Chartered Environmentalist

Operating under a Royal Charter, the Society for the Environment (SocEnv), supported by its Member Bodies, is responsible for championing and registering professionals with proven competence in their environmental work.

RICS is licensed by SocEnv to offer the Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) credential.

Chartered Environmentalist

Across the world, CEnv registrants utilise their environmental expertise to instil client trust, transition to sustainable practices, lead departments, make strategic decisions, advise Governments and work as highly skilled practitioners. They are all making a difference, leading the way to a more sustainable world.

Over 8,000 professionals from a spectrum of fields including – but not limited to – surveying, engineering, forestry, ecology, resource management, agriculture, consulting, planning, environmental assessment, and air quality have achieved CEnv registration so far.

Chartership is a globally recognised mark of achievement that enhances career prospects through establishing proven expertise and experience.

CEnv registrants are externally verified as dedicated, highly skilled and experienced environmental professionals.

Chartered Environmentalist | Society for the Environment

Eligibility

All applicants to RICS must:

Be a chartered surveyor (MRICS or FRICS)
Have a relevant master's level degree or equivalent level of knowledge
Have sufficient, relevant and responsible practical experience to be able to demonstrate the competencies
Demonstrate underpinning environmental knowledge and an ability to apply it in practice

Relevant experience is defined as being environmental in nature. Ordinarily, applicants should have at least the equivalent of four years' full-time relevant work-based practice.