Marking 20 years of the Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) registration, Mary Creagh CBE MP has expressed her gratitude for the invaluable contributions made by chartered environmentalists.
The Society for the Environment (SocEnv) was launched in 2002 to champion competence in environmental practices across sectors. Its first objective was to create a chartered designation to professionalise this work – and so CEnv professional registration was born in 2004 via a Royal Charter. Today, the CEnv community now surpasses 8,000 professionals, including members of the Institution of Engineering Designers.
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Those with proven competence in the environmental aspects of their work wear the CEnv badge with pride – influencing decisions, applying good practices, advising policy and much more. These rounded, up-to-date, dedicated professionals are valued by many – including the UK government.
‘I want to express my appreciation for the invaluable contributions of Chartered Environmentalists across the UK, over the hugely impressive 20 years of the Society, its Royal Charter and the distinguished CEnv professional registration,’ wrote Mary Creagh CBE MP, parliamentary under-secretary of state for nature, in a letter to SocEnv. ‘Your collective expertise, dedication and innovative approaches are at the heart of efforts to tackle the environmental and wider societal challenges we face today. Your collective work is vital in ensuring that our natural environment is protected, enhanced and managed sustainably, while developing green skills, creating quality jobs and supporting communities and businesses to ensure that environmental benefits are shared equitably.’
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Creagh then outlined her eagerness to work with, and learn from, CEnv professionals to collectively tackle the multitude of challenges we face. ‘I look forward to working with the Society and to drawing on the expertise and support of innumerable Chartered Environmentalists as we pursue shared goals to achieve net zero, enhance biodiversity, improve air quality, drive resource efficiency and sustainable food production, and build resilient communities in the face of climate change,’ she wrote.
The first cohort of 65 chartered environmentalists officially received their certificates on 20 September 2004. They established the global community peer-recognised as being up-to-date, competent environmental professionals that’s still growing today – and leading the way towards a sustainable future.
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Reflecting on 20 years of CEnv registration, SocEnv chief executive, Emma Wilcox CEnv FIMMM CMgr said: ‘Ministerial support for environmental professionals and the superb work that they do can only be a good thing – especially if given increased opportunity influence on policy and decision making. I have no doubt that the CEnv registration – and, more recently, REnvP and REnvTech – has amplified influence, trust, commitment and change. We share a vision with our registrants and partners for a sustainable future, which we are yet to achieve. So, if you are thinking about becoming a CEnv, leading the way, and playing your part, if not now, when?’
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