The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) was established in 2002 to develop a sustainable property industry in Australia and drive the adoption of green building practices through market-based solutions.
To drive the transition of the Australian property industry towards:
-Sustainability - by promoting green building programs, technologies, design practices and operations
-Integration - of green building initiatives into mainstream design, construction and operation of buildings.
To achieve these objectives, the GBCA runs the Green Star environmental rating system, education and advocacy efforts in sustainable building practices, and events on the national and international levels.
Over the last three decades Clean Up Australia Day has grown into the nation's largest community-based environmental event. Now one of the country’s most recognised and trusted environmental organisations, Clean Up Australia provides free resources and materials to communities, schools and youth groups all year round, supporting Australians everywhere clean up, fix up and conserve the environment. Today the focus is as much on preventing rubbish entering our environment as it is removing what has already accumulated.
We want to lead the way in collaborating with organisations who take an innovative approach to sustainability, and to celebrate business models and systems which support a circular economy.