When choosing flooring, it’s not always easy to decipher what is greenwash and what is a better choice! To make it easier, we want to share what to look for in flooring to ensure a GOOD outcome for people and planet.

This month, the winners of a new awards program, The Circle Awards, were announced! The awards were created to celebrate and unite the businesses, organisations, projects and people shaping the circular economy in Australia and New Zealand. GECA is proud to be a supporter of The Circle Awards.

GECA is proud to be a Supporting Partner of the premier business event for the waste, recycling and resource recovery sector, AWRE. This year, the event will return to its traditional face-to-face event format on 25-26 August 2021 at the ICC Sydney.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the very urgent need for us to work together as an international community to address global environmental and social problems. At GECA, we think the stage is set for a new era that celebrates the need for and the benefits of collaboration and transparency while embracing circular economy thinking.

The GECA team was delighted to be part of the Sydney Autumn Home Show's Eco Town, which featured organisations and companies showcasing innovative products and solutions to minimise our impact on the environment.

We’re excited to announce that we have developed a new online portal to streamline and improve the GECA ecolabel certification process!

We are proud to be a founding member of the Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Island Plastics Pact - accelerating the circular economy for plastic in our region.

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.

We're getting excited to head back to one of our favourite events, the Sydney Home Show! From 21 - 23 May at the International Convention Centre in Sydney, there will be hundreds of innovative home products, exclusive specials, FREE seminars, expert advice and some of the best homegrown Aussie renovation businesses. The Home Show is the place to start when considering a home improvement project.

GECA is thrilled to be one of over 41 leading companies to have joined forces with the NSW Government and WWF-Australia in a new coalition to decarbonise Australia’s building and construction industry.

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.

On 15 March 2021, in collaboration with Edge Environment and the Global Product Stewardship Council, GECA was awarded a grant by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment to tackle the issue of commercial office furniture going to landfill. The group will use the funding to design a product stewardship scheme that will help reduce the estimated 30,000 tonnes of furniture – much of it in perfectly good condition – that ends up in Australia’s waste stream each year.

On 2 March, the GECA team took action and spent Business Clean Up Australia Day by the seaside at La Perouse. At first glance, the beaches seemed as clean and glistening as the ocean, but quickly the team uncovered an assortment of rubbish littered across the cliffs and sands. In fact, it was shockingly easy for us to fill up our bags.

Last week we were delighted to discover that our licensee, eWater Systems, have been announced as finalists in the 2020 Banksia Foundation Awards for both the Small Business Award and Ministers Award for the Environment.

Earlier this month, the Living Future Institute of Australia announced the appointment of its first industry-lead Technical Working Group after a public call for expressions of interest. Our Standards & Technical Officer, Deepali Ghadge, is one of the 18 appointed members, representing experts from a broad range of industries, organisations and experiences.

A new draft version of GECA’s standard for panel boards is now available for public comment! This standard seeks to define good environmental and social performance benchmarks for panel boards throughout their entire lifecycle.

Our CEO, Michelle Thomas, explores the tumultuous yet hopeful year that was 2020. From embracing circular solutions and a determination to build back better, to an increase in collaboration and much more!

A new draft version of GECA's standard for floor coverings is now available for public comment! This standard identifies the key environmental loads of floor coverings, including material content, adhesives, emissions during production and post-installation, energy use and waste, as well as product performance.

Last month our Business Development & Project Manager, Jess Mutton, completed the SA8000 Standard Introduction & Basic Auditor Training with Social Accountability International. The SA8000 Standard is a world-leading social certification program, providing a framework for businesses around the fair treatment of workers.

A new draft GECA standard for cleaning services is now available for public comment! We have created this standard to define environmental and social performance criteria for the provision of cleaning services, particularly the environmental impacts resulting from activities undertaken by service providers.