UK Green Building Council

In the latest episode of the Smart Society Show, our co-hosts @BrynneSpeak and @CSkidmoreUK welcomed Simon McWhirter, Deputy Chief Executive & Director of External Affairs of the @UKGBC, and Simon Phelan, Founder and CEO of @hometreeUK 🎧smartsocietyshow.com/s1e11-davos-tr…

📣Introducing our Materials Passports guides! ♻️Materials passports are an innovative digital tool that can help reduce emissions, minimise waste, and encourage reuse and circularity. 🖱️Download our guides to learn more about how to use them here: tinyurl.com/y4fuetj5

📣UKGBC responds to President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. Trump's first days in office were marked by a series of severe climate policy rollbacks. 🖱Read UKGBC CEO Smith Mordak's full response here: tinyurl.com/2c2nfhd3

🛣️We've officially introduced our UK Climate Resilience Roadmap: a robust pathway that will map how the built environment should adapt to and be prepared for a changing climate. Learn more here: tinyurl.com/ms2knhrf 🤝Submit feedback: tinyurl.com/y9pukk26

Our policy team attended a reception in Parliament yesterday to discuss what we can do to create a greener future. We are working towards planning reform which makes it easier to build in a net zero and climate resilient way. Read more: tinyurl.com/a7uc3daa

My final op-ed from @UKGBC 👇 The global biodiversity summit failed. Now the UK Government must act to protect the world's forests, rivers, lakes and communities from the devastation driven by extraction for the construction industry. We must re-use our buildings and materials

💭What does a climate resilient built environment look like to you? 📣We will be unveiling our UK Climate Resilience Roadmap on Nov 20, introducing key insights, policy recs, and our Vision of a climate resilient built environment. Learn more here: tinyurl.com/494288ec

🚀 Ready to become a leader in sustainability? Applications are now open for UKGBC’s Future Leaders programme, an immersive experience designed to empower the next generation of professionals to drive systemic change in the built environment. Join us!: ukgbc.org/events/future-…

📣 In 2 weeks, we’ll be introducing our UK Climate Resilience Roadmap at London Build Expo 2024! Come meet the UKGBC team and our partners at our networking session at London Build to learn more about what this Roadmap means for industry: tinyurl.com/494288ec

💼UKGBC is hiring a Policy and Public Affairs Team Administrator! The Policy and Places Team Administrator is a new, key role within a highly motivated team dedicated to transforming the built environment. 📝Learn more and apply here by November 30th: tinyurl.com/5n6dcewa

📣UKGBC responds to the 2025 Autumn Budget Announcement. Smith Mordak, Chief Executive: "Rachel Reeves’ £3.4 billion ‘first step’ towards the Government’s Warm Homes plan, seems more like a tiptoe" 📄Read the full response here: tinyurl.com/bdehcey9

🌍 We are thrilled to welcome @Clarion_Group as a UKGBC Regenerative Places Programme Partner! 🤝Clarion’s commitment to improving neighbourhoods while making homes more sustainable aligns perfectly with our mission. 🖱Check out our Programme page here: lnkd.in/eiN_zCpD

In our programme ‘#UrbanEvolution: Our #FutureCities’, we spoke to @UKGBC Deputy Chief Executive, about their mission to transform the #Sustainability of the #BuiltEnvironment, ensuring that both people and nature thrive. Watch the interview here: business.itn.co.uk/programmes/urb…

Watch ‘#UrbanEvolution: Our #FutureCities’ now: business.itn.co.uk/programmes/urb……Presented by @MaryAnnOchota, it features insights from @BusinessGreen, @SmartCCouncil, @UK100_, @UKGBC, @WorldGBC, Clearbell Capital, @ExpoCityDubai, @Hadley_Group, @BellwetherDst, @NESO_energy.

Getting to a net zero built environment is going to be a big challenge. ‘If we don’t change what we are doing we will not hit the target,’ says Yetunde Abdul from @UKGBC

💷In 8 days, the new Government's Autumn Budget will be announced. Ahead of this, we're sharing our budget submission to the Treasury. 📄Read the full budget submission here: lnkd.in/ehcAhSdT

🎉UKGBC has exceeded 100 innovative start-up and scale-up members! 💡Our latest blog dissects how UKGBC unlocks barriers to solution adoption and scaling, enabling these critical solutions to drive impact throughout the industry. Read the full blog here: tinyurl.com/5n74ab48

🗓100 days of a Labour Government... what happens next? The stakes are high. Our new report examines the progress being made to meet climate, nature and cost-of-living commitments and dissects the big decisions ahead. 📄Read the full blog here: tinyurl.com/3wscy97c

📣The UK has shut down its last coal-fired power plant. UKGBC's Emily-Rose Garnett, explores what this closure means for the UK's grid, the role of the built environment, and the innovations that are powering this transition. 📚Read more here: tinyurl.com/ykkh558s

Updating the planning system is urgent so it's great to see the new Government consult on this so quickly. Putting in proper protections for climate and nature is crucial to avoid a public backlash on some of the reforms proposed. Read the full response: tinyurl.com/a7uc3daa