Membership reports

Our annual report provides an opportunity for our members and stakeholders to find out more about the IES and our activities over the last year. Read about our achievements in 2024 and our plans for...
Every few years we survey our members to identify trends in how different services are valued, and to gather members’ opinions on potential future developments. This report presents the findings...
Our annual report provides an opportunity for our members and stakeholders to find out more about the IES and our activities over the last year.  Read about our achievements in 2023 and our...
The Salary and Workplace Satisfaction Report provides a valuable insight into salary trends and job satisfaction across the environmental science sector. The report presents the findings of a...

Environmental Science Sector Reports

COP30 is taking place in November 2025 and will be a crucial summit, setting the tone of climate action for the coming years. The call to move from ambition to delivery has never been stronger; yet...
COP30 will be the 30th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which will be held in Belém, Brazil in November 2025. The summit will be a crucial platform...
Are we in the midst of a modern ‘war of the worlds’? Professor Mark Everard argues that we are, but it’s between different world views, not different planets. On one side, sustainability, and on the...
This is a briefing on the forthcoming Land Use Framework for England. It sets out the context of the Framework, recent developments regarding the proposed level of ambition, and headline implications...

Guidance

Policy delivery is the environmental challenge of the next decade. But too often, implementation is overlooked or treated as something to think about later. ...

To support our education community in delivering equitable, diverse and inclusive programmes, and to help ensure students from diverse groups are supported to succeed in professional practice, the...

This guidance aims to improve collaboration between those working in the air quality and contaminated land disciplines, be they consultants, developers, or regulators, and to increase...

Climate change and air pollution are some of the most pressing global challenges of our time. They are also closely related, and there are substantial benefits to tackling both together...

Forthcoming reports

Title Publication date
Annual Report May

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Bea Gilbert

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