Environmental management professionals work to protect and enhance natural resources while minimising environmental impacts. This is a broad field including assessing, planning, and implementing strategies to manage land, water, air, and ecosystems sustainably. Their work involves monitoring environmental conditions, ensuring compliance with regulations, auditing, designing and implementing environmental management systems, and promoting sustainable practices.

Within the IES, we think that environmental management should never be a tick-box exercise. Good environmental management systems rely on a strong understanding of science and evidence, and an appreciation of natural systems.