Textiles, leather & apparel in Australia: emitters, CO2 & carbon value

9 tracked facilities, ≈286,821 t CO2/yr combined — here are the largest, what that CO2 is worth at current prices, and the sector's reduction pathway. Full sector pathway: decarbonizing textiles, leather & apparel.

The numbers

Textiles, leather & apparel in Australia at a glance

Metric	Value	Note
Facilities tracked	9	with CO2 estimates
Total est. CO2	286,821 t/yr	Climate TRACE 2023
Average per facility	31,869 t/yr
Indicative carbon value	€22M/yr	at €77.4/t EUA

Carbon pricing here: Safeguard Mechanism: baseline-and-credit for big industry; ACCU ≈A$30–35 (2024–25, World Bank State & Trends of Carbon Pricing 2025 / ICAP 2025). Current benchmark: no liquid market price. Full country page: carbon price in Australia.

Largest emitters

Top 9 textiles, leather & apparel CO2 emitters in Australia

#	Facility	Owner	t CO2/yr (est. 2023)	Indicative value
1	Binder Enterprise Ptd Ltd	—	31,869	€2.5M
2	Qa Sportswear Pty Ltd	—	31,869	€2.5M
3	Fox & Lillie Rural	—	31,869	€2.5M
4	Compuknit Hosiery Australia P/L	—	31,869	€2.5M
5	Belgravia Sports Apparel Pty Ltd	—	31,869	€2.5M
6	Baxter Laboratories Pty	—	31,869	€2.5M
7	Plaspro Enterprises Pty Ltd	—	31,869	€2.5M
8	Bravo Print & Design Pty Ltd	—	31,869	€2.5M
9	Creative Promo And Apparel Pty Ltd	—	31,869	€2.5M

Climate TRACE satellite estimates via IndustryAtlas — modelled, not verified; some entries aggregate clusters. Corrections welcome.

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Same industry, other countries

Textiles, leather & apparel in China

12,891,648 t CO2/yr

Textiles, leather & apparel in Türkiye

4,042,752 t CO2/yr

Textiles, leather & apparel in United States

1,842,584 t CO2/yr

Textiles, leather & apparel in Vietnam

1,637,718 t CO2/yr

Textiles, leather & apparel in Taiwan

1,614,643 t CO2/yr

Other industries in Australia

Oil & gas production in Australia

33,757,042 t CO2/yr

Aluminium in Australia

33,556,971 t CO2/yr

Cement in Australia

2,132,195 t CO2/yr

FAQ

Questions

How many textiles, leather & apparel facilities does Australia have with tracked emissions?

9 facilities carry satellite-based CO2 estimates in our dataset (Climate TRACE 2023), totalling ≈286,821 t CO2/yr.

What is the largest textiles, leather & apparel emitter in Australia?

Binder Enterprise Ptd Ltd — ≈31,869 t CO2/yr (est. 2023). Estimates are modelled, not verified declarations.

What would this CO2 cost at the EU price?

≈€22M per year at €77.4/t — indicative full-price value; actual cost depends on free allocation and the local instrument.

How this page is built: heat-loss figures follow ASTM C680 / ISO 12241 (the method behind our public calculators); facility emissions from Climate TRACE & EU ETS verified data across 30,000+ industrial sites; the 2026–2034 schedule is Regulation (EU) 2023/956, not a forecast. Published by Inzonex — manufacturer of modular removable insulation (UK Patent GB2508992.1). Spotted an error? Tell us — we correct on evidence.