Country Road grants over $400k with Climate Fund

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Australian fashion brand Country Road has handed out over $400,000 in grant funding in 2024, adding onto $547,000 handed out last year as part of its Climate Fund.
The Climate Fund was launched in 2022 by the fashion brand, the first of its kind in the Australian fashion industry, pledging $1.5 million over three years.

 

Textile waste tech solution RediRobots received $30,000. Redirobots is a robotic solution to assist in sorting and handling waste textiles for recycling.

 

RediRobots has reportedly developed technology to automate this process of sorting textile waste by colour and garment type. This pilot project is in collaboration with Textile Recyclers Australia and the University of Canberra.

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