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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.

Renewables

Production of Lightyear’s Solar-Powered EVs to Begin This Year

Green Queen Team Jun 28, 2022

Solar-powered vehicle start-up Lightyear says it will begin production later this year on its Lightyear 0 with solar panels mounted to the vehicle to recharge the electric battery. The Netherlands-based Lightyear says it will produce…
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Climate Change

‘Overlooked’ Agriculture Emissions Linked to Serious Health and Financial Risks, Study Finds

Green Queen Team Jun 24, 2022

New research connects rural agricultural emissions including ammonia, nitrous oxide, and nitrogen oxides to urban pollution issues. The new research, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, looked at fertilized…
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Climate Change

Nearly 20% of Food-Related Emissions Come From Transport, New Study Finds

Green Queen Team Jun 23, 2022

Food has a transportation problem. According to new research, 19 percent of food-related emissions come from transport, a number seven times higher than previous estimates. Research published in the journal Nature Food says the world's…
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Food & Nutrition

Clif Bar, Kellogg, and Honest Tea: Major Shakeups Come to Multinational Food Giants

Green Queen Team Jun 22, 2022

Kellogg is splitting into three divisions to foster growth, Clif Bar finally sells out, and Honest Tea gets CPR as the founders swoop in after Coca-Cola announces plans to discontinue the legacy brand. Michigan-based cereal giant…
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Climate Change

Qantas Airways Invests $200 Million to Help Bring SAF to Australia

Green Queen Team Jun 21, 2022

Australia's Qantas Airways is investing $200 million in bringing sustainable aviation fuel to Australia's airline industry. The announcement comes as part of the airline's commitment to helping the country's efforts to reduce carbon…
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Circular Economy

From Plastic Waste to “Green Concrete”: Sino Group Partners with EcoBricks to Inaugurate Sustainable Solutions for the Built Environment

Green Queen Team Jun 20, 2022

An inaugural partnership between Hong Kong real estate developer Sino Group and local sustainability-focused startup EcoBricks upcycled over 5,400 kg of plastic waste into construction bricks at the city’s Gold Coast in the Tuen Mun…
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Climate Change

IKEA Launches Design Competition for Children to Encourage Sustainability

Green Queen Team Jun 20, 2022

Swedish furniture giant IKEA is encouraging children to make their schools more sustainable through a new design challenge. Sustainability has taken centre stage at IKEA in recent years, impacting its production and packaging of…
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Kids

A Lego Factory Comes Back to the U.S., and This Time It’s Carbon-Neutral

Green Queen Team Jun 17, 2022

Danish toy giant Lego Group says it's investing more than $1 billion into a carbon-neutral toy factory in Virginia. More than 1,700 jobs and enough solar energy to match all of the factory's needs are just two of the highlights of the…
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Health

High Blood Pressure Found In 47% of Women With High Levels of ‘Forever Chemicals’, Study Finds

Green Queen Team Jun 16, 2022

New research finds perfluoroalkyls and polyfluoroalkyls (PFAS) 'forever chemicals' increase the risk of high blood pressure for women. But new research also shows common household items may help destroy these toxins. Women between the…
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Climate Change

Corporate Sustainability Plans Are On the Rise, Action, Not So Much, Report Finds

Green Queen Team Jun 15, 2022

Creating a sustainability action plan and actually acting on are two different things. And according to recent research, the divide between the two is evident in a number of companies. According to the report, "Closing the Green Gap,"…
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Climate Change

Climate Change Is Coming for Your Sriracha

Green Queen Team Jun 14, 2022

Can't imagine a world without Sriracha hot sauce? You may want to increase your efforts to combat climate change as drought conditions have put a stop on Huy Fong's Sriracha orders through September. Monterrey, Mexico, an industrial…
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Plastic Pollution

Deadly Pathogens Travel From Land to Sea on Microplastics, Study Finds

Green Queen Team Jun 13, 2022

There's another case for reducing plastic waste—scientists have discovered that microplastic can carry diseases from land to sea. The findings, published in the journal Scientific Reports, are the first to connect microplastics in…
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Climate Change

New Zealand’s ‘Burp Tax’ Would Help Reduce Emissions From Livestock

Green Queen Team Jun 12, 2022

With more than ten million cows and more than 26 million sheep, New Zealand's agriculture sector makes up nearly half of its greenhouse gas emissions. A new 'burp tax' could change that. With just about five million people, sheep and…
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Alt Protein

Good Meat Breaks Ground On the Largest Cultivated Meat Facility In Asia

Green Queen Team Jun 11, 2022

Eat Just's Good Meat has broken ground on the largest cultivated meat factory in Asia. Building on its success in Singapore after becoming the first company to earn regulatory approval for cultivated meat in the city-state, Eat Just's…
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Alt Dairy

Remilk’s Precision Fermentation Dairy Is the Second to Earn U.S. GRAS Status

Green Queen Team Jun 10, 2022

Two years after California-based Perfect Day became the first company to earn GRAS status for its precision fermentation β-lactoglobulin—the primary protein in whey found in cow and sheep milk—Tel Aviv's Remilk has become the second…
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Alt Protein

IntegriCulture Expands Its Cell-Based Egg Protein to New Skincare Range ‘L’Oeuf’

Green Queen Team Jun 8, 2022

Cell-based egg comes to a new skincare line as Japan's IntegriCulture expands its Cellament reach, demonstrating the power of its tech. It's been a busy year for cellular agriculture startup IntegriCulture. It kicked off January with a…
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Plastic Pollution

Plastic Waste to Triple By 2060, Warns OECD

Green Queen Team Jun 6, 2022

A new report finds global plastic waste is set to triple, and exceed one billion tons by 2060. Despite the growing efforts to reduce virgin plastic production and reduce waste, the new data released by the Organisation for Economic…
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Biodiversity

44% of the Earth Needs Protecting to Safeguard Biodiversity, New Study Finds

Green Queen Team Jun 6, 2022

New research published in the journal Science shows a drastic need to protect land areas in order to safeguard the planet's biodiversity. According to the research, led by the University of Amsterdam, 24.7 million square miles—nearly…
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Climate Change

On World Environment Day, U.N. Calls for Climate Action: ‘It Is Vital’

Green Queen Team Jun 6, 2022

The United Nations leveraged World Environment Day yesterday as yet another call for urgent climate action. "This planet is our only home," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said in a statement ahead of the 49th annual…
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Biodiversity

This Is the World’s Most Sustainable Furniture Factory (And It’s Not Ikea)

Green Queen Team Jun 3, 2022

Calling it the most sustainable factory of its kind in the world, the outdoor furniture manufacturer Vestre has opened the doors to its $30 million Magnor, Norway facility. While Sweden's Ikea gets most of the glory when it comes to…
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Alt Dairy

Strive Nutrition Blends Plants and Perfect Day’s Precision Fermentation In New Line of Sustainable Milk

Green Queen Team Jun 3, 2022

In a partnership that blends precision fermentation and plant-based ingredients, Strive Nutrition has launched a line of dairy alternatives featuring Perfect Day's animal-free whey. The new line of milk from Kansas-based Strive…
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