Last edited 28 Nov 2018

UK Green Building Council

UK-GBC is a charity and an industry-led network with a mission to radically improve the sustainability of the built environment.

With over 400 member organisations, spanning the entire value chain, UK-GBC represents the voice of the industry’s current and future leaders striving for transformational change. The organisation aims to inspire, challenge and empower its members, helping them to identify and adopt the most sustainable, viable solutions. It also engages its members in advocating a progressive message to government, informing and influencing green building policy.

UK-GBC's vision is a built environment that enables a high quality of life for people, within the limits our planet can support. A built environment that:

is decarbonised
enables health, wellbeing and productivity in users
eliminates waste and maximises resource efficiency
enhances nature

Through its membership of World Green Building Council (WorldGBC), UK-GBC is part of a global network of like-minded organisations in almost 80 countries. The network facilitates engagement in international policy and programmes.

In Jan 2017, UK-GBC launched their new Open Innovation lab. For more information, see Open Innovation programme.

Read our interview with Chief Executive, Julie Hirigoyen here.

In February 2017, UK-GBC published Building Places that Work for Everyone: Industry insights into key Government priorities, profiling ways the construction industry can help solve some of our biggest challenges: