Skills for Sustainability

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Skills for Sustainability
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Dr David HickieChief Executive
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Society for the Environment
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Our Vision

• Sustainability through
• Professionalism

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We gained our Royal Charter in 2004
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Our Aims
- Widespread recognition of important role of
environmental and sustainability professionals in
all areas of business, commerce and public
sectors - Widespread recognition of status of
Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) We are the
Registration Authority which Licenses Member
Institutions to award CEnv.
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Our Aims

• Seek to be a pre-eminent
• champion of sustainability

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Our Aims

• Seek to be the pre-eminent
• Champion of Sustainability

Advocacy of views of sustainability and
environmental professionals
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Our Aims

• Achieved by nurturing and harnessing the combined
  resources, knowledge, expertise and achievements
  of the professional and learned bodies which are
  its members.
• We act as umbrella organisation

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Inform Influence Innovate Inspire Involve
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Our 15 Member Bodies

• Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
• Chartered Institution of Waste Management (CIWM)
• Institution of Water and Environmental Management
  (CIWEM)
• Institute of Agricultural Management (IAgrM)
• Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management
  (IEEM)
• Institute of Environmental Management and
  Assessment (IEMA)
• Institute of Fisheries Management (IFM)

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Our 15 Member Bodies

• Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE)
• Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
• Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
• Institution of Environmental Scientists (IES)
• Institution of Water Officers (IWO)
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
• Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS)
• Associate Member Body
• Institute of Professional Soil Scientists (IPPS)

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Our Members Bodies represent over 250,000
practitioners
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4200 CEnvs as at Nov 2006from our 13 licensed
Member Bodies
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Environment
Economy
Society
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Environment
Economy
Society
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Skills for Sustainability?
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1. What is the role of professional institutions
on Sustainable Development and Sustainability?
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2. Are there key skills that all professionals
need?
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3. Are these common across all professions and
disciplines?
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4. What are the next steps for institutions
and/or individuals?
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Summarising
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Inform Influence Innovate Inspire Involve
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Inform Influence Innovate Inspire Involve
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Inform Influence Innovate Inspire Involve
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Inform Influence Innovate Inspire Involve
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Inform Influence Innovate Inspire Involve
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Inform Influence Innovate Inspire Involve
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Together

• Sustainability through
• Professionalism