99. Meeting with the Society for the Environment

The Society for the Environment has 24 professional bodies (eg CIWEM, ICE, CIWM) as its members who collectively have over 500,000 individual members. The Society has the ability to license individuals to become Chartered Environmentalists and over 7,500 professionals have taken advantage of this opportunity.

The Water Conservators and the Society have been looking to see if a shared understanding can be achieved between the two organizations which could lead to recruitment opportunities for both parties.

Earlier this week our Clerk (Ralph Riley) and I met with Peter Matthews (Chairman of the Society and Past Master Water Conservator) and Dr Emma Wilcox (CEO of the Society) to explore opportunities. We anticipate reporting back to our own FM & GP Committee and our Court later in the year on those opportunities.

Photograph shows the Institute of Directors building in Pall Mall where we met.