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Rapusia: Search Engine Uses Advertising Income To Back Social & Environmental Projects
Rapusia is a new web search engine that helps raise money for the company to fund social and environmental projects globally. Born out of South African charity Tennis World Foundation and sports news Coppini Trading, Rapusia currently!-->…
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Stories Of Nepal: Platform Helps Communities Who Face Flooding & Food Shortages Amidst Covid-19
Stories of Nepal, an initiative created by street photographer Jay Poudyal and inspired by Humans of New York, has just raised US$26,000 in donations from the community to distribute across nine regions in Nepal for individuals who have!-->…
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Vegan Eid? Thanks To Million Dollar Vegan, 2,000 Pune Citizens Celebrated The Plant-Based Way
Organised by international nonprofit Million Dollar Vegan, more than 2,000 people in Kondhwa in the city of Pune, India enjoyed a plant-based meal to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr. The meal was provided as part of a food donation programme to!-->…
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INTERVIEW: Reemi Co-Founder Emily Au-Young On Fighting Period Poverty “If We Care About People, We Have To Care About The Planet”
We recently sat down with Emily Au-Young, co-founder of menstrual care charity Reemi. Based in New Zealand, the organisation has developed the world's first self-disinfecting period reusable underwear product, which will see 100% of the!-->…
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5 Social Impact Startups Revolutionising Feminine Care Across Asia
For many of us, feminine hygiene and women’s care products seem like a basic necessity. However, in many countries all over the world - including in our own city - millions of women are still unable to gain access to the products,!-->…
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Asian Investors Are Increasingly Looking To Do Good But ‘Impact Washing’ Remains A Concern
Impact investment is on the rise in Asia, as the younger generation of investors are looking for a more holistic approach that takes into account positive social and environmental returns. This marks a shift away from the conventional!-->…
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What You Missed At Vol.5 of Green Queen’s UN SDG #PlantBased Dinner Highlighting #GlobalGoal 12
Vol. 5 of our #PlantBased Dinner Series at Roots was another sold-out, hugely inspiring success, highlighting Goal #12 of Responsible Consumption & Production with a talk by Hong Kong charity Redress and a special gift from British!-->…
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Social Venture HATCH Co-Working Factory Empowers Local Women By Reviving ‘Made In Hong Kong’ Culture
Hong Kong social venture, HATCH, is a co-working factory that seeks to lift women out of poverty through artisanal and manufacturing work that was once embedded in the city’s history as an industrial centre. Currently, four local brands!-->…
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Green Queen Joins Forces With #Togetherband Campaign On UN SDG Dinner Series To Raise Awareness For #GlobalGoals
We are thrilled to share that British sustainable luxury brand Bottletop’s #Togetherband initiative will be joining forces with Green Queen’s United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Dinner Series to support and promote global!-->…
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Hong Kong Restaurant Celebrates Grand Opening With Campaign To Plant 10,000 Trees To Fight Climate Change
On Saturday 26th October, TREEHOUSE will be hosting a party to celebrate their grand opening and contribute to a great cause: fight climate change through planting trees. The event is free to join, and it promises to be an evening full of!-->…
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Spotlighting Gender Equality With HER Fund: Vol. 4 UN SDG Dinner At Uma Nota
We recently hosted Volume 4 of our #Plantbased Dinner Series at Uma Nota, spotlighting Goal #5 of Gender Equality & Female Empowerment and featuring local Hong Kong NGO the HER Fund. Just in case you missed the event, or would like to!-->…
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INTERVIEW: The “Shark Lady” Andrea Richey On An Uphill Shark-Saving Battle
We recently sat down with the Andrea Richey, Education Director of the Hong Kong Shark Foundation (HKSF), fondly known as the city’s “Shark Lady”. Richey has been at the forefront of leading shark conservation in Hong Kong, and inspiring!-->…
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Crossroads Charity Launches GoodCity Upcycling App To Fight Hong Kong Waste Problem
Hong Kong charity Crossroads Foundation has recently launched an upcycling phone app and complementary online platform GoodCity, which allow users to donate and request unwanted goods. The app, funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Charities!-->…
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What You Missed At Green Queen’s Vol.3 SDG Dinner At Bedu Feat. Feeding Hong Kong
Green Queen hosted the third edition of our United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) #PlantBased Dinner Series to gather around delicious food at Soho restaurant & bar BEDU and learn about SDG #2 No Hunger from founder of!-->…
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Green Queen UN SDG Dinner Series: An Evening of Community Highlighting Ethiopian Cuisine & The Global Fight Against Poverty
Green Queen hosted the second edition of our United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) #PlantBased Dinner Series, bringing our community together at Africa Coffee & Tea, Hong Kong's resident Ethiopian restaurant, and featuring!-->…
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Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour Auctions Off 126 Guitars For $21 Million To Fight Climate Change
We all need some good news sometimes: iconic guitarist and songwriter David Gilmour of Pink Floyd recently auctioned off 126 of his guitars in June and donated the profits to fight climate change. If you’re having a bad day, this should!-->…
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8 Things You Can Do To Help Save The Amazon Rainforest
As the raging wildfires continue to blacken skies across the Amazon region, enraged commentators have had little to say about what actions people can take beyond retweeting. There are actionable measures that we can all take right now to!-->…
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5 Corporate Bonding Activities To Make Hong Kong A Better Place
Team work makes the dream work right? Team-building activities are becoming more and more popular in many companies. But while colleagues are getting to know each other better, they might as well also be working together for a bigger!-->…
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Sustainability Matters: What Does The Word Sustainability Even Mean?
Our new columnist Rebecca Walker Chan, founder of SouthPaw Sustainability Consulting is one of Hong Kong's foremost sustainability experts, advising some of the city's biggest MNCs, as well as startups and SMEs, on ESG reporting and how to!-->…
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What You Missed At Green Queen’s UN SDG #PlantBased Dinner Series Vol. 1
"None of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs – the internationally agreed framework for tackling poverty, inequality, disease and climate change – can be achieved without the contribution of higher education through!-->…
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Hong Kong’s Greenest Food Truck: Impossible Foods x Invisible Kitchen Limited Edition Vegan-Friendly Collab
Don’t miss out on Hong Kong’s greenest food truck experience: grab your Revolv reusable lunchbox and stuff your face with Buddha Bowls & Subs featuring plant-based Impossible meat!
Invisible Kitchen, hailed as Hong Kong’s most!-->!-->!-->…
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