Testimonials
"Achieving AFRDI Green Tick certification has been a particularly great accomplishment for Woods Furniture. While we’ve always been proactive towards environmentally friendly solutions within our operations, gaining certification confirms and validates this so our customers and stakeholders can be confident with the knowledge our products and operations meet stringent world class standards. Working with Furntech-AFRDI was a pleasure and both Lee and Jai in particular were extremely helpful in making the process as smooth and seamless as possible. I would most definitely recommend Furntech-AFRDI to any business looking to gain sustainability certification."
Dwayne Grigg
"We are honoured to be the first company to achieve an AFRDI Green Tick Level A/Platinum certification and maintain the same level of excellence in quality testing, under the AFRDI Blue Tick certification. Wilkhahn have cultivated a reputation synonymous with exquisite craftsmanship, innovation and longevity, instilled in the company’s DNA for over 110 years. To be recognised in the Asia-Pacific region for our environmental sustainability and exceptional product quality, is truly a remarkable achievement."
Isabella Hawkes
AFRDI Green Tick Product Certification
Adopting sustainability as a working philosophy is practical; furniture manufacturers more and more must conform to “green” specifications and tender requirements in both the commercial and government sectors. Non-compliance means that, in time, they may potentially be excluded from much of the marketplace.
As a way to address these concerns we developed sustainability certification programs for the furniture industry known as AFRDI Green Tick, and therein lies special credibility. AFRDI Green Tick certification confirms to purchasers, specifiers, architects, builders and designers that a piece of furniture meets a robust yet realistic level of sustainability requirements.
To be awarded AFRDI Green Tick certification a product must be shown to meet the requirements of:
- AFRDI Standard 150:2012 Sustainability Standard – Commercial Furniture, or
- AFRDI Standard 150:2026 Sustainable Furniture,
each at either the Silver, Gold, or Platinum level. Both standards incorporate the use of points-based assessment and there is some choice as to what requirements a product must be shown to meet. However, there are still base level (mandatory) requirements that all products must meet regardless of the level they wish to achieve.
Both standards form the basis of Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) recognised product certification schemes (although to a different extent).
These claims can be verified on the GBCA website.
The 2026 edition of AFRDI 150 evolved out of the earlier 2012 edition, however the scope of products covered has been extended from the previous commercial furniture only to now also include some items of domestic furniture and furniture components.
The 2026 edition has been designed to strongly align with the GBCA’s most recent Responsible Products Framework. If achieving points from the GBCA’s Responsible Products Framework is important to your business model, assessment to the 2026 version of AFRDI should be your preference.
There are no royalty fees based on the amount of AFRDI certified product sold.
The requirements of certification are outlined in:
- the AFRDI 150:2012 assessment questionnaire, or
- the AFRDI 150:2026 standard
both of which are available on request at no charge.
Further information on the AFRDI Green Tick certification process is contained in our latest information kit, which is available for download.
Stakeholder Consultation
We openly consulted with all key stakeholders and selected members of the broader public during the development of both versions of AFRDI 150. Our technical working group then addressed feedback received through amendments and clarifications to the respective standards.
We’ll continue to engage with stakeholders as the new version of AFRDI 150 beds in and make efforts to resolve any issues relating to the new standard, or the processes involved in either of the certification programs. We also commit to ongoing harmonisation with the GBCA by continuing to align with future iterations of their most applicable Responsible Product Framework.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions, or would like to make any suggestions towards improving our sustainability initiatives.