| Founder(s) | Julian Snow, Baron Burntwood |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable trust |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Area served | World wide |
| Focus | Environmental Science |
| Method | Education, advice, support, CPD |
| Website | www.ies-uk.org.uk |
The Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) is a professional body for environmental scientists, representing a very broad spectrum of practices in the environmental field.
It is a charitable organisation, which promotes and raises public awareness of environmental science by supporting professional scientists and academics working in this crucial arena.
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As a seminal environmental sciences organisation, founded in 1971, the Institution is consulted by the British Government and other interested parties on environmental issues. The Institution has strong ties with Higher Education and promotes and supports environmental sciences and sustainable development in universities and colleges both nationally and internationally.
The IES is a member of the Society for the Environment, the Science Council and the European Federation of Associations of Environmental Professionals. Through its training work in sustainable development it has developed close links with the Environment Agency, Forum for the Future, and many other professional bodies. The IES works closely with the Committee of Heads of Environmental Science to accredit programmes of study in universities and to support and promote the discipline in higher education.
Through its support for the development of the Institute of Air Quality Management, the IES has developed close links with a range of air quality organisations - including Environmental Protection UK.
The IES works with all of these partners, on behalf of its members, to advance the environmental science field and individual professional development.
The IES produces three to four editions of its journal Environmental Scientist each year. Articles are primarily written by its members, supplemented by contributions from experts and professionals working in the environmental field. Each issue examines a topic of pressing importance to environmental science from a variety of different angles; an expert in the relevant area acts as guest editor, introducing the articles and providing a critical overview of the subject at hand.
In addition to the journal, the IES produces a monthly newsletter, EnviroSci News, focusing on a lighter dissemination of expert knowledge and the sharing of Institution News.
The IES launched the John Rose Award to publicise a piece of outstanding post-graduate environmental science research that will inform and motivate the general public.
The IES VP Prize is awarded to the best dissertation related to environmental science submitted by a student within the UWE Department of Geography and Environmental Management.