Meet the category winners: Innovating for environmental sustainability
See the videos entered by the Xero Beautiful Business Fund innovating for environmental sustainability category winners.
Global winner: Other Matter | Australia
Other Matter® Decals offer an innovative and environmentally responsible alternative to traditional vinyl decals using a sustainable, algae-based polymer that’s fully recyclable to ensure a circular lifecycle. Funding will help move production from being handmade to using automated systems.
Website: https://other-matter.com
Glory Allan | Canada
Glory Allan creates sewing tutorials built specifically for beginners and then pairs them with DIY kits containing everything needed to sew along, helping people create their own clothes and reduce garment waste. The funding will build a new kit focused on an accessible approach to hand sewing.
Website: https://www.gloryallan.com/
Confidential Document Destruction | New Zealand
Confidential Document Destruction specializes in secure document destruction, as well as e-waste and soft plastic collection. They pride themselves on all collected waste entering a circular economy instead of landfills. The funding will go towards a new plastic baler so they can keep up with demand.
Website: https://cddnz.co.nz/
Seven Clean Seas | Singapore
Seven Clean Seas is an ocean impact organization working to remove 10 million kilograms of plastic from the oceans by 2025 whilst providing fair and direct employment in the communities they operate. The funding will support key new washing equipment for recovered plastic and scaling their impact.
Website: https://www.sevencleanseas.com/
House Harvest | South Africa
House Harvest’s female-run, climate smart aquaponics farm produces fish and quality produce for their local community. Their low-carbon operation reuses 90% of their water while using fly larvae for sustainable fish feed. The funding will help build new storage areas, a mobile packhouse and more.
Website: https://www.househarvest.co.za/
Kapdaa | UK
Kapdaa, a mother-son founded sustainable enterprise, collaborates with fashion and interior designers, textile manufacturers and mills, using AI to ensure beautiful fabrics and unwanted garments don't go to waste. They’ll use the funding to start the process of moving their mobile textile sorting operation to renewable energy.
Website: https://kapdaa.com/
Sea Quester Farms | US
Sea Quester Farms' regenerative kelp farm enhances ocean health and supports local food systems through sustainable food production, habitat restoration, and training future kelp farmers. The funding will help them bring their new innovative kelp-based food products to market.
Website: https://www.seaquesterfarms.com/