Policy & Advocacy
UKGBC works with our members and with policymakers at all levels across the UK to advocate for a built environment that meets the challenges of the climate and ecological crises
At a time of climate and nature emergency and a cost of living crisis, the UK needs bold government leadership and policy at national, devolved and local levels to transform our buildings, towns and cities.
The built environment sector must work together at pace and scale to champion the ambitious policies that we need to deliver a zero-carbon, climate-resilient, regenerative future.
What does our policy & advocacy work look like?
As the voice of our sustainable built environment, UKGBC works across the sector to implement change in three main ways.
Using our collective voice
We utilise our collective expertise to influence the decisions that matter to our sector
Engaging with policy makers
We engage with decision-makers to shape the policies that will deliver a greener future.
Supporting our members’ advocacy
We support our members with advocacy and strategic campaigns.
Key policy wins
Areas of work
Domestic Retrofit
Explore our work on the need for a nationwide retrofit strategy.
Future Homes and Buildings Standards
Explore our work related to new build homes and the Future Homes Standard.
Planning
Explore our work on national and local planning policy and how it can shape a sustainable built environment.
Climate Resilience
Explore how policies can build climate resilience in our buildings and communities.
Nature
Explore how nature positive policies can help increase biodiversity in the built environment.
Resources
Response to EAC consultation on sustainable electrification of the UK economy
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has launched a new inquiry examining the challenges and opportunities arising from the increasing use of electricity to power the economy of Net Zero Britain
Powering Up Britain – Policy Analysis
On 30th March, 2023, the UK Government announced a wide range of policies and strategies…
Response to Government Consultation on National Planning Policy Framework
As the collective voice of the UK’s built environment sector, UKGBC urges the Government to…
Response to BEIS Consultation on ECO+
We welcome the new ECO+ scheme as an addition to the urgently needed support for…
Response to Government’s Net Zero Review
On behalf of its members, UKGBC has responded to the government’s Call for Evidence as…
Decarbonising the built environment Government policy scorecard
A scorecard analysis of Government action against the policy recommendations in UKGBC’s Whole Life Carbon Roadmap and the big challenges and opportunities ahead.
Pay As You Save
The Pay As You Save report was launched in 2009 and looks at property linked finance for home retrofit.
A housing market catalyst to drive carbon emission reductions
A new report setting out UKGBC’s detailed proposals for a stamp duty incentive to help build a market for home energy improvements
Press releases
Action to tackle overheating in our homes is largely missing from the National Adaptation Programme
UKGBC responds to the Government’s National Adaptation Programme (NAP3)
18 Jul, 2023
Government must listen to CCC’s wake-up call
UKGBC responds to the Climate Change Committee’s annual Progress Report’s warning that little progress has been made in a year.
28 Jun, 2023
Labour’s green strategy puts planning reform and home retrofit on the right track
UKGBC responds to the Labour Party’s published plan, ‘Making Britain a clean energy superpower’.
20 Jun, 2023
More than 100 businesses call on the Government for planning reform to deliver net zero and restore nature
Letter calls on the Government to reform England’s planning system to bring it into line with the Climate Change and Environment Acts
15 Jun, 2023