The PARQ | LEED Gold | Photo: Kasemsubsiri Co., Ltd.
About GBCI
GBCI (Green Business Certification Inc.) independently verifies sustainability performance against globally recognized standards, ensuring the integrity of outcomes and strengthening market confidence in sustainability investment and innovation.
GBCI expands access, awareness and implementation of certifications and credentials that increase adoption of sustainable building and business practices. GBCI’s commitment to integrity and excellence provides the assurance necessary to make informed decisions that drive more sustainable outcomes and deliver measurable benefits.
GBCI was founded in January 2008 with the support of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to provide independent oversight of professional credentialing and project certification under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system.
GBCI’s vision, mission, guiding principles, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) vision define who we are and what we do. They create our identity, embody our culture and values, and define the impact we seek to achieve.
- Vision: The built environment enhances health, equity, resilience, sustainability, and prosperity for all life and all communities.
- Mission: To independently recognize excellence in performance and practice globally while promoting adoption of building and business practices that continually and measurably improve health, equity, resilience, and environmental well-being for all.
Today, GBCI is the only certification and credentialing body within the green business and sustainability industry to exclusively administer project certifications and professional credentials of LEED, EDGE, PEER, WELL, SITES, Sustainability Excellence, Parksmart and TRUE. GBCI is a global organization with offices in China, Europe, India, Dubai, and Mexico. Read the GBCI 2024-2026 Strategic Plan.
Leadership
GBCI works to maintain quality control on the project certification through global green building standards set and annually reviewed by our board members. GBCI credentialing programs are developed, delivered and maintained using best practices in test development. Since 2011, GBCI’s LEED credentialing programs have been ANSI-accredited under the ISO/IEC 17024:2012, Conformity assessment – General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons.
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