Society for the Environment
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The Society for the Environment (SocEnv) is an umbrella body
that can license its member institutions to confer chartered status
on sustainability and environmental professionals worldwide. It was established in response to the need to encourage the highest levels of professionalism in the field of sustainability.
The Society aspires to be the leading and co-ordinating body for professionals working in sustainability and environmental matters and a pre-eminent champion of a sustainable environment. The Society will achieve this by nurturing and harnessing the combined resources, knowledge, expertise and achievements of the professional and learned bodies which are its members.
“The Society for the Environment has a key role to play in co-ordinating and representing the views of the environmental professions on how best to meet the challenges of climate change, and of development within environmental limits” - Jonathon Porritt
former chair of the Sustainable Development
Commission and notable environmentalist
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Each of the member institutions will retain its unique identity and remain a centre of excellence within its field. SocEnv attained Royal Chartered status on 6 May 2004 and issued the first licenses to enable the award of Chartered Environmentalist
in September 2004.
. Such demonstration will include a professional review.
The Current Constituent Bodies are:
Associate Member Body:
Umbrella organization
An umbrella organization is an association of institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. In business, political, or other environments, one group, the umbrella organization, provides resources and often an identity to the smaller organizations...
that can license its member institutions to confer chartered status
Chartered (professional)
A Chartered professional is a person who has gained a level of competence in a particular field of work and as such has been awarded a formal credential by an organization in recognition. It is considered a status of professional competency, and the Chartered status is awarded mainly by...
on sustainability and environmental professionals worldwide. It was established in response to the need to encourage the highest levels of professionalism in the field of sustainability.
The Society aspires to be the leading and co-ordinating body for professionals working in sustainability and environmental matters and a pre-eminent champion of a sustainable environment. The Society will achieve this by nurturing and harnessing the combined resources, knowledge, expertise and achievements of the professional and learned bodies which are its members.
“The Society for the Environment has a key role to play in co-ordinating and representing the views of the environmental professions on how best to meet the challenges of climate change, and of development within environmental limits” - Jonathon Porritt
Jonathon Porritt
Jonathon Espie Porritt, CBE, is an English environmentalist and writer. Porritt appears frequently in the media, writing in magazines, newspapers and books, and appearing on radio and television regularly.-Early life and family background:...
former chair of the Sustainable Development
Commission and notable environmentalist
Environmentalist
An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities"...
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Each of the member institutions will retain its unique identity and remain a centre of excellence within its field. SocEnv attained Royal Chartered status on 6 May 2004 and issued the first licenses to enable the award of Chartered Environmentalist
Chartered Environmentalist
The status of Chartered Environmentalist is a professional qualification that is awarded by the Society for the Environment , a UK professional institution whose members are a number of well-respected and established professional institutions across the environmental sector...
in September 2004.
Becoming a Chartered Environmentalist
To become a Chartered Environmentalist an individual must be a member of one of the Member Institutions and demonstrate (through qualifications and experience) competence, knowledge and engagement in sustainable environmental management and developmentSustainable development
Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come...
. Such demonstration will include a professional review.
The Constituent Bodies
The constituent and associate bodies represent over 400,000 environmental practitioners drawn from a wide range of professions, each with a track record of pre-eminence in its particular field and of particular achievements. This is a substantial and diverse group of people who in their working lives confront a full range of sustainability issues. The Society provides an independent forum for debate for all - reflecting its inclusive nature. Where there is no consensus, it will publish a range of views. The society actively promotes innovation and inspiration in tackling the environmental problems that exist across the globe.The Current Constituent Bodies are:
- Arboricultural Association (AA)
- Chartered Institute of BuildingChartered Institute of BuildingThe Chartered Institute of Building is a body that represents professionals who work within the built environment in the United Kingdom.- History :...
- Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM)
- Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental ManagementChartered Institution of Water and Environmental ManagementThe Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management is an independent professional body and a registered charity, advancing the science and practice of water and environmental management for a clean, green and sustainable world....
(CIWEM) - Institute of Agricultural Managers (IAgrM)
- Institute of Chartered ForestersInstitute of Chartered ForestersThe Institute of Chartered Foresters is the professional body for foresters and arborists in the United Kingdom. Its Royal Charter was granted in 1982. The Institute grants recognised qualifications to individuals, particularly MICFor , and requires its members to undertake Continuing Professional...
(ICF) - Institute of Ecology and Environmental ManagementInstitute of Ecology and Environmental ManagementThe Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management is the professional body which represents and supports ecologists and environmental managers, mainly in the United Kingdom but increasingly in Ireland and Europe, and the rest of the world....
(IEEM) - Institute of Environmental Management and AssessmentInstitute of Environmental Management and AssessmentThe Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment is the largest professional body for environmental practitioners in the United Kingdom and Worldwide approaching 15,000 members....
(IEMA) - Institute of Fisheries Management (IFM)
- Institution of Agricultural EngineersInstitution of Agricultural EngineersThe Institution of Agricultural Engineers is a British professional engineering institution founded in 1938. It is licenced by the Engineering Council UK to assess candidates for inclusion on ECUK's Register of professional Engineers and Technicians.-Function:As a founding Constituent Body of...
(IAgrE) - Institution of Chemical EngineersInstitution of Chemical EngineersThe Institution of Chemical Engineers is a global professional engineering institution with over 33,000 members in over 120 countries worldwide, founded in 1922, and awarded a Royal Charter in 1957.-Structure:...
(IChemE) - Institution of Civil EngineersInstitution of Civil EngineersFounded on 2 January 1818, the Institution of Civil Engineers is an independent professional association, based in central London, representing civil engineering. Like its early membership, the majority of its current members are British engineers, but it also has members in more than 150...
(ICE) - Institution of Environmental SciencesInstitution of Environmental SciencesThe Institution of Environmental Sciences is a professional body for environmental scientists, representing a very broad spectrum of practices in the environmental field....
(IES) - Institution of Water Officers (IWO)
- Landscape InstituteLandscape InstituteThe Landscape Institute is a British professional body for landscape architects. Founded in 1929 as the Institute of Landscape Architects, it was granted a Royal Charter in 1997. The Institute aims to promote landscape architecture, and to regulate the profession with a code of conduct that...
(LI) - Royal Institution of Chartered SurveyorsRoyal Institution of Chartered SurveyorsThe Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is an independent, representative professional body which regulates property professionals and surveyors in the United Kingdom and other sovereign nations....
(RICS) - Royal Meteorological SocietyRoyal Meteorological SocietyThe Royal Meteorological Society traces its origins back to 3 April 1850 when the British Meteorological Society was formed as a society the objects of which should be the advancement and extension of meteorological science by determining the laws of climate and of meteorological phenomena in general...
(RMS) - Society of Environmental EngineersSociety of Environmental EngineersThe Society of Environmental Engineers is a British professional engineering institution founded in 1959. It is licensed by the Engineering Council UK to assess candidates for inclusion on ECUK's Register of Professional Engineers and Technicians. The Society publishes the quarterly journal...
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Associate Member Body:
- Institute of Professional Soil Scientists