RICS joins Society for the Environment
The Chartered Environmentalist Qualification

RICS members and practitioners are aware of the significant global environmental challenges that face them, as public expectation and demands on their knowledge and experience continue to increase.
The need to demonstrate professionalism with ever greater rigour and transparency is ever increasing.

One way of doing this is through an independently regulated qualification that cuts across all professional disciplines – Chartered Environmentalist. The qualification will be in addition to the professional status of Chartered Surveyor. 

The qualification benefits all concerned with the environment:

• The public can be confident in the knowledge and competence of an environmental practitione
• 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 applicants
• Governments and governmental bodies seeking to appoint advisers or consultants will be assured about an individual competence
• Professional bodies can 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 qualification in Acts of Parliament and regulations
• Legal credibility enabling expert witness participation at a defined standard; and
• Professional standing recognising equality of excellence across a wide range of environment disciplines. 

Registration sets Chartered Environmentalists apart from those who are unregistered. It establishes their proven knowledge, understanding and competence. In particular, registration demonstrates a commitment to professional standards and enhancing competence. Chartered status gives a proven edge to candidates applying for posts, whether or not this is a requirement in the job specification.

Employers of Chartered Environmentalists have the assurance of knowing their employees having had their competence assessed and their commitment to continuing professional development established to consistent and rigorous standards.

Society for the Environment
The Society for the Environment is an independent and non-political umbrella regulatory and qualifying organisation of 15 professional institutions and learned societies (constituent bodies) whose prime focus is sustainable environmental management.

Society for the Environment is the leading co-ordinating body in environmental matters and is a pre-eminent champion of sustainable development.

SocEnv’s aims and objectives
Society for the Environment aims to deliver their vision through better understanding and awareness of sustainable environmental management, standards and practice for the public benefit.

By drawing on and pooling the knowledge and experience of the constituent bodies and their members, Society for the Environment will:

• Regulate the profession of environmental practice through the Chartered Environmentalist qualification
•  Seek to influence government, policy makers and opinion formers on all aspects of the environment.

RICS is licensed by the Society for the Environment to grant the Award of Chartered Environmentalist and may confer the qualification on its members. To become a Chartered Environmentalist the applicant must:

• Be a full (voting) member of RICS (MRICS or FRICS)
• Have a minimum of 12 units of knowledge and/or experience, which will include at least four years relevant experience, depending upon the level and duration of academic study
• Demonstrate knowledge of, competence in, and engagement with sustainable management of the environment; and
• Agree to comply with the Society of the Environment's Code of Ethics and CPD requirements of RICS. 

The qualification is not restricted to Chartered Environmental Surveyors. This qualification will benefit all members whose work involves environmental best practise or sustainable development. Successful applicants will, on payment of the prescribed fee, be entitled to use the title Chartered Environmentalist and the designatory letters CEnv after their names. 

This qualification will be in addition to your professional status of Chartered Surveyor.

The assessment for chartered environmentalist involves an initial application, submission of a report and a professional review interview. Candidates are assessed to determine whether or not they can demonstrate knowledge, competence and engagement with sustainable environmental management and development.

Information on the assessment and interview can be found in the Application Pack and Guidelines.  Please follow the link on the right hand side.

For further information, please see the Frequently Asked Question attachment on the right hand side, or contact RICS: 

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyor
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T +44 (0)870 333 1600
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E socenv@rics.org
W www.rics.org/socenv