Clean Up Australia urges people to get in early and sign up for the country’s largest community-based environmental event, Clean Up Australia Day, as the environment feels the effects of a COVID-19 hangover.

We’re excited to share this opportunity to join our team of dedicated and diverse GECA staff, who are working to create solutions for sustainable consumption and production. The Standards & Technical Officer is a full time position that will support the GECA standards team in implementing our standards strategy.

In Australia, we generate up to 50% more waste during the holidays! At GECA, we know that there’s no need to choose between fun and sustainability. We spoke to Planet Ark’s Head of Circular Economy Programs, Ryan Collins, who recommends using the 3Rs to have a more sustainable holiday break this summer.

The Green Gown Awards Australasia Awards Ceremony celebrated the inspirational projects, initiatives and individual champions represented by 33 finalists across 11 unique institutions this year. GECA is a proud supporter of this event. 

As we come to the end of another year full of unpredictability and pause to reflect, I can see many positive changes and a real shift in some vital areas. While there is so much more that we need to achieve, globally, nationally and locally, to tackle the key sustainability issues of our time - people, governments and businesses are sitting up and taking notice. We must catalyse this shift to keep the momentum going in the right direction!

Research has shown that recycling can be a positive emotional experience for people. However, confusion and lack of knowledge around recycling can compromise our good intentions and efforts. We sat down with Planet Ark's Head of Circular Economy Programs, Ryan Collins, to unpack how we can all take steps to do better and end wishcycling.

Launched this month, the pilot TRAKS rug and furnishing recycling program will be the first in a series of collaborative programs to move the textile industry towards a circular economy.

Each year, the Minister for the Environment announces the product stewardship priority list that identifies products most in need of product stewardship action. This year for the first time, the upcoming list will be informed following a call for public nominations. We encourage all GECA stakeholders from industry and government to nonprofits and consumers to contribute their suggestions.

GECA is proud to have joined 25 associations, advocacy groups, charities, and businesses to develop Connected By Association, a free, socially conscious avenue for online networking to enhance the Australian construction industry.

We invite you to join us online on 2-3 November for Impact X Summit Sydney 2021: Accelerating pathways to net zero emissions. At GECA, we're proud to support the Summit as an Accelerate Zero Champion.

Today GECA is celebrating World Ecolabel Day! For the fourth year in a row, we join other lifecycle ecolabels in nearly 60 countries worldwide to highlight the products and services for businesses and consumers that are certified to have a reduced impact on people and planet.

Submissions for Australia’s most prestigious national sustainability awards are now open. The Banksia Sustainability Awards have been inspiring excellence in sustainability for 33 years, making them the longest-running awards of this kind in the world.

We've put together a collection of resources to help our licensees and stakeholders accelerate their progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.

At GECA, we're celebrating the Global Week to #Act4SDGs (17-28 September), which in preparation for the COP 26, aims to inspire, mobilise and connect people, networks and communities from every part of the world to act on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It's a wonderful opportunity to reignite the conversation on how everyone can embrace the SDGs for a fairer future. We're also keen to share how we have embedded the SDGs in our work at GECA.

Quite often, when we hear the word sustainability, the environment is front of mind. However, a sustainable future requires a holistic approach and acknowledgement of the interconnectedness between the environment, people and economic outcomes. In this article, we are zooming in on Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth.

EPD Australasia and GECA are pleased to announce an agreement to support Australian businesses obtaining ISO compliant ecolabels and environmental product declarations (EPDs) for their products.

We’re delighted to announce that Woolworths has launched its newest and most sustainably focused collectible toy, with Woolworths Bricks set to help Australian families use creativity and play to learn more about good environmental choices.

When you don’t have experience with sustainable purchasing or an understanding of the complex issues surrounding it, it can be challenging to know what criteria to include in a sustainable procurement policy document or which products and services meet all those criteria. So, we’ve put together this handy guide to help get you started!

On Tuesday 17 August, the Australasian Furniture Association (AFA) hosted a joint webinar with the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) and GECA to introduce the project: 'Understanding and Exploring Chemicals Management in the Furniture and Furnishing Industry'.

According to the Sustainable Development Report 2021, Australia is tracking poorly on several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production. But it doesn't have to be this way.