Background to Awards

Instyle Contract Textiles Pty Ltd is a specialist in the design, marketing and distribution of commercial interior furnishing textiles (for offices, healthcare, hospitality, transport, education, public buildings, etc).

INSTYLE designs and develops its own distinctive range of LIFE Textiles® upholstery and screen textiles in its award winning Sydney design studio which are then produced by manufacturers located in Australia and New Zealand.

Since 2002 INSTYLE has made a substantial effort to integrate sustainable practices throughout all aspects of the company – from management, product design, and marketing through to operations. 

The development of LIFE (Low Impact For the Environment) Textiles® was a collaborative effort with The Woolmark Company of Australia, and is a key part of INSTYLE’S sustainability strategy.

LIFE Textiles®, released in late 2004, was the first sustainable textile collection in Australia to:

• use 100% eco wool® and certified organic wool sourced from Australia or New Zealand;
• use local manufacturers;
• have minimal impact over the entire lifecycle.

In recognition of these efforts, INSTYLE is proud to have won three awards in the 2008 Sustainability Green Globe Awards;

• The Premier’s Sustainability Excellence Award
• Industry Environmental Sustainability Award
• Small Business Environmental Sustainability Award

INSTYLE won the 2008 United Nations Association of Australia World Environment Day Awards in the Business Sustainability Environmental Best Practice Program Category.

INSTYLE was also a Banksia Awards finalist for two consecutive years, 2006 and 2007, in the Sustainability category. 

SRS Company Pty Ltd
SRS® is a unique system for the breeding, management and quality accreditation of Merino wool fibres through a select group of wool producers.

The SRS® trademark is the symbol of authenticity. Only fibre that has passed from the SRS® member growers through the breeding management and quality accreditation may bear the trademark.