Story: Rescuing Garments with AI Innovation
Episode: 1
Presenter: Chrissy Morrisey
Air Date: 7th April 2024

Redefining sustainability through innovative circular solutions.

• Their grand vision is to revolutionize the fashion industry by promoting circularity. They're establishing key acupuncture points along the fashion supply chain, which are highly replicable and aimed at challenging conventional textile recycling methods.
• They seek to prove that not all fabrics need to undergo chemical dissolution and grinding for reconstruction; instead, they aim to reuse existing fabrics from garments to create new textile products, emphasizing low waste, low energy, and local production.
• With a core focus on environmental sustainability and social benefit, they're a revenue-generating company offering cost-saving solutions and innovative approaches to support the fashion industry's transition to a circular future.
• the predominantly female-led nature of the fashion industry, they're committed to creating new industry opportunities and better jobs, particularly for women and marginalized communities, on a global scale.
• rasterized by low technology penetration, is ripe for disruption, especially in the face of increasing local and global policies. Their scalable solution has the potential to empower local industry and communities, challenging the dominance of fast fashion multinationals.
• As an Australian-founded company, they believe Australia provides the ideal launchpad for Retourna before expanding their innovative approach globally.

For more information, head to:
https://retourna.group/