Background Compliance obligations (COs) consist of the legal and non legal requirements that an organisation must follow. If an organisation has a certified environmental management system (EMS), it is essential that it evaluates the organisation against COs, being a … [Read more...] about Considerations of Environmental Compliance Obligation Auditing
Environmental Management
Environmental Risk Control Hierarchies
Introduction Much of the work of an environmental practitioner involves identifying and managing risk to the environment in one way or another. As I tell the students I train, when it comes to answering exam questions on control, it’s always helpful to use a framework. … [Read more...] about Environmental Risk Control Hierarchies
Important Update: IEMA Rebranded to the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP)
You may have seen that IEMA (the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment) has now rebranded to the Institute of Sustainability & Environmental Professionals (ISEP). This change was made following consultation with ISEP (formerly IEMA)’s membership and is … [Read more...] about Important Update: IEMA Rebranded to the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP)
Five Skills That Make an Effective Environmental Management Practitioner
I’m sure that you could find many formalised competency schemes that are produced by professional institutes and the like that could answer this question. However, I thought I would have an informal attempt myself after being an environmental practitioner for quite some time now. … [Read more...] about Five Skills That Make an Effective Environmental Management Practitioner
What does ESG actually mean?
I’ve been involved in sustainability professionally for over a quarter of a century now and over that time I have seen many terms come, some stay and others disappear. Currently, the term environmental, social and governance, commonly known as ESG, is very popular. But what does … [Read more...] about What does ESG actually mean?