officer

Green Queen Team Jan 9, 2023

Singapore's Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment announced the establishment of the position of Government Chief Sustainability Officer to advance its fight against the climate crisis. On January 1st, 2023, Tuang Liang Lim…
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Climate Change

Greenwashing Stigma: Research Shows We Forgive Big Polluters While Punishing Corporates Who Try To Do Better

Green Queen Team Jan 7, 2023

Stigma is an awful burden for business. But what if – for some companies – stigma is an asset? By: Adam Austen Kay, The University of Queensland That’s what I and an international team of researchers set out to investigate in a…
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Sodexo Releases Plant-Based Food Sales Data In Support of Veganuary

Green Queen Team Jan 6, 2023

New data from leading food service distributor Sodexo shows ten percent of all meals sold through its U.K. and Ireland sites in 2022 were vegan or vegetarian. The number of plant-based meals sold through Sodexo's nearly 500 U.K. client…
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Vegan Bacon Cheeseburgers Launch at Burger King

Green Queen Team Jan 6, 2023

Burger King has launched a new Bacon King range with two vegan options for Veganuary: The Vegan Royale Bakon King and The Plant-Based Bakon King (Single or Double). The new burgers, available at U.K. locations, build on Burger King's…
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Alt Protein

Saving the Planet With Vegan Cheese? Climax Shoots for the Moon

Green Queen Team Jan 5, 2023

The California-based Climax Foods is using biotech and plants to create 'moonshot' cheese — a sustainable dairy alternative that can help fight the climate crisis. Climax's German-born founder and CEO, Dr. Oliver Zahn came to the…
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Alt Protein

After 800 Recipe Tweaks, This Vegan Foie Gras Keeps Selling Out

Green Queen Team Jan 5, 2023

Hello Plant Foods can't keep its vegan foie gras, Fuah!, in stock. Following King Charles' recent ban on foie gras at all royal residences, the longtime decadent favorite food got an ethical makeover. The royal ban follows other…
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