Muji Launches Furniture Rental Subscription Service With Work-From-Home Sets
Japanese homeware retailer Muji is introducing a furniture subscription service as working from home becomes the new normal after months of the coronavirus pandemic. Launching this Friday (July 17), consumers in Japan will be able to rent!-->…
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Value-Led Recruiting: Patagonia’s Purpose Mission Attracts 9,000 Applications Per JD (Including Interns)
Patagonia, the famed outdoor apparel brand known for its green credentials and do-good mission, is attracting the top talent amongst younger generations. In a recent speech at Columbia Business School, the brand’s CEO Rose Marcario shared!-->…
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Vevolution To Develop New Digital Hub For Plant-Based Startups & Investors
London-based movement promoting plant-based lifestyles, Vevolution, recently announced that it will now be setting up a new digital platform for entrepreneurs and investors. In a statement, the founders said that in order to expand their!-->…
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Grounded Foods Secures US$1.74M Seed Funding For Fermented Vegan Cheese
Los Angeles-based vegan cheese maker Grounded Foods has recently announced that it has closed a US$1.74 million seed funding round led by alternative protein venture capital Stray Dog Capital. The startup says it will be using the capital!-->…
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Tokyo Burger Joint Goes 100% Vegan After Pandemic Wake-Up Call
Great Lakes Tokyo, a burger restaurant in Tokyo, has recently revamped into a 100% vegan restaurant amid the coronavirus pandemic. For restaurant owner John Penny, the decision was made after realising how the animal industry contributed!-->…
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117 SMEs Sign Circular Fashion Pledge To Push For Industry-Wide Change
Launched in April this year, the 2020 Circular Fashion Pledge is an initiative engaging small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to kickstart a circularity commitment. Since then, over 110 SME brands have signed onto the pledge, and are!-->…
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Precious Metals: We Dump 53 Million Tonnes Of E-Waste Every Year, China & US Top List
A new United Nations report has revealed the astonishing waste generated by our electronics. Last year, the world dumped over 53 million tonnes of e-waste with only a tiny fraction ending up recycled. According to the analysts, the!-->…
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Supermarket Shelf: Plant-Based Meat Sales 23% Higher When Placed Next To Meat
A new study by U.S. supermarket chain Kroger and trade association Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) has found that plant-based meat sales increased by 23% when those items were sold in the meat department. The research, which shows!-->…
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Federer Kicks? Tennis Superstar Launches Sustainable Vegan Leather Sneakers
Legendary tennis champion Roger Federer has recently launched his first tennis-inspired vegan sneaker. Partnering with Swiss footwear brand On, the new unisex tennis sneaker is made from vegan leather and is designed to be as lightweight!-->…
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Are SDGs An Environmental ‘Smokescreen’? Scientists Warn Global Goals Failing To Protect Biodiversity
According to a team of scientists from Singapore, Canada and Australia, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), designed to better the lives of people and the planet, are failing to protect biodiversity. This oversight,!-->…
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Animal-Free Dairy Startup Perfect Day Series C Reaches US$300M As Investors Go All In On Milk Alternatives
California-based food tech Perfect Day has expanded its Series C funding round to US$300 million following a second tranche led by a US$50 million injection from Thematic Investing, the investment group under the Canada Pension Plan!-->…
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New Book Exposes WWF Backing Of Inhumane Trophy Hunting Industry
In a new book, ex-campaign staffer for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) claims that the organisation he used to work for as well as other conservation agencies such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) offers!-->…
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Finland, Netherlands & Canada To Promote Circularity In Coronavirus Economic Recovery
Led by the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, an independent foundation operated under the supervision of the Finnish parliament, Finland, Canada and the Netherlands will be co-hosting events to promote circularity in coronavirus economic!-->…
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Hong Kong Composting Guide: Ways To Compost Your Food Waste In The City
Composting is one of the most effective ways to minimise food waste, which accounts for 30% of what is thrown away for the average household and contributes 10% of global carbon emissions. According to NGO Feeding Hong Kong, over 3,600!-->…
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It Consultant By Day, Vegan Restaurateur By Night: Big Dill Founder Brings Delicious Diner Classics To Sai Ying Pun
Australian Zacki Hamid moved to Hong Kong two years ago as an IT consultant and today that's still his day job. But now, he’s also proud restaurateur. Hamid and his business partner Chris Growney launched Big Dill in late May, a new eatery!-->…
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Conscious Consumers: 10 Ways Millennials & Gen Zs Are Changing How & What We Buy
Look around your regular grocery store or high street shops, and it’s pretty hard to miss the major changes that have taken place as new trends shake up decades-old established industries. Thanks to millennials (people born between 1981!-->…
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UN Report: Demand For Animal Protein & Livestock Farming Driving Zoonotic Diseases
In a new report by the United Nations, rising consumption of animal protein and unsustainable agricultural intensification as a result of demand for animal-based foods were listed among the seven major causes of zoonotic disease emergence.!-->…
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Dairy Industry May Be Wiped Out By Coronavirus Crisis & Rising Plant-Based Trend
Dairy farmers are now in the midst of an existential crisis as the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the industry while consumers keep shifting to plant-based alternatives. Even with billions of dollars provided by stimulus packages,!-->…
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South Korea Backs Indonesia Coal Venture Against Own Green New Deal Pledges
Apparently in South Korea, environmental concerns are limited to domestic policy. Contradicting its recent Green New Deal pledges to tackle the climate crisis, South Korea will be backing a new coal project in Indonesia. The move by the!-->…
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Singapore Vegan Food Tech Karana Closes US$1.7M Seed Funding For Its Jackfruit Alt Meat
Singapore-based whole foods plant-based meat brand, Karana, has announced today (July 9) that it has closed US$1.7 million in a seed funding round. Using regionally abundant organic young jackfruit, the startup creates less processed vegan!-->…
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Zalando, ASOS & Next Drop Boohoo Over Factory Exploitation Allegations
Fashion retail giants Next, Zalando and ASOS have just pulled fast fashion brand Boohoo off their sites after allegations of worker’s exploitation, low pay and hazardous working conditions at the company’s supplier factory in Leicester in!-->…
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