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ABOUT SONALIE

Sonalie Figueiras is the world’s Green Queen, the founding editor of the eponymous media, a serial entrepreneur and a sought-out global keynote speaker. 

2025 AsiaGlobal Fellow
2023 V Label Global Hero
2021 Prestige Women of Power
2019 Tatler GEN T Honoree
2-time TEDx Speaker
 

AsiaGlobal Fellow 2025, 2021 Women of Power, 2019 GEN T Honouree, V Label Global Hero, and two-time TEDx Speaker: serial social entrepreneur and trends forecaster Sonalie Figueiras is a sustainability expert, food futurist, and eco-powerhouse who has been inspiring international audiences for over a decade with practical steps to combat climate change. Known globally as the Green Queen, she is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning Green Queen, the original impact media platform that educates millions about the link between food technology and climate change. She is also the co-founder and CEO of organic sourcing platform Ekowarehouse and climate tech SaaS Source Green

With over a decade of experience in publishing, digital marketing, organic trade, sustainability, alternative proteins and green packaging, she is a climate tech industry veteran with a keen eye for market trends and a sought-after international keynote speaker and moderator, sharing her expertise on stages across Asia and beyond, including Harvard Business School and two times at TEDx.

Further, Sonalie is a venture partner at APAC agrifood climate fund Better Bite Venturesan operating advisor at European food and climate tech fund Mudcake and an advisor at US alternative protein & biotech fund Alwyn Capital

She is a board advisor at Food for Climate League, a US-based trailblazing, women-led nonprofit working to make climate-smart eating the norm, a global advisor at Social Ventures Hong Kong, an Impact Purpose Organisation committed to re-imagining Hong Kong as a purpose-driven city, an advisor at The Remedy Project, which revolutionises access to justice for migrant workers globally, a cause close to her heart.

An avid home cook, Sonalie is also a published cookbook author. 

GLOBAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER: SONALIE FIGUEIRAS

Sonalie Figueiras brings a unique, intersectional lens to sustainability, combining entrepreneurship, media, and tech innovation to drive systemic change. As a globally recognized expert (Asia Global Institute Fellow, GEN T Honouree, V Label Global Hero), she is​ a veteran speaker, keynote, interviewer & panelist and has been sharing her insights and expertise on stages for over a decade.

Speaking expertise:

  • Food and Climate

  • Future Food Trends

  • Climate Consumer Behavior

  • Sustainable Proteins & Food Tech

  • Climate Change 


➡️ 300+ Stages
➡️ 80+ Corporates
➡️ 40+ Universities & Schools
➡️ 25+ Cities across APAC, Europe & North America
➡️ 15+ Countries

Select Previous Speaking Engagements:
➡️ Bridge2Food Europe – Copenhagen, Denmark, Jun 2026

➡️ SXSW Sydney – Australia, Oct 2025

➡️ AltProteins25 – Sydney, Oct 2025

➡️ SynbioBeta – San Jose, CA, May 2025
➡️ Dubai Future Forum – Dubai, Nov 2024
➡️ AltProteins24 – Melbourne, Oct 2024
➡️ Macau Pulses Congress – Macao, Sep 2024
➡️ Vegan Indian Conference – Mumbai, Jul 2024
➡️ HackSummit – Lausanne, Switzerland Jun 2024
➡️ COP28 – Dubai, UAE, 2023
➡️ Future Food-Tech – San Francisco, CA, Feb 2023
➡️ Rethinking Materials – London, UK, 2023
➡️ Harvard Business School – Cambridge, MA, Feb 2020
➡️ TEDx 2018 & 2020
➡️ World Law Forum – Hong Kong 2019
➡️ CSR Asia – Hong Kong 2018

Select Corporate Speaking Clients: 
➡️ JP Morgan
➡️ KPMG
➡️ UBS
➡️ Bank of America Merrill Lynch
➡️ HSBC
➡️ Amgen
➡️ ABN Amro
➡️ Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP & OPEDS

How China quietly became the world’s climate policy leader

SCMP

Jan 4, 2026

China’s next strategic edge? Sustainable protein

Eco-Business

Apr 28, 2026

SELECT PREVIOUS CLIENTS - 80+ CORPORATE TALKS DELIVERED

SELECT PODCAST APPEARANCES - 50+ RECORDED

SELECT INTERVIEWS & KEYNOTES

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CLIMATE COOKBOOK AUTHOR

The Green Queen Zero Waste Vegan Meal Plan & Recipe eBook - The World's FIRST 28-Day Meal Plan For The Climate Conscious

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