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Chinese homegrown food tech Zhenmeat has recently revealed two new products – plant-based pork tenderloin and crayfish – which will be available in domestic restaurant chains. The latest additions to the startup’s original line up, which…
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Actress and activist Emma Watson has just joined the board of French luxury fashion group Kering as a director, and has also been appointed as the chair of the board’s sustainability committee. Kering, whose fashion brands include Gucci,…
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Hong Kong-based Redress, a charity dedicated to fighting fashion waste, has just established its new headquarters in Sham Shui Po, the heart of the city’s historical textile manufacturing hub. The new space will feature a Retrospective…
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Carbonanalyser is a new browser extension that allows users to see the climate impact of your internet activity. It goes further than simply calculating your online carbon emissions and reveals which websites or apps are consuming the…
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As business begins to return to normal in Hong Kong, we’ve got exciting news coming up in the city’s thriving plant-based food scene. Plenty of new plant-based bites and eateries to try out across the city this month, and we’re here to…
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World Refugee Day is observed on June 20 each year, representing a day to recognise the situation of refugees all over the world and the acute hardships that they face. There are around 25 million refugees and displaced peoples in the…
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Charoen Pokphand Foods Pcl (CPF) will be rolling out plant-based meat products this year in response to growing demand, as well as operate using circular economy principles in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). For…
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A new study conducted by researchers from Hong Kong and the United States has found that shark fin sold in Hong Kong contains dangerously high levels of toxic mercury. All samples taken from shops in Sheung Wan tested positive for levels…
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By: Rachel Ramirez Adán Vez Lira, a prominent defender of an ecological reserve in Mexico, was shot while riding his motorcycle in April. Four years earlier, the renowned activist Berta Cáceres was shot dead in…
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Global sportswear and sneaker giant Adidas is veganising its most iconic Adidas original designs. It has revamped two classic models, the Samba and the Continental 80, and both shoes are now completely animal-free and contains sustainable…
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Central’s iconic tower Jardine House has just welcomed a new food hall with ten restaurant partners. Called BaseHall, the new dining destination transforms the original decades-old concept of a food hall with current consumer trends: a…
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Link Asset Management, the manager of Link REIT, has just secured a five-year sustainability-linked loan of HKD$1 billion (US$129 million) from Singapore-headquartered OCBC Bank. It marks the property company’s first sustainability-linked…
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New modelling data suggests that worst-case scenarios of global heating may not be severe enough, and that the climate is significantly more sensitive to greenhouse gases than previously thought. Rather than a 3 °C shift in climate…
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Between September and March every year, fishermen in the Japan's small coastal town of Taiji go on a gruesome hunt for dolphins. Famously depicted in the documentary film The Cove, the so-called Taiji dolphin hunters lure pods of dolphins…
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Epigamia, a Mumbai-based greek yogurt brand, has just revealed its new 100% plant-based yogurt line made with coconut milk. The product range includes an unsweetened coconut yogurt and a coconut jaggery flavoured yogurt. Epigamia cites the…
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Malaysian food tech Phuture Foods has recently launched its new vegan pork mince product, Phuture Mince. The plant-based analogue is currently available at a number of restaurants in Singapore, with the startup planning to bring Phuture…
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Colorado-based food tech MycoTechnology has just raised US$39 million in a Series D funding round, which it plans to use to enlarge its existing platform of functional plant-based ingredients. The investment round attracted big names…
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Hong Kong-based travel booking platform and app Klook has recently launched “Klook Home”, consisting of new home-based experiences. Users on Klook Home can book online workshops, virtual tours and cooking classes as the company adapts to…
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A recent investigation by Hong Kong local news media HK01 has revealed that plastic bottles collected in recycling bins at residential housing estates have been sent to landfills. Using plastic bottles wired with GPS trackers, the…
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The founder of Reformation, the darling of sustainable millennial fashion brands, has stepped down from her role as CEO after multiple accusations of deep-running workplace racism embedded in the company. Yael Aflalo will be replaced by…
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A new editorial article authored by leading academic physicians from the US to New Zealand says that the coronavirus pandemic is showing humanity that unsustainable and dangerous factory farming must be phased out for alternative proteins.…
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