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Hong Kong Sustainable Activewear Brand Transforms Plastic Waste Into Leggings
Launched in October, Good Days is a new activewear brand recycling post-consumer plastic waste into leggings, tops and sports bras. Based in Hong Kong and partnering with sustainable suppliers in Taiwan and ethical manufacturers in!-->…
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Where To Eat (Plants) This November: New Vegan Restaurant Openings, Menus & Food News
It’s the news you’ve been waiting for – the most comprehensive list of new vegan bites and eateries to try out across Hong Kong this month, and as always, we’re amazed at how the city’s plant-based food scene just keeps growing, especially!-->…
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Hong Kong Raw Vegan Chef Tina Barrat Debuts New Plant-Based Restaurant MA…And The Seeds Of Life
Chef Tina Barrat, well-known in the Hong Kong plant-based community for her artisan vegan cheese wheels, nourishing plant-based lunch delivery service and sold-out private dinners, as well as her storied history as co-founder of the!-->…
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GreenFest Returns To Hong Kong To Unite Youths & Dive Into Circular Solutions
After its first edition in 2018, GreenFest is returning to Hong Kong for its second festival this year to bring together the city’s younger generation and spotlight key sustainability issues. Held virtually on November 28-29, the two-day!-->…
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Impossible Foods Launches Retail At 200 Stores In Hong Kong & Singapore
During an exclusive virtual media conference held today (October 20), which featured the food tech’s senior executives attended by Green Queen, Impossible Foods officially announced the first retail launch of its plant-based products in!-->…
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Swedish Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Gives Support To Save 12 Hong Kong Youths
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has just joined the campaign demanding the release of 12 Hongkongers who have been arrested and detained in mainland China. On Twitter, Thunberg wrote that “12 is more than a number” and nominated a!-->…
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Forested Foods: Hong Kong-Raised Founder Pioneering Sustainable Tree Agriculture In Ethiopia
Raised in Hong Kong and now based in Ethiopia, social entrepreneur Ariana Day Yuen became inspired to create a sustainable supply chain for foods when she witnessed the complexity of agricultural systems while working at an NGO in the East!-->…
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McDonald’s x OmniLuncheon: Here’s The 411 On The New #PlantBased Menu
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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7-11: Vegan Ready Meals Are Now Available All 800 Hong Kong Stores
Just a day after Green Monday made headlines for its long-term collaboration with McDonald’s Hong Kong, launching an industry-first vegetarian menu across locations in the city and in Macau, the plant-based group is expanding its presence!-->…
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Zero Waste Boozing? Hong Kong’s First Closed Loop Bar Penicillin To Open Doors
Hong Kong’s first-ever bar operating using a closed-loop model of production is slated to open this month. Called Penicillin, the sustainable bar will offer an entire menu of minimal-waste cocktails made with locally sourced or upcycled!-->…
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Q&A w/ ReThink Organizer Chris Brown: “There’s Very Little Awareness Of The Impact Sustainability Can Have On Running A Business”
Chris Brown is the founder and director of ReThink, Hong Kong’s first dedicated sustainability conference that brings together corporates, organisations and nonprofits together to answer how businesses can accelerate change towards a more!-->…
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McDonald’s Milestone: Hong Kong Franchise Launches First Vegetarian Menu With Green Monday’s OmniPork Luncheon
After teasing about the collaboration on social media over the weekend, Hong Kong’s plant-based group Green Monday has announced a milestone partnership with McDonald’s. An all-new plant-based menu will roll out across the city at all 280!-->…
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Ovolo Hotels: First Hospitality Group To Go 100% Vegetarian For A Year
Ovolo Hotels has just announced that it is going to go completely vegetarian across all its restaurants, bars and room service for a whole year, making it the first hotel group to do so. The pledge is part of the company’s wider!-->…
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Wasted Fashion: 1/3 Of All Clothing In Hong Kong Wardrobes Never Worn
A new study commissioned by Hong Kong-based environmental nonprofit Redress has revealed that a third of clothing in Hongkongers’ wardrobes are never or rarely worn. The research also found that two in five consumers in the city keep their!-->…
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Where To Eat (Plants) This September: New Vegan Restaurant Openings, Menus & Food News
Despite the fact that we still have a 4-person dine-in rule (thanks, Covid-19!), Hong Kong’s plant-based food scene is not going anywhere. There are so many new vegan bites and eateries to try out across the city this month, and as always,!-->…
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OmniPork Luncheon: You Can Now Buy ‘Vegan Spam’ In Hong Kong Shops, Taiwan & China Coming Soon
OmniPork Luncheon, the world’s first vegan version of the canned processed meat made famous by Hormel’s Spam brand, is now available for retail in Hong Kong. Developed by Green Monday’s food tech arm OmniFoods, the groundbreaking!-->…
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Plant-Based Pioneer Green Monday Raises US$70M In Record Breaking Round
Green Monday, the Hong Kong-headquartered plant-based group, has just announced it has raised US$70 million in financing, marking the largest of its kind to date in Asia. It has also recently been named on Fortune Magazine’s annual Change!-->…
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Pink Dolphins Spotted: Hong Kong Numbers Spike As Covid-19 Slashes Ferry Traffic
Rare Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, known as pink dolphins, have made a return to waters around Hong Kong due to the decline in high-speed ferry traffic amid the coronavirus pandemic. Scientists say that the threatened species usually!-->…
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Gucci For Rent? Southeast Asia’s Largest Circular Fashion Platform Style Theory Lands In Hong Kong
Style Theory, the Singapore-headquartered circular fashion platform, has just entered Hong Kong. Starting this month, Hong Kong residents can lease, sell and purchase designer garments and accessories from the platform’s curated selection!-->…
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Starbucks Rolls Out Plant-Based Options In Asian Markets With Impossible, Beyond & Oatly
Global coffee chain Starbucks has announced that it is adding new plant-based items on its menus across Asia this month, including products made with leading plant-based brands such as Impossible Foods, Beyond Meat and Oatly. The!-->…
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Impossible Sausage Makes Its First International Debut At All Stores In Hong Kong
During an invite-only virtual media conference featuring the company's most senior executives attended by Green Queen, Impossible Foods has officially announced today (September 10) the launch of its Impossible Sausage Made From Plants in!-->…
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