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GECA thanks Rupert Posner for transformative leadership

Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA) would like to thank former CEO Rupert Posner for his invaluable contributions to the organisation. During his time as CEO of GECA, Rupert transformed the organisation, actively raising its profile and positioning it as one of the most influential and transparent ecolabelling organisations in Australia.

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Spotlight: Wattyl

Wattyl is proud to be making a difference to a great number of Australian homes and major projects with its latest technology in surface coatings. The company sells a range of GECA certified paints and coatings, giving customers an environmentally-preferable option to cover their walls or provide a satin finish to timber surfaces.

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New Products from Gregbar Office Furniture

GECA licensee Gregbar Office Furniture has recently added three new items to its list of certified products. The Eco Mobile Pedestals, Eco Caddys and Eco Tambour Door Cupboard have all met the requirements of the Furniture and Fittings standard.

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Spotlight: CSM

CSM Storage and Filing Solutions is an Australian owned company that has been manufacturing high quality steel office and commercial storage systems for 60 years. It provides a series of solutions for your storage needs, with products such as metal storage cabinets, mobile pedestals, mobile shelving units, storage walls and systems shelving.

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Spotlight: KE-ZU

KE-ZU specialises in the sales, marketing and distribution of high quality residential and contract furniture throughout Australia. Since 1992 it has supplied stylish designs from a range of countries around the world, such as Spain, Italy, Japan, the Philippines, and France, among others. The company aims to provide furniture that helps people live, work and relax better.

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Spotlight: Woods Furniture

Woods Educational Furniture has been making student chairs, stools, lockers and desks for Australian schools since 1953. The company offers a wide range of GECA certified school furniture, available under GECA's Furniture and Fittings standard.

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New licensee: DLH Solutions

GECA is pleased to welcome its newest licensee, DLH Solutions. The cleaning products manufacturer has recently made its way through the audit process successfully, gaining GECA certification for its Eco-Red product.

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New licensee: Camatic

Good Environmental Choice is pleased to welcome Camatic, our newest furniture licensee. Camatic specialises in commercial and venue seating, taking products from the design concept and right through to the finished product in a single location. The company has been around for over 50 years, putting seats into offices, theatres and stadiums.

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GECA seeks feedback on new paper and recycled product standards

Three new standards for paper and recycled products from Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA) are now available for public comment. GECA’s Paper and Stationery Products, Sanitary Paper Products and Recycled Products standards have been updated from previous standards, with revised criteria to set new environmental benchmarks for the products they cover.

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Spotlight: Bevisco

Bevisco designs its products with aesthetics, functionality, quality and the environment in mind. The company, which specialises in workstations and office furniture, is wholly Australian owned and operated, ensuring that the delivery cycle is managed in an environmentally sensitive and commercially sound way.

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How to win a Banksia Award

The deadline for the Banksia Sustainability Awards is coming up - have you entered yet? Need a few pointers for how to make your entry really stand out? Then take a look at the new video that The Banksia Foundation has put together, with tips on how to enter and how to set your entry apart from the

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Spotlight: Deb Australia

For over 70 years, the Deb Group has been establishing skin care regimes for all types of workplace and public environments, spanning industrial, commercial, healthcare and food sectors. Its products are sold in over 100 countries, with an estimated 40 million people using the products every day.

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How resilient is Australia? ASBEC survey

Good Environmental Choice Australia is a member of the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC). Two years ago, ASBEC launched its ten-point Built Environment Adaptation Framework. We're asking you to help us understand Australia's progress in resilience policy by completing a quick five minute survey.

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Spotlight: Office Spectrum

Office Spectrum specialises in providing refurbished furniture solutions for office spaces. The company takes discarded workstations and other office furniture, then transforms them into something fresh, new, and environmentally-preferable. It's recycling with style, working with used components to lower both the cost and the environmental impact of outfitting an office space.

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Spotlight: Astec Paints

South Australian-based Astec Paints has been operating in Adelaide since 1978, producing a range of paints and coatings. Many of its products are GECA certified, meeting strict criteria for environmental impact and human health. Astec Paints is also the second GECA licensee to meet the revised Paints and Coatings standard.

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Featured Products: 'Vie' and 'Zone' workstations

Head Office Group's GECA-certified 'Zone' and 'Vie' workstations have been in production for over five years and have been installed in a number of high-profile fitouts across Australia. They've furnished the offices of Bunnings, Singapore Airlines, Travelex, Aegis, the Depatment of Veterans Affairs and the Western Australian Police Department, among others.

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Spotlight: Unifor

Unifor was born when Italian furniture designers Molteni & C decided to move into the office furniture space. The Unifor division focuses on creating innovative and well-researched designs for contemporary workplace environments.

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Seeking feedback on sustainable homes

Good Environmental Choice Australia is collaborating with organisations across the housing industry on an initiative to drive customer demand for more sustainable homes. These are homes that have features that increase comfort and healthy living while reducing running costs and the impact on our environment.

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