Alt Materials

Ginkgo Bioworks, the Boston-based synbio startup, has gone public on the NYSE and raised $1.6 billion to fuel its cell programming platform.
Read More...

Luxury fashion group Kering has pledged to ditch fur across all its brands, as high-end labels face greater scrutiny over animal welfare and environmental practices. From late 2022, none of Kering’s brands, including Alexander McQueen,…
Read More...

There’s no shortage of innovation in sustainable fashion, with brands making bags out of mushroom leather and clothing from recycled plastic bottles. But what about sustainable eyewear? Prepare to be impressed, because sunglasses are now…
Read More...

Three of Switzerland’s largest food companies, Givaudan, Bühler and Migros, are now joining forces to build a new cell-based meat factory. Located in Zurich, the Cultured Food Innovation Hub will house a pilot production plant, as well as…
Read More...

NoMy has announced the closing of a seed funding round to accelerate its fungi-powered sustainable solutions. Based in Oslo, the Norwegian startup uses fungal mycelium to develop alternatives for everything from food to materials, such as…
Read More...

Bringing together 700 executives and food experts, the upcoming Future Food-Tech Summit will showcase the latest in sustainable nutrition.
Read More...

Based in the Netherlands, Geneus Biotech is a biomaterials startup that just debuted its first product: a cell-based fur alternative.
Read More...

By: Mitchell P. Jones Fungi — a scientific goldmine? Well, that’s what a review published today in the journal Trends in Biotechnology indicates. You may think mushrooms are a long chalk from the caped crusaders of…
Read More...

Iconic Nike sneakers could soon be made out of a regenerative material that actually captures more emissions than it needs to be produced. Partnering with Californian biotech Newlight Technologies, the sportswear giant is now exploring the…
Read More...

Pangaia, the London-based sustainable brand, has added two new bio-based alternatives dubbed PlntFiber and FrutFiber to its material line-up.
Read More...

Shoppers in China are turning away from traditional leather and are instead eyeing novel “next-gen” animal-free leather alternatives. In a new consumer poll, 90% of urban Chinese consumers said they prefer leather alternatives over their…
Read More...

Lululemon’s iconic leggings might soon be made using plant-based bio-nylon instead of the synthetic version that it’s currently made from. Partnering with Genomatica, the biotech making renewable materials, Luluemon is going to create a…
Read More...

Oatly saw an increase in earnings and is ramping up production to meet demand even as controversial legal battles plague the oat milk brand.
Read More...

Yemoja recently unveiled microalgae-derived EPS which is in high demand in cosmetics for its antiaging and rejuvenating properties.
Read More...

Outdoor and sporting goods company, REI Co-op has launched its first eco outdoor footwear line, two hiking hybrid shoes dubbed Flash and Traverse. The hiking boots are made entirely out of biobased and various recycled materials.…
Read More...

Aussie casual footwear UGG unveiled The Plant Power Collection, a vegan and sustainable shoe line that foregoes animal fur for carbon-neutral materials such as Hevea rubber, renewable sugarcane, and natural hemp, and we're loving it The…
Read More...

The vegan and mainstream media everywhere is awash with headlines about plant-based leathers. Here at Green Queen we have covered many of these new companies and brands, from cactus leather handbags to grape skin sneakers to upcycled…
Read More...

Genomatica, the startup innovating sustainable materials, has just closed a $118 million Series C round. The funding will go towards expanding its portfolio of plant-based biomaterials, which aims to replace the use of fossil fuel-based…
Read More...

Shanghai-based sustainable material startup Flocus thinks that the kapok tree holds enormous potential to disrupt the textiles industry.
Read More...

Bolt Threads will use Gingko Bioworks' strain engineering platform to scale its b-silk protein, which can replace synthetics in skincare.
Read More...

Genecis has secured US$6 million to help scale a novel biotech platform to upcycle organic waste into sustainable bioplastics.
Read More...