Environmental management is critical in supporting the sustainability of business, people and planet. It enables organisations to identify, manage and mitigate risk, whilst taking the opportunity to deliver for stakeholders and sustainability.

Elements such as complying with environmental regulations and obligations, managing resources better and improving performance are just a few of the essential components in IEMA’s guiding principle of transforming the world to sustainability.

The Environmental Management Network is led by a Steering Group that draws together professionals across diverse sectors and disciplines. Their role is to oversee the delivery of an annual work programme of activities, including webinars, workshops, reports and support between members.

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Useful definitions

Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

Standards exist for almost all consumer products and services to ensure their safety and quality. ‘Management systems’ are a type of standard which refer to the systems and processes in place to control how the product or service is produced, rather than relating to the product or service itself.

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) are a type of management system. Management systems also exist for quality, information security, business continuity, energy, food safety, finance and health and safety.

Environmental auditing

An environmental audit is a management tool. The audit process is a systematic way of checking if an organisation is meeting a set of requirements or complying with requirements, for example the requirements of ISO 14001 or compliance with legislation.

An audit identifies risks from poor management and control which may otherwise result in environmental damage, excessive cost, damage to reputation and even prosecution.
It is a powerful tool in improving environmental performance and an important mechanism for continual improvement.

Environmental management steering group members

April Sotomayor

Head of Industry Sustainability, BAFTA albert

Becca Tremain

Senior Advisor - Future Regulation, Environment Agency

Gillian Gibson

Environmental Scientist, Gibson Consulting and Training

Darren Male

Director and Principal Consultant, The QUENSH Consultancy Limited

Lloyd Clark

Committee Member

Matthew Goldberg

Environment Manager, SSE

Nigel Leehane

Director and Principal Consultant, Leehane Environmental Consulting Ltd

Ollie Funnell

Head of Environmental Transaction Services, TetraTech

About Lloyd

Chartered environmental engineer and IEMA Fellow with 20 years of experience in environmental engineering & management predominantly for the energy sector but also for general infrastructure and development. Specialties include: contaminated sites, environmental and sustainability management systems, project management, compliance (auditing, resource consents and construction monitoring) and training.