About Us

The New Zealand Green Building Council is an industry organisation dedicated to accelerating the development and adoption of market-based green building practices.The Council achieves these aims through:

  • Setting standards of best practice through the adaptation of the Green Star rating tool
  • Education and training for all areas of the building industry value chain
  • Providing access to networks, information and resources for our members to actively lead the market

The NZGBC was established in July 2005 and in 2006 became a member of the World Green Building Council (WGBC).  The WGBC is an international not-for-profit organisation that aims to move the global property industry and built environment towards sustainability, with Green Building Councils being established in various countries around the world.

World Green Building Council

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Who we are
The World Green Building Council is a union of national councils whose mission is to accelerate the transformation of the global built environment towards sustainability. The current member nations of the WorldGBC represent over 50 percent of global construction activity, and touch more than 15,000 companies and organizations worldwide.

WorldGBC members are leading the movement that is globalizing environmentally and socially responsible building practices. Its objective is to rapidly build an international coalition that represents the entire global property industry.

Leadership
The WorldGBC provides leadership and a global forum to accelerate market transformation from traditional, inefficient building practices to new generation high-performance buildings. This is a critical response strategy for cities and countries worldwide to their national and international commitments to reduce carbon emissions and redress other environmental impacts.

Business-led coalition
WorldGBC is a business-led coalition. Green Building Councils are consensus-based not-for-profit organizations with no private ownership, and diverse and integrated representation from all sectors of the property industry. They recognise business as a powerful solution-provider, and are working to improve frameworks that harness business's ability to deliver.

New Zealand is an active member of the WorldGBC with Jane Henley on the board.