EDGE from the LIFE Sustainable Textiles® collection is featured in Mix Magazine's Monitor Spring Summer 2012 report.
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MOLECULAR from the ILIAS BY INSTYLE collection is featured in Mix Magazine's Trends Spring Summer 2012 report.
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Textiles can tread lightly. Textiles is one of the biggest industries in the world. Textiles are used in buildings for curtains and screens as well as upholstery fabric. Award-winning textile designer INSTYLE made a commitment some years ago to minimise their environmental impact but quality could not be compromised.
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The recent sustainability seminar hosted by RMIT and supported by the Council of Textile & Fashion Industries of Australia (TFIA), looked behind the buzzword to provide a refreshingly critical look at the challenges and successes it entails. Instyle, the third presenter at RMIT’s seminar, also had strong links to sustainable wool fibre. An Australian company started 20 years ago and specialising in interior and furnishing fabrics targeting architects, interior designers and furniture manufacturers, INSTYLE is now a byword for sustainable textiles.
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Established by Michael Fitzsimons in 1987, INSTYLE CONTRACT TEXTILES was created with a vision to build an internationally respected textile company. Michael has been a strong supporter of the St James Ethics Centre's National Small to Medium Enterprise Project. In particular, he has donated his time to participate in focus groups for the Good Business Register and has joined the Centre on panels at conferences. Holistic, practical and no-nonsense are words that describe Instyle's approach to sustainability, writes Tracy Mak.
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INSTYLE's GLIDE fabrics (on ottomans) are proof that happy sheep make for gorgeous wool. They have low pesticide ratings and come from non-mulesed animals. Available in a dozen fabulous colourways.
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The environmental leaders have ideas and expertise that are making waves around the globe. INSTYLE wins the Business Sustainability award at the 2009 NSW Government Green Globe Awards.
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When two brothers took on the family merino farm, they didn't stay stuck with traditional methods. Feature on EthEco® wool growers from Gunnegalderie farm who have ceased mulesing and practice holistic farming.
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INSTYLE is a textile supplier that deserves clear recognition for its commitment and action on developing eco improved fabrics and services for the commercial market. Not only have they been one of the long-haul textiles companies when it comes to sustainability, their efforts have also been acknowledged with a suite of high profile environmental awards and commendations.
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Smaller businesses are embracing the notion of the triple bottom line, adding environmental and social measures to economic performance. Two employees’ keen interest in sustainability back in 2002 urged Michael Fitzsimons, founder and managing director of INSTYLE CONTRACT TEXTILES, a 20-year-old Sydney-based textiles company, to take a whole-of-company approach to the sustainability challenge.
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Message from the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment: This year's Green Globe winners came from an outstanding field of nominees. I congratulate each and every one of them. Across 14 categories there were 105 nominations from business and government who have integrated sustainability into business operations to reduce their carbon footprint and manage natural resources more efficiently.
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Premier's Sustainability Excellence Award: INSTYLE CONTRACT TEXTILES. The small, privately owned company this year beat some of the largest conglomerates in Australia to win the Premier's Sustainability Excellence Award. It also won the Small Business Sustainability Award in the commercial category and the industry environmental sustainability gong.
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Sustainability is a fundamental key to the success of INSTYLE, which this year is celebrating their 20th year as a textile design and marketing specialist to the contract interiors industry. Their textiles grace the interiors of Qantas aircrafts, Casinos, NSW and Queensland Rail Networks, Hilton hotels, Federation Square, Victorian Law Courts, Optus and many other high profile public spaces.
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