Around the world, other green leaders in the industry looked at the impact of the USGBC and decided to start similar movements in their own countries, led by a GBC.
In 2002, WorldGBC was officially formed with eight founding GBCs: Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Mexico, Spain, and USA.
[6] In 2015, the WorldGBC Board agreed a new strategic plan for the organisation with five focus areas: Membership; Regional Networks; Projects and Partnerships; Marketing, Communications and Influence; and Governance and Operations.
WorldGBC is also a delivery partner on the 'Building Efficiency Accelerator' (BEA),[17] a partnership of businesses, NGOs and multilateral organisations, which aims to help cities take action to improve their buildings.
World Green Building Week[19] is an annual global event led by WorldGBC, its network of more than 70 GBCs and their 49,000 members.
Beginning in 2009, the week involves special events promoting public awareness of sustainability and green building around a selected theme: Since 2014 WorldGBC has hosted a congress - a gathering of its member councils and an international conference.
[25] WorldGBC presents two major annual awards recognising the contributions of individuals to the global green building movement.
[29] It aims to gather the support of countries, cities and public and private organisations to ensure the sector helps to meet the Paris Agreement and global goals on climate change.
WorldGBC sits on the interim steering committee of the Alliance, developing strong governance to support the 24 countries and 72 non-state organisations which are affiliated with it.
In December 2017, WorldGBC published its latest annual report,[30] outlining the achievements of the organisation and its global network of GBCs over the previous year.