World Green Building Council

Add your business to World Green Building Council’s Business Action Statement for COP30 Brazil and join other business leaders who are helping to shape global climate policy. Your business can do more than follow policy — it can help define it. By supporting WorldGBC’s Business Action Statement for COP30, you join industry frontrunners urging governments to enable zero-carbon, resilient, healthy buildings.    This is the time to signal commitment, hold governments accountable, and align with long-term sustainable value.    Your business can ensure finance flows, and support emissions reduction, grid resilience and adaptation through the built environment.    Join the Business Action Statement today and help steer the future of sustainable built environments: https://lnkd.in/djBVqpjX #BeBoldOnBuildings #BuildingTheTransition #COP30  

We’re excited to share this Buildings Breakthrough milestone announcement! For the first time, governments and partners have agreed on a global definition and building blocks for Near-Zero Emission & Resilient Buildings (NZERBs), paving the way for them to become the new normal by 2030! WorldGBC is proud to have co-led Priority Action B1 — working closely with the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), governments, and an extraordinary coalition of partners. 👉 Read the #BuildingsBreakthrough Interim Report: https://lnkd.in/ddcATNar ✨ The shared understanding of these definitions and building blocks will guide governments worldwide to establish aligned policies, stimulating market demand, unlocking finance, and accelerating innovation. #BeBoldOnBuildings #BuildingTheTransition #COP30

📆 The 15th PLGBC Green Building Summit is taking place from 9–10 October in Warsaw. This international event in Poland is dedicated to sustainable construction and architecture and the slogan for this this year’s PLGBC Green Building Summit is: Building Harmony: Climate, Nature, Circularity, Wellbeing 💜   The programme for the first day will focus on four strategic thematic areas (sessions): 🟣 Zero Carbon and Climate Resilience 🟣 Leadership for Circularity 🟣 Biodiversity First 🟣 Architecture and Buildings for Wellbeing As part of our #BuildingLife project, on day two there will be a session called, ‘How to build a future without emissions’. Throughout the day there will be other sessions and panels that will unpack why we must decarbonise buildings in the face of a climate crisis. However, the highlight of the day will be the launch of PLGBC Polish Green Building Council’s report, which will share the Green Building Council’s analysis of various types of buildings. 👉 Find out more about the summit here: https://lnkd.in/dGUnDagK #PLGBCSummit2025 #BeBoldOnBuildings #BuildingTheTransition #COP30  

🌍 Big news from WorldGBC! We’re proud to welcome seven new Green Building Councils and Affiliate Partners into our global network — expanding our reach to over 85 GBCs across all five regions of the world. 👋 Join us in welcoming:  🇩🇿 Algeria Green Building Council (Affiliate Partner)  🇪🇹 Ethiopian Green Building Council (ETGBC)  🇬🇭 Green Building Alliance Ghana (GBA Ghana)  🇭🇳 Honduras Green Building Council (Honduras GBC)  🇲🇳 Mongolian Green Building Council (MGBC)  🇧🇪 Belgian Green Building Council (Belgian GBC)  🇸🇦 Sustainability Professionals of Saudi Arabia (SPSA) جمعية محترفي الاستدامة السعودية (SPSA) (Affiliate Partner) From Africa to the Americas, Asia Pacific to Europe and the Middle East & North Africa, these new members bring fresh energy, unique expertise and leadership to the world’s largest movement for sustainable buildings. In 2023, the building sector accounted for around one third of global emissions, placing them at the heart of the climate challenge — and the solution. That’s why our growing network — which covers over 85 countries — is uniquely placed to drive the transition to a built environment that is zero carbon, healthy, resilient, and equitable. Each new Council adds strength through local leadership, industry mobilisation, and collaboration on global goals. Together, we are accelerating climate action and shaping the future of our built environment. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/dzXyqbD5 This milestone proves the unstoppable momentum of the green building movement. Let’s #BeBoldOnBuildings together. #BuildingTheTransition #COP30

WorldGBC is inviting businesses to support our Business Action Statement for COP30 and join other sustainability frontrunners who are setting the standard for the future of the built environment. By adding your support, you can show governments that industry is ready to accelerate change across the built environment, while securing long-term resilience through future-ready buildings. Sign the Business Action Statement today: https://lnkd.in/djBVqpjX The COP30 Brazil outcome must accelerate the building sector’s sustainable transition in line with the Global Stocktake. #BeBoldOnBuildings #BuildingTheTransition #COP30

The climate action plans (NDCs) we make in 2025 will shape policies and economies for the next decade. So, where are we headed in the lead up to COP30 Brazil? Join the second #BuildingToCOP Forum on 16 October, where Audrey Nugent from WorldGBC will share why strong NDCs on buildings is important. You can register for the Forum here:  https://lnkd.in/dSApb4Nv ⏰14:00—15:00 BST Joining Audrey on the panel will be Dan Ioschpe (Climate High-Level Champions), Maria Clara (Representative for COP30 Presidency), and Dietram Oppelt (UNFCCC TEC). Don’t miss a beat in the lead up to COP30. #BeBoldOnBuildings #MutiraoCOP30

Addressing the climate impact of Europe’s buildings requires a whole life perspective. A large share of emissions linked to the built environment comes not only from energy use during building operation but also from construction materials, renovation, and demolition. These whole life carbon (WLC) impacts have often been overlooked in regulation, yet they are essential to Europe’s decarbonisation pathway. The INDICATE programme, an initiative of WorldGBC’s European Regional Network (ERN) and partners, has been working to close this gap. Between 2022 and 2024, INDICATE collaborated with pilot projects in Ireland, the Czech Republic, and Spain to demonstrate how national policies can begin to account for WLC. This effort now continues with INDICATE LIFE (2024–2026), co-funded by the European Commission, expanding to Austria, Italy, Hungary, Croatia, and Luxembourg. With funding from the @Laudes Foundation, a new explainer video sets out INDICATE’s contribution to data-driven policymaking, technical guidance, and cross-sector collaboration for a more sustainable built environment in Europe. 🔗 Learn more about INDICATE here:  https://bit.ly/42XXtfZ Laudes Foundation | Smith Innovation | BPIE - Buildings Performance Institute Europe | Rise | KU Leuven | LIFE Programme #BeBoldOnBuildings #BuildingTheTransition

From Paris Proof healthcare buildings to circular offices and smart legislation — find out what’s happening during Dutch Green Building Week 2025! During #DGBW2025 Dutch Green Building Council (DGBC) will focus on how businesses are making the built environment more sustainable. With the theme #WEETWAAROM (#KnowWhy), DGBC will show why sustainable choices matter – from policy to practice. 📅 From 29 September to 3 October 2025 📌 Locations throughout the Netherlands and online 👉 Register here: https://lnkd.in/e9UnPMTQ What can you expect? 🔹Workshops such as Climate Fresk and the EPD Game in Etten-Leur 🔹Webinars on Paris Proof healthcare real estate, legislation & subsidies and future-proof real estate 🔹Guided tours at Van Dillen Bouwgroep, the circular KAVA office of the Central Government Real Estate Agency, and the transformation of the ABN AMRO office 🔹The national DGBW Congress in Utrecht on 30 September 🔹Inspiring sessions on social sustainability, grid congestion, circular construction and more #DutchGreenBuildingWeek #BeBoldOnBuildings #BuildingTheTransition  

The climate action plans (NDCs) we make in 2025 will shape policies and economies for the next decade.  So, where are we headed in the lead up to COP30? Join the second #BuildingToCOP Forum on 16 October, where Audrey Nugent from WorldGBC will share why strong NDCs on buildings is so important. You can register for the Forum here: https://ow.ly/9j9850X111p ⏰14:00—15:00 BST Joining Audrey on the panel will be Dan Ioschpe (High Level Climate Champion), Maria Klara (Representative for COP30 Presidency), and Dietram Oppelt. Don’t miss a beat in the lead up to COP30. #BeBoldOnBuildings #MutiraoCOP30

There are less than 50 days until COP30 Brazil in Belém, and the outcome must accelerate the building sector’s sustainable transition in line with the Global Stocktake. But how can this be achieved? More than 130 businesses and Green Building Councils have signed our Business Action Statement and are showing governments that industry is ready to accelerate change across the built environment, while securing long-term resilience through future-ready buildings. If your business is a frontrunner taking bold action on buildings, then join us and let’s ensure that there is bold action on buildings at #COP30. Support our Business Action Statement here: https://lnkd.in/djBVqpjX It’s time to #BeBoldOnBuildings.