VinZero Joins World Green Building Councils Drive for Circularity in Construction Sector

With more than 59% of global waste attributed to construction, the importance of this project cannot be understated. Globally the built environment is responsible for almost 40% of global energy related carbon emissions, and is extracting an estimated 50% of the worlds resources.

It has been estimated that to reduce the worlds emissions to the extent required, to even cap global warming estimates at 1.5 degrees, industry needs to move up to 10 times faster than the current rate in adopting carbon reducing processes.

The recent announcement of the Circularity Accelerator project represents WorldGBC's continued work to advance sustainable building and net zero best practices, on a global scale.

As a global action network comprised of around 70 Green Building Councils around the world, and as members of the UN Global Compact, WorldGBC works with businesses, organizations, and governments to drive the ambitions of the Paris Agreement and UN Global Goals for sustainable development.

The WorldGBC strategy catalyses the uptake of sustainable buildings for everyone, everywhere and focuses on transforming the building and construction sector across three strategic areas - climate action, health & wellbeing, and resources & circularity.

"Through our partnership with VinZero, we've gained a valuable collaborator for WorldGBC's Circularity Accelerator global programme. VinZero builds sustainable digital solutions which are paramount to designing out waste towards a more circular economy." Catriona Brady, Director of Strategy and Development, World Green Building Council.

''Circularity Accelerator is a WorldGBC global programme to drive the adoption of circular economy and resource efficiency in the building and construction sector. WorldGBC's new partnership with VinZero comes at an important moment ahead of World Green Building Week (#WGBW22) and #BuildingToCOP27 – collaboration with companies like VinZero are essential in our combined mission to tackle the climate crisis and advance sustainable, circular development''. Cristina Gamboa, CEO, WorldGBC.