Select Committee on Environmental Audit Minutes of Evidence


Memorandum from the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)

  The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) was formed in September 1999, with the Government's blessing, following a merger between the Environmental Auditors Registration Association (EARA), the Institute of Environmental Assessment (IEA) and the Institute of Environmental Management (IEM), thus creating the professional body for the environment.

  It currently has over 7,000 individual and 300 corporate members worldwide. As well as being the custodian of the EMAS and SiLC Registers*, it now oversees the next stages of Project Acorn. It also has a wealth of experience in devising and administering various professional standards for environmental practitioners.

  This Institute is also a founder member of Society for the Environment (SocEnv). The aim of this Society is to bring together professional bodies and learned societies who have environmental disciplines at the core of their activities.

  The Institute undertook a project in early 2001 to explore the desirability of establishing national Sustainable Development Standards by holding a conference in London (120 delegates), issuing a questionnaire to all its members asking specifically about this subject and devising a set of sustainable development standards. It also contacted a large number of post-graduates (environmental science degrees) to obtain their opinion on job opportunities in this field.

  The Institute subsequently reported these findings to the Department for Education and Skills on 4 February 2002.

  * Eco-Management & Audit Scheme and Specialists in Land Condition

May 2003





 
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