Institution of Environmental Sciences


The Institution of Environmental Sciences is a professional body in the United Kingdom. The organisation is a registered charity with the object of "to advance environmental protection and improvement by promoting a scientific approach to understanding and ensuring the conservation of the physical and natural environment" and "advance the education of the public by the provision of research and coordination of education, and to engage with those professionally concerned with environmental work, education or studies."
IES is a constituent body of both the Society for the Environment, and the Science Council which enables IES members to progress Registered Environmental Technician, Chartered Environmentalist and Chartered Scientist status

History

The Institution of Environmental Sciences was founded as a result of an initiative by Dr John Rose during a series of meetings held during 1971-1972 at the Royal Society in London and chaired by Lord Burntwood.

Affiliations

The IES is a member of the Society for the Environment and the .
The IES provides administration for two other organisations. The who accredit programmes of study in universities and to support and promote the discipline in higher education and the Institute of Air Quality Management.

Publications

The IES produces a number of publications: