Membership benefits

Membership of IEMA provides an extensive level of benefits.

Benefits range from invitations to attend high calibre regional and national events to receiving specially negotiated insurance deals, demonstrating IEMA's commitment to members professional development and value for money.

Members are encouraged to make the most of their membership through the many opportunities available to them.

• Regional and National Events
• Publications
• Workshops
• Professional Indemnity Insurance
• Website
• Special Interest Groups
• EFAEP & European Network of Environmental Professionals

Regional and National Events

Regional Events: IEMA organises in excess of 100 FREE regional events throughout the UK. An increasing number of international events are also being organised. Regional events consist of vital law and legislation updates, best practice guidance workshops, professional development opportunities and social events. They are also excellent opportunities for networking and sharing best practice amongst like-minded individuals. Please visit Events for more details of upcoming IEMA regional events.

National Events: All IEMA members are eligible to discounts to attend our national conferences. These include the Annual Conference (usually held in June), Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Forum, Scottish Conference and EMS National Forum. These are hugely popular events and attract high profile speakers. The Annual Conference is already an important fixture in the environmental calender. The Annual Conference is also accompanied by IEMA Annual Dinner, which attracts high-profile after dinner speakers. Please visit Conferences for more information.

Publications

Publications: IEMA publishes 20 issues of 'the environmentalist' magazine that is distributed free as part of membership. Accompanying 'the environmentalist' are other publications, such as the 'Practitioner' workbooks that are also distributed free to members. IEMA also has a large range of publications available from the Publications Shop, where members discounts are available on most publications.See also Publications

Workshops

Further Development Workshops: IEMA has designed a range of courses aimed at providing professionals with specialist advice and further knowledge in a range of disciplines. These include a series of Best Practice in EMS Auditing workshops, a series of Environmental Communications workshops and a Quality & Decision Making workshop for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Go to IEMA CPD Workshops for details.

Professional Indemnity Insurance

Professional Indemnity Insurance: IEMA has negotiated a special professional indemnity insurance package with S-Tech Insurance. IEMA strongly recommends that members hold Professional Indemnity insurance to protect both themselves and to also ensure that if a dispute with a client arises, there is a route to independently investigate the claim and if appropriate compensate the client. IEMA works with preferred Broker S-Tech Insurance Services and through S-Tech you are able to obtain free of charge advice, information and quotations. For many consultancies, S-Tech can offer an enhanced wording only available to IEMA members. Please contact:

S Tech Insurance Services Ltd
Contact Tim FitzJohn or Sarah White
Telephone No. 01223 324233

or visit their website at http://www.s-tech.co.uk/com/iema.asp

Website

IEMA Website: Everything you need to develop your career in the environment can be found on www.iema.net! The IEMA website contains a wealth of information for members including the latest downloads of consultation papers and e-briefings to the latest news on our upcoming conferences and regional events. IEMA members can register and log-in to the website to access members-only downloads and web pages that include downloads of back issues of 'the environmentalist' and presentations from regional events, amongst much more.

Specialist Interest Groups (SIGs)

Specialist Interest Groups (SIGSs): To support the sharing of knowledge and information and the development of good practice, IEMA has a dedicated arena for IEMA members to share and exchange views and information on a variety of topic areas. At present the Institute has three pilot SIGs: EMS/Environmental Auditing; Environmental Assessment; and Sustainability/CSR. Please visit Specialist Interest Groups.

EFAEP & European Network of Environmental Professionals

EFAEP & European Network of Environmental Professionals:

EFAEP is an association for professional bodies throughout Europe and was founded in 2002 in response to the increasingly important and diverse role of environmental professionals.

IEMA joined as a member body in 2009 and as a concequence, IEMA members can take advantage of EFAEP's ENEP (European Network of Environmental Professionals), a web-based platform where all members of EFAEP-registered organisations can get in touch with other environmental professionals belonging to the EFAEP network.

ENEP is currently the only website in Europe letting environmental professionals thoroughly describe their own experience and capabilities, effectively classify their skills, and quote their papers and projects in order to build a complete profile.

Simply visit http://www.environmentalprofessionals.eu for more details and to register.