https://geca.eco/thanks-for-subscribing/

Textiles & Leather (TLv3.0ii-2014)

Standards
  • Status:
    Current
  • Issue Date:
    December 22, 2021

Textile products have the potential to create significant environmental and human health impacts. These range from agricultural practices such as the use of biocidal agents in the production of natural textile fibres; oxygen depleting substances released into waterways during manufacturing processes; to skin irritation during use; and environmental damage caused by final disposal resulting from non-biodegradability, non-recyclability or toxic chemicals contained in finished products.

When a product is certified against GECA’s Textiles & Leather standard, consumers can be sure that the product has been assessed to meet environmental, human health and social impact criteria. The standard considers impacts over the lifecycle of textile products, including material sourcing, manufacture, packaging and use.

This standard applies to:

• Clothing and accessories consisting of at least 90% by weight of textile fibres

• Interior textiles consisting of at least 90% by weight of textile fibres

• Fibre, yarn and fabric (including durable non-woven fabric) intended for use in textile clothing, accessories or interior textiles

• Cleaning products: woven or non-woven fabric products intended for the wet or dry cleaning of surfaces and the drying of kitchenware

• Hide and leather products consisting of at least 90% by weight of leather/hide

Latest News

Message from the CEO – FY24: A Year in Review

Join us in exploring the highlights of the past financial year and celebrate these twelve months of impact, collaboration and licensee leadership.

Read More See all news
PDF

Certified Products by Textiles & Leather (TLv3.0ii-2014)

Images Name Green Star
relevance
Green Star is Australia's trusted mark of quality for the design, construction and operation of sustainable buildings, fitouts and communities. Choosing Green Star can help you save money, create a healthy place for people, minimise your environmental footprint and build a better future for us all.
Sustainable Living Fabrics

Learn more about the benefits of environmental certification for your products by reading our case studies

GECA has helped countless Australian businesses obtain certification

View All Case Studies

What our clients say about us

Being an environmentally aware business, we needed a way to ensure, adhere and implement sustainably preferable strategies into our business plan. The team at GECA is co-operative and their guidance ensured that we not only complied with green standards, but exceeded them. The process is credible and well-received in the market place and ensures that we are set apart from the not-so-genuine ‘greenwashing’ companies.

Donna McMullen, Director 
DIRECT ERGONOMICS

GECA certification is critical for our business and is a priority when determining a sustainable product and solution

John Stamoulos, Product & Solutions Manager at Aspect Furniture

GECA is a leading authority on global sustainable solutions, and our goal is to innovate acoustic architectural designs for a greener, simpler life. So, for us, GECA certification ensures we’re developing products with tomorrow in mind

Decor Systems

The partnership with GECA allows JMP to apply a new way of thinking to necessary sustainability challenges offering solutions that are aligned with not only consumers expectations but without compromising quality or branding

Tamara Joyce, JMP’s Business Development Manager, Retail Packaging Solutions

For us at Koh ensuring transparency and authenticity across our product range and within our community is of pivotal importance. We want our customers to feel they can trust in the safety of our products for both people and the planet. Being certified by a credible independent organisation such as GECA helps us to validate what our customers expect from us

Koh

Fitting out such a large project with sustainably preferable furniture is rewarding. That a well-renowned and international company would choose to use GECA certified Office Link Group furniture is exciting and without doubt, a step in the right direction for improving sustainability in the workplace. The whole work zone looks great — the architect has done a wonderful job of creating the space. With the addition of the sustainably preferable products that are proven to improve the health and wellbeing of those in the workspace, it is now a really nice place to work.

Vern Currie
OFFICE LINK GROUP

To discuss getting your product GECA certified, get in touch with us now.

Get certified

Join Our Newsletter


X