NEWS & EVENTS
Reflections from the Social Impact Summit 2025: Measuring What Matters
As GECA continues to evolve its purpose-led impact, CEO Josh Begbie shares his reflections from the Social Impact Summit 2025. In this piece, Josh explores key takeaways from the summit—particularly the importance of embracing imperfect but meaningful approaches to measuring social impact—and outlines how GECA is applying these insights as part of its impact journey.
Why Unverified Sustainability Claims Can Damage Trust — And How to Get It Right
In today's marketplace, trust is everything—especially when it comes to sustainability. In this thought-provoking article, GECA CEO Josh Begbie shares a personal story highlighting how even well-intentioned environmental claims can fall short and why third-party verification is essential for building lasting credibility. This is a must-read if you're making sustainability claims about your products or services.
GECA Standards Shine in Green Star Recognition Update
GECA is proud to showcase that fourteen of our standards are recognised by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) under their Responsible Product Framework for the Green Star Buildings V1 rating tool—a testament to our enduring commitment to sustainability in the built environment.
11 Must-Read Publications for Your Sustainable Summer Reading List
At GECA, we’re passionate about empowering professionals and individuals to make informed choices for people and the planet. If you want to recharge this summer while expanding your understanding of sustainability – we’ve got you covered! From actionable strategies to groundbreaking innovations, we’ve curated 11 essential reads to inspire your journey toward a better future.
Dive Into Sustainability: 4 Must-Read Publications
Much is happening across the sustainability space right now, particularly under the umbrellas of circular economy, human rights and climate action. Here are four key publications to add to your reading list to keep up with the latest developments!
Join Us at the ESG Procurement Conference 2024!
At GECA, we know that embedding ESG into procurement will benefit your bottom line and help you manage supply chain risk - it's a win for your business, the planet, and the people on it. So, we're proud to be a supporting partner of this year's ESG Procurement Conference in Sydney!
Busways Strengthens Environmental Commitment by Procuring GECA Certified Products
GECA applauds Australian bus operator Busways for impressive environmental gains through new sustainable cleaning practices implemented at 19 Busways sites in New South Wales and South Australia.
Gift with Confidence: The Power of Choosing Certified Products & Services for a Meaningful Christmas
Most of us want to help protect the environment. After all, we only have one planet, and the time for action is now. But, with so many environmental claims and messages out there, it can most certainly be confusing. So here are some simple ways to identify credible claims!
Gift with Confidence: The Power of Choosing Certified Products & Services for a Meaningful Christmas
Most of us want to help protect the environment. After all, we only have one planet, and the time for action is now. But, with so many environmental claims and messages out there, it can most certainly be confusing. So here are some simple ways to identify credible claims!
Join Us at Design Show & ArchiBuild Expo 2023 in Melbourne!
GECA is an industry partner of Design Show Australia 2023, with GECA certified products and services highlighted at the event this June in Melbourne.
GECA Guide: What is the Supply Chain Sustainability School?
At GECA, we know that creating a more sustainable and prosperous future requires us to invest in genuinely symbiotic, transparent and circular supply chains. We sat down with the Supply Chain Sustainability School's CEO, Hayley Jarick, to unpack what they do and how their platform can benefit everyone at every point along the supply chain.
GECA at DesignBUILD x Total Facilities 2022
Team GECA was thrilled to join, exhibit, and be a supporting partner at the first DesignBUILD x Total Facilities joint expo!
Business Mindset Survey to Gauge Australian Business Sentiment on Transformative Change
The Business Council of Sustainable Development (BCSD) Australia, of which GECA is a proud member, is launching the first-ever survey on Australian business sentiment and its long-term plans to drive transformative change across their business operations and impacts on society.
Join GECA at Sydney Build 2022
Join GECA as we present and exhibit at Sydney Build, Australia's largest construction, architecture and infrastructure expo. Now in its sixth year, Sydney Build has become the best-attended B2B construction tradeshow in Australia.
DesignBUILD x Total Facilities Reimagined for 2022
Join us at Australia’s largest event for the built environment industry on 10-12 May 2022 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. GECA CEO, Michelle Thomas, will be speaking on how to navigate products and procurement across multiple rating schemes.
GECA Integrates its Standards with the UN 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.
4 Key Steps to Writing a Sustainable Procurement Policy
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!
Save the Date for these Postponed Events
It probably won't come as a surprise that many sustainability events planned for the coming months have had to be postponed. Here's our round-up of the new dates to pop into your diary!
Exploring Sustainability at Supply Chain Innovation 2021
GECA is proud to be a Supporting Partner of Supply Chain Innovation 2021! On 27 May, GECA’s CEO, Michelle Thomas, will participate in the panel – Promoting and implementing sustainability initiatives in your supply chain.
GECA Joins WWF in Calling for a Renewable Recovery
As a world-leading ecolabel focused on sustainable production and consumption, we know how crucial it is to tackle embodied and operational carbon in manufacturing, based on a life cycle approach. That’s why we are pleased to announce our support of WWF-Australia in calling for more action under a renewable recovery as we start to rebuild from COVID-19.