Koala Sustainability Profile

Innovating furniture for generations to come

“Our name was chosen deliberately to reflect a broader ambition to protect koalas and help remove them from the endangered species list.” 
- Dany Milham, CEO and Co-Founder 

Koala was built on the mission to disrupt the furniture industry that had settled for “good enough". For over a decade, we have built a design philosophy around one belief: that beautiful, long-lasting products and genuine environmental responsibility are not competing priorities - they are the point. Every material selected, every modular joint engineered, every certified input sourced is part of that commitment.

Koala chooses materials based on what they cost the planet, not what they cost the business. Products are designed for circularity from the first sketch - built to move, last longer, and to find a second life through Koala Second Home or our donations program.

That conviction extends beyond the products we sell: over $23 million in cash and in-kind donations, of which $10 million through our 1% for the Planet commitment, and $4.9 million directly to koala and wildlife conservation. Alongside partners like WWF-Australia, Koala's goal is to double the number of koalas on the east coast of Australia by 2050.