The Environment Faculty is the home within RICS for professionals who work with environmental assets and the environmental aspects of land and property, including sustainability appraisals, environmental impact assessments, contamination and regeneration.

RICS faculties are responsible for setting the strategic direction for the future of their specialisms and for identifying and serving the information needs of their members. (For web features and information relating to the Environment Faculty, please visit the Practice Areas).

The Environment Faculty has approximately 6,800 members who benefit from:

• An internationally respected qualification that is recognised as the ‘gold standard’ of professional competence
• A regular and up-to-date professional journal that provides advice and commentary on key issues facing the profession
• In-depth practice standards and guidance on a wide variety of professional topics
• Access to a cost-effective programme of training events
• The ability to lobby and influence government and other policy makers on government consultations and the future direction for the environment
• Opportunities to promote the profession through the technical press and national press and media
• Access to experienced faculty members, a Professional Information team and a Contact Centre, all providing impartial advice
• Access to a network of like-minded professionals through discussion forums.

The faculty is also responsible for setting and maintaining the APC/ATC competencies that make up the APC/ATC pathways for the Environment Chartered Surveyor and contributing to the professional assessment of mature entry candidates.

Member benefits
The faculty provides help and advice to its members and the general public and seeks to stimulate debate and innovate on matters relating to the environment. As a faculty member you will receive regular industry news via e-briefs and through your dedicated technical journal, RICS Land. You’ll also have opportunities throughout the year to network with similar minded surveyors at various events and conferences.

About the board

The Minerals and Waste Faculty Board and the Environment Faculty Board have recently merged to become the Environment and Resources Board.

While these boards have merged, the Environment and the Minerals & Waste Faculties remain unchanged; members are still able to call themselves Chartered Mineral Surveyors and Chartered Environmental Surveyors, with the APC routes also remaining unchanged.

The Board has number of working groups and also produces regular progress reports.

As a board we are conscious that we represent the membership and that delivering to the membership what the membership wants is of paramount importance. We therefore welcome your feedback, and suggestions via the contacts below.

Contacts/Join
You can join the faculty online, or by calling
T +44 (0)870 333 1600

Alternatively if you wish to use the designation Environment Surveyor please email Belal Patel, bpatel@rics.org

Your principal RICS Environment Faculty staff contact is James Kavanagh, Director Land Group, jkavanagh@rics.org