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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.

Alt Protein

Sysco Reels In Mind Blown Vegan Crab Cakes As Its Plant Division Heats Up

Green Queen Team Nov 10, 2022

The Plant Based Seafood Company has partnered with foodservice giant Sysco for the distribution of its Mind Blown vegan crab cakes. The Virginia-based Plant Based Seafood Company says its vegan crab cakes will soon be available across…
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Alt Dairy

Phyx44, India’s First Full-Stack Precision Fermentation Dairy Company, Raises $1.2M Seed

Green Queen Team Nov 9, 2022

Phyx44 is well on its way to disrupting India's dairy sector with its $1.2 million seed funding for its precision fermentation technology. The Bangalore-based Phyx44 says it's using precision fermentation to create whey and casein…
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Alt Protein

Has the Food Revolution Arrived? 86% of Chefs Say They Want to Serve Cultivated Meat

Green Queen Team Nov 9, 2022

A new survey from Israel-based food tech company SuperMeat, finds the vast majority of chefs, 86 percent, are interested in serving cultivated meat—an indicator of the potential for the category once countries grant regulatory approval. …
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Eco Lifestyle

Is My Bed Vegan? Mattresses: The Final Eco Frontier

Green Queen Team Nov 8, 2022

Most mattresses are not vegan, full of toxins, and are a huge letdown to the planet. Meet Heveya, the ethical sleep pioneer. Most of us don’t think enough about one activity we do for almost a third of our lives: sleeping. And…
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Cell-Based News

Sustainable Chocolate Gets a Boost With Trendlines Investment In Celleste Bio

Green Queen Team Nov 8, 2022

With support from Mondelēz International, Barrel Ventures, and Regba Group, along with Trendlines, Celleste Bio is closer to bringing its cell-based chocolate to market. New cell-based food tech startup Celleste Bio, which hails from…
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Alt Protein

Eat Just’s Cultivate Chicken Meat Comes to COP27

Green Queen Team Nov 8, 2022

Cultivated chicken meat will make its debut at the COP27 climate conference being held in Egypt this month. Good Meat, the cultivated meat division of the Bay Area food tech company Eat Just, is bringing its lab-grown chicken to Sharm…
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Climate Change

Corporate Sustainability Is In High Demand. So Are Qualified Workers, Finds Report

Green Queen Team Nov 7, 2022

According to a new report, while corporations continue to make sustainability commitments, they struggle to find a qualified workforce to help implement them. The new report from Microsoft and the Boston Consulting Group finds that 57…
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Alt Materials

Bill Gates-Backed C16 Biosciences Will Bring Its First Palm Oil Alternative to Market Next Year

Green Queen Team Nov 7, 2022

A sustainable alternative to palm oil can't come soon enough. C16 Biosciences says it's ready to make it happen with its first commercial product line launching next year. C16 Biosciences, the Bill Gates-backed company producing oils…
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Climate Change

China’s Hang Lung & France’s LVMH Announce Groundbreaking Sustainability Partnership To Accelerate Joint ESG Goal

Green Queen Team Nov 7, 2022

A groundbreaking partnership between Chinese real estate leader Hang Lung Properties and French luxury giant LVMH Group is forging new ground when it comes to sustainable building. Hang Lung and LVMH have officially partnered on a…
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Vegan

New Documentary ‘I Could Never Go Vegan’ Aims to Convince You Otherwise

Green Queen Team Nov 4, 2022

The new feature documentary I Could Never Go Vegan explores common myths and arguments surrounding the vegan diet. Attaching its name to one of the more common statements heard when the topic comes up, I Could Never Go Vegan is an…
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Alt Materials

This Engineered Houseplant Removes More Indoor Air Pollutants Than 30 Other Plants

Green Queen Team Nov 4, 2022

Following more than four years of research, Neoplants has revealed Neo P1: a bioengineered houseplant that's capable of removing more in-home air pollution than common houseplants. According to Paris-based Neoplants, its bioengineered…
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Alt Protein

Vecan Foods Brings Plant-Based Meals ‘Made By Moms’ to India’s Growing Flexitarian Market

Green Queen Team Nov 3, 2022

Vecan Foods has launched its plant-based meals in India to fill a gap in the market. The company, founded by two moms, Mahima Gupta and Guneet Kaur, is out to help flexitarian consumers embrace healthier eating with homestyle meals. …
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Animal Rights

By 2024, the World’s Largest Food Service Provider Will No Longer Use Gestation Crates

Green Queen Team Nov 3, 2022

Expected to be eliminated before the end of next year, Compass Group, the world's largest food service provider, says it will phase out the use of gestation crates for pigs in its U.S. supply chain. Compass Group says it is aiming to…
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Alt Materials

Cresilon Closes $25 Million Series A for Biotech Hemostatic Gel That Works Instantly

Green Queen Team Nov 2, 2022

Brooklyn-based Cresilon has developed an innovative hemostatic gel for wound treatment in animals. With its $25 million Series A funding, the company is working to bring the life-saving tech to humans. Cresilon's plant-based gel…
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Alt Protein

Impossible Keeps Its Heme Patent But Motif Challenges Its ‘Silicon Valley Bullying’

Green Queen Team Nov 2, 2022

Impossible Foods will retain the patent rights on its novel heme ingredient used for its vegan beef and pork, says the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. But it's not the end to its battle with Motif FoodWorks. Earlier this year, Impossible…
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Alt Dairy

A Centrist Approach to Animal-Free Dairy Might Be Best, New Research Finds

Green Queen Team Nov 1, 2022

New research finds consumers are attracted to animal-free dairy when marketing emphasizes the environmental and ethical benefits, but not too much and not too little, either. It's a fine line for consumers weighing the benefits of…
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Alt Protein

‘Shark Tank’ Deal-Winning Pet Food Brand Wild Earth Debuts Cultivated Dog Food

Green Queen Team Nov 1, 2022

Wild Earth, the Bay Area pet food company focused on alternative protein sources, has developed a cultivated chicken broth topper aimed at making the category more sustainable. Cultivated meat isn't just novel tech designed to…
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Climate Change

EU Falling Short On Methane Targets As Experts Call for Limiting Meat Consumption

Green Queen Team Oct 31, 2022

A new report suggests limiting meat consumption to no more than two times per week to help reduce methane emissions and slow the impact of climate change. But despite multiple calls for reducing methane emissions, countries are falling…
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Alt Protein

Nearly Every Cultivated Food Startup In Asia Just Signed A Historic Nomenclature Agreement

Green Queen Team Oct 31, 2022

Cellular agriculture producers across the APAC region have come to a consensus: the preferred English-language term for the category is "cultivated." The cultivated meat sector has gone through a number of naming conventions including…
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Plastic Pollution

Plastic Pollution Lawsuits are Coming. Is Big Oil Ready?

Green Queen Team Oct 28, 2022

New research on plastic pollution from Minderoo Foundation shows the potential for harmful impacts could lead to a number of liability claims against the petrochemical industry. "Just as oil and gas companies are now starting to be held…
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Alt Protein

Solar Foods Earns Regulatory Approval In Singapore for Carbon-Captured Protein

Green Queen Team Oct 28, 2022

Finnish food tech company Solar Foods has received regulatory approval for its novel sustainable protein powder made from hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Solein, Solar Foods' new protein, has received approval for sale and consumption from…
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