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AsiaGlobal Fellow 2025, 2021 Women of Power, 2019 GEN T Honouree, V Label Global Hero, and two-time TEDx Speaker: serial social entrepreneur and trends forecaster Sonalie Figueiras is a sustainability expert, food futurist, and eco-powerhouse who has been inspiring international audiences for over a decade with practical steps to combat climate change. Known globally as the Green Queen, she is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning Green Queen, the original impact media platform that educates millions about the link between food technology and climate change. She is also the co-founder and CEO of organic sourcing platform Ekowarehouse and climate tech SaaS Source Green. Additionally, Sonalie is a global keynote speaker, an advisor to multiple mission-driven startups and NGOs, and a venture partner and advisor to several venture capital funds.

Hong Kong

McDonald’s x OmniLuncheon: Here’s The 411 On The New #PlantBased Menu

Sonalie Figueiras Oct 16, 2020
Green Monday has made headlines yet again, now with a groundbreaking partnership between its food tech arm OmniFoods and McDonald's Hong Kong, making it the first plant-based startup in the world to land a major long-term collab with the…
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Climate Change

From Eutierra To Eco-Rage: This New Climate Scale Helps Describe Your Earth Emotions

Sonalie Figueiras Oct 14, 2020
Research by the American Psychiatric Association shows that more frequent natural disasters caused by climate change are contributing to a skyrocketing levels of anxiety and trauma. Isaias Hernandez is the founder and activist behind…
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Alt Protein

Plant-Based Burgers Aren’t ‘Discs’: Can The Nomenclature Police Please Stop?

Sonalie Figueiras Oct 7, 2020 0
All over the world, legislators are wasting their time (and our money) fighting battles about what to call foods we have been eating for decades. Apparently we consumers are so moronic that we are incapable of telling the difference…
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Green Business

Fortune ‘Change The World’ List: 5 Companies Creating A More Sustainable Future From Green Monday To Natura

Sonalie Figueiras Sep 22, 2020 0
Since 2015, Fortune Magazine has compiled a "Change the World" list of companies around the world who are doing well because they prioritise a mission for the people and the planet. Collaboration in a time of crisis was the ultimate focus…
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Biodiversity

‘My Octopus Teacher’ Is The Nature Film You Need To Watch Right Now

Sonalie Figueiras Sep 20, 2020 0
My Octopus Teacher is a nature documentary unlike any I have ever watched. It follows Craig Foster, an experienced diver and filmmaker, on his yearlong journey of friendship with, of all things, a wild cephalopod. I had few expectations…
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Eco Lifestyle

Happy Baton: 6 Reasons I’m Loving My Toy Rental Subscription

Sonalie Figueiras Sep 15, 2020 0
I recently got the chance to test out Happy Baton, Hong Kong's first toy rental subscription service. What's a toy rental subscription? Well a parent's dream really! Basically you sign up on Happy Baton's website, complete a short…
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Alt Protein

Plant-Based Review App abillionveg Announces US$3 Million Pre-Series A Round & Partnership With Impossible Foods

Sonalie Figueiras Sep 10, 2020 0
Singapore based plant-based review and discovery app abillionveg has closed a pre-Series A funding round totalling US$3 million with injections by Hong Kong's Nan Fung Group, CloudKitchens and York Capital. In addition, Twitter’s head of…
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Zero Waste

Zero Waste Life: 85 Tips, Suggestions & Ideas To Quit Waste For Good

Sonalie Figueiras Sep 8, 2020 0
At this point, you shouldn't need any more convincing about why it's important for all of us to try to live a lower waste lifestyle. Our plastic waste crisis has never been more acute, and living plastic-free can actually make you…
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Alt Protein

We Asked Oatly About The Blackstone Deal & Here’s What They Said

Sonalie Figueiras Sep 7, 2020 0
Oatly is the world's most famous oat milk brand to date and millions of plant-forward consumers are fans of their milks, yogurts, creams and ice cream products that are entirely made from plants. Even the biggest coffee chain in the world,…
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Circular Economy

The Future Of Takeaway & Delivery Food Packaging: Q&A w/ BarePack Co-Founder Roxane Uzureau

Sonalie Figueiras Sep 1, 2020 0
Founded just last year, barePack is a Singaporean startup that offers a convenient solution to make takeaway orders more sustainable and fight the mounting waste crisis caused by disposables. It is touted as the “world’s first unlimited…
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Interviews

In-Depth: Ana Andjelic On The Business Of Aspiration & Why Consumers Now Care About The Planet

Sonalie Figueiras Aug 28, 2020 0
Ana Andjelic is a strategy executive, global thought-leader, author, speaker, sociologist and brand strategist who has worked at the world’s top brands and advertising agencies. Her popular newsletter (which is how I found her) The…
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Alt Protein

Impossible Foods Raises US$ 200M Series G To Accelerate Scale-Up

Sonalie Figueiras Aug 14, 2020 0
Adding to its impressive funding war chest, Impossible Foods, the Redwood City, California-based foodtech startup and maker of the now world famous plant-based Impossible burger patty, has announced today that it has secured another US$200…
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Charity

Hong Kong Shifts Photography Series: A Harbour Cleaner & A Recycling Worker

Sonalie Figueiras Aug 12, 2020 0
Welcome to Part 2 of our limited edition series in which we partner with Hong Kong Shifts to bring you the stories of everyday shift workers across Hong Kong who work tirelessly in the background of our busy lives to keep Asia's world city…
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Eco Lifestyle

We Tested These New Bamboo Sheets & Pillows And Had Our Best Sleep In Months

Sonalie Figueiras Jul 23, 2020 0
Heveya is on a mission to make genuinely sleep as good (and as sustainable) as possible for everyone. The company, based out of Singapore and Hong Kong, offers customers something truly special: comfortable, high-quality and eco-friendly…
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Interviews

VIDEO Q&A: David Yeung On Bringing Beyond Meat To Asia & The IPO That Changed The World

Sonalie Figueiras May 2, 2020 0
Has it really been one year since the Beyond Meat IPO that rocked the world, breaking records as the year's second most successful listing and the most successful vegan one of all time? In many ways, it feels like only yesterday. In…
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Consumer Trends & Insights

Green Queen: 10 Things I Hope Will Change After The Coronavirus

Sonalie Figueiras Mar 27, 2020 0
The coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the globe has completely changed our daily reality. According to the latest data, two billion people on the planet are now on lock-down. Which means they have to work from home, are isolated from…
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Consumer Trends & Insights

Business Trends: My 10 Predictions For A Post Corona World By Green Queen

Sonalie Figueiras Mar 26, 2020 0
I've already shared with you my hopes for a better world. But I have also been thinking about how the coronavirus is affecting/will affect all kinds of industries. At the moment we have no idea how much longer this crisis will last and we…
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Zero Waste

5 Ways To Reduce Food Waste At Home From Feeding Hong Kong’s Founder

Sonalie Figueiras Sep 10, 2019 0
As the founder of Hong Kong's first globally affiliated food bank, Feeding Hong Kong, Gabrielle Kirstein knows a thing or two about food waste. Feeding Hong Kong has to-date provided over 7.3 million meals to Hong Kong's hungriest. While…
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Wellness

INTERVIEW: How To Get Started With CBD – We Talk Dosing, Best Brands & Skincare Picks With Heavens Please

Sonalie Figueiras Aug 15, 2019 0
Welcome to Part 2 of our interview with Denise Tam, the enlightened founder of Hong Kong's premier CBD destination Heavens Please and the city's resident expert on all things CBD, where we talk about dosing, how to get started, why CBD…
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Wellness

Green Queen Test Drive: Hong Kong’s Fivelements Habitat – Our Day in Urban Heaven

Sonalie Figueiras Aug 7, 2019 0
We recently had the chance to check out Hong Kong’s newest wellness space, Fivelements Habitat, to see what all our favorite wellfluencers are buzzing about (and to update our dear readers of course) and impressed is an understatement for…
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Vegan Dining

Where To Eat (Plants) This August: New Vegan Restaurant Openings, Menus & Food News

Sonalie Figueiras Jul 25, 2019 0
Never thought we would say this, but it's getting hard to keep up with Hong Kong's vegan scene- there is just so much going on! From groundbreaking fine dining to the largest Western cuisine fast-casual vegetarian restaurant, it's never…
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