Mother
Nature
knows
Bast

We are building natural capital by working with nature, not against it.

At the bast company we make our fibre from plants that capture carbon, rebuild soil, and grow with minimal inputs. Our production facilities are located in regions where fabric manufacturing and fibre-plant agriculture overlap, allowing us to operate a ‘grow-local, make-local, sell-local’ business model.

Zero Plastic

Forest Friendly

Compostable

Soil-to-Soil Sustainability

Ancient Forest Pledge

Certifications & Associations

Soft purple flax flowers in bloom against a green background

The Bast Fibre
is Real Plant Fibre

ZERO Plastic

Most products containing plastic fibre cannot be recycled and will never break down completely. This results in micro plastics accumulating in landfills, oceans, soils, and eventually in our bodies.

Package of plastic wipes disintegrating into microplastics

Salmon with mouth open, eating pieces of microplastic

plate with a gourmet meal of prepared salmon

FOREST FRIENDLY

As we explore ways to design out plastic for life, we must remember that forests support more than 80% of our terrestrial biodiversity, capture huge amounts of carbon and are critical allies in the fight against climate change.

Sustainably managed forests alone cannot meet the demand for plastic fibre alternatives, and we simply cannot sacrifice our ancient forests and intact ecosystems.

So we need non-wood natural solutions on the path to a future with zero plastic waste. Our solution is sourcing fibre from sustainably managed agricultural land, easing the demand on our forests.

A field of industrial hemp, ready for harvest, photographed late in late evening light

BACK TO
THE SOIL

We are building natural capital by working with plants that are playing a significant role in the regenerative agriculture movement. They encourage biodiversity, promote soil health, and improve future crop yields. Together with our partners we are designing next-generation compostable products that enable circular, regenerative lifecycles.

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An illustration of a flax plant, grown for linen, showing roots

a diagram of a typical root ball for a bast fibre plant

Our compostable fibre replenishes soil, leaving behind beneficial organic matter as it breaks down. Switching to fully compostable products lays the foundations for a zero-waste future.

Oil-to-Soil
Linear Economy

A typical product lifecycle is linear: it starts with fossil fuel extraction and ends with permanent contamination of its disposal site. Recycling options for plastic fibre products are insufficient, resulting in persistent pollutants in our environment.

Illustrations depicting a linear line from natural resource extraction, to disposal of garbage.

Soil-to-Soil Sustainability

Recycling alone cannot solve the plastic pollution crisis. Our natural fibre enables companies to design products with a circular lifecycle, and zero plastic from inception.

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Illustrations depicting a circular path from plant growth, to product, to compost, to plant growth.

“We're in a turnaround decade for our planet so we need to be really careful that we don't trade in one environmental disaster for another. That we're not jumping from the frying pan of using plastics into the fire of deforestation and forest degradation.”

Nicole Rycroft – Founder, Canopy

Our Ancient Forest Pledge