Green building advocacy is a critical part of USGBC’s role. Through outreach and education, we are working on behalf of our members to advance a greener, more resilient and more prosperous future. A greener future is the conservation of resources and reducing pollution, including greenhouse gases. A resilient future is ensuring economic security and quality of life for years to come. A prosperous future means that building the right way is the profitable way.
Because we advocate for policies that offer these important co-benefits, we can cut through the political noise to achieve legislative and policy successes. We aren’t asking policymakers to choose between environmental and economic objectives. We aren’t asking consumers to choose between quality and cost. We are working toward a more sustainable future for all. Thanks to the innovative spirit and considerable efforts and talents of our members, we can deliver on all these priorities.
We accomplish this by leveraging law and policy and advancing our government relations and partnerships to accomplish four simple goals.