SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability at Textile23 is not a policy document. It's a set of specific decisions we make about materials, production, and waste - and it shapes every part of how we work.
Here is what that actually looks like.
By focusing on a limited number of textiles, Textile23 is able to build expertise in each material, ensuring that we are able to make informed decisions about our sourcing, production, and use. This allows us to create products that are not only sustainable but also of the highest quality, ensuring that we are able to meet the needs of our customers while remaining true to our commitment to sustainability.
THE MATERIAL
We design exclusively in 100% wool. It is one of the few materials that is genuinely honest about its entire lifecycle.
Wool is naturally flame retardant - no chemical treatment required. It is acoustically absorbent, thermoregulating, and biodegradable at end of life. When a project is eventually stripped back or refurbished, a wool textile doesn't become a landfill problem. It returns to the earth.
Choosing wool is the first and most significant sustainability decision we make. Everything else follows from it.
SAMPLES
All Textile23 fabric samples are made in Sydney. Every offcut, every scrap, every remnant is kept and repurposed, either as manufacturer samples for colour matching, or regenerated into client colour cards.
When you're done with your samples, we'll take them back. Email us and we'll arrange collection.
FABRIC CORES
Fabric cores - the cardboard or plastic tubes fabrics are wound onto, are returned to our manufacturers and reused for future orders. They don't go to landfill. They go back into the process.
If you have fabric cores to return, get in touch and we'll arrange collection.
AUSTRALIAN SUPPLIERS DECLARE CLIMATE & BIODIVERSITY EMERGENCY
Textile23 is a signatory of the Australian Suppliers Declare Climate & Biodiversity Emergency, a global initiative calling for meaningful, ongoing action across supply and manufacturing industries.
By signing, we acknowledge the environmental crises facing our planet and commit to meaningful, ongoing change. From reducing emissions and minimising waste to rethinking how materials are sourced and products are made.
Through our support of Suppliers Declare, we stand alongside other industry leaders working to create a more accountable, circular, and climate-conscious future.
UNSW ART AND DESIGN X TEXTILE23
In 2025, Textile 1 design students at UNSW Art & Design worked with offcuts, remnants, and sample scraps from our Persona collection. Their brief was simple: make something from what's left over.
The results demonstrated something we already believe. That what's often treated as waste is actually material with potential. Twelve students produced original works from discarded fragments, each one a different answer to the same question: what else can this be?
We're grateful to UNSW and to the students for their creativity and commitment to the brief. This is the kind of collaboration we want to keep doing.
Student Works: Moulee Baradiya, Doris Xie, Ruby Millar, James Semenovsky, Robin Heppekausen, Sandra Spasovski, Cate Kyling, Marie Clemente, Ahnika Roberts, Audrey Sinclair, Jasmine Borchok, Vivienne Elrahi
STILL BUILDING. INTENTIONALLY.
We are an early-stage, independently run studio. We don't have a sustainability report, a carbon offset programme, or a certified supply chain - yet. What we have is a clear material position, specific practices around waste, and a genuine intention to build this carefully rather than claim more than we can stand behind.
That feels more honest than a page full of commitments.
