Our mission is to contribute to the growth of the
environmental consumer market in Australia and add
commercial value to companies and
businesses which deliver products that are environmentally preferable.
The organisation has a wide Australian membership base
which support the development of the programs standards,
public education programs, industry guidance material and
green purchasing activities. Membership is available to
individuals, non profit organisations, companies and
governments.
The organisation also has established co-operative partnerships with
research institutions, industry and community
groups in the related
fields of design for environment, green purchasing, sustainable consumption
and life cycle analysis.
GECA as a non-for
profit public company. The company owns the intellectual
property, trademarks and the Good Environmental Choice
Program and the associated elements of standard setting,
program management and licensing and post licensing
systems.
Good Environmental
Choice Services Pty Ltd is a for profit company that operates the verification elements of the
ecolabelling program and post licensing activities directly
related to certified manufacturers.
GECA and GECS work
closely to ensure a streamlined and effective service to
manufacturers of GEC certified products and users of the standards and
in the
generation of effective awareness of
market information provided by the Good
Environmental Choice Label.
The organisations
function on a collaborative basis but maintain a separation
in technical and administrative workflows and
assurance structures to ensure a
separation between standard setting on one hand and
verification and certification activities on the other.
