Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv)
The Institution of Environmental Sciences is a Licensed Constituent Body of the Society for the Environment (SocEnv). This enables the IES to award the Chartered Environmentalist qualification to those members who meet the criteria laid down by SocEnv, which include Key Competences in relation to work and academic experience as well as knowledge of sustainable practice.
For more information on the Society for the Environment, please go to the website at www.socenv.org.uk.
Why become a Chartered Environmentalist?
Chartered Environmentalist embraces a wide range of disciplines and is an excellent way of recognising virtuosity in environmental management and sustainability. The designation benefits all concerned with the environment:
- The Public, who can be confident in the knowledge and competence of an environmental practitioner;
- Practitioners by identification as a professionally qualified environmentalist that puts them at the forefront of their profession;
- Employers, with confirmation of the professional ability and competence of employees and candidates;
- Governments and governmental bodies seeking to appoint advisers or consultants will be assured about an individual competence;
- Professional Bodies, who will be able to benchmark the qualification for membership purposes;
- Higher Education, in setting and monitoring benchmarks for environmental courses, and promoting study programmes;
- Regulatory Bodies, who could be confident in specifying the CEnv designation in Acts of Parliament and regulations;
- Legal credibility, enabling expert witness participation at a defined standard;
- Professional standing, recognising equality of excellence across a wide range of environment disciplines.
(SocEnv - Feb 2006)