WE CAN HELP YOU FURTHER Being part of a professional network can be a big help in taking some of these steps both in developing professional competencies and in the sharing of knowledge and best practice. Becoming a Corporate Member of The Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA) demonstrates that you take environmental performance seriously and are committed to making improvements in your own business arena. IEMA is the home of over 15,000 environment and sustainability professionals from around the globe. Its role is to support individuals and organisations to set, recognise and achieve global sustainability standards and practice. As an organisation we are independent and international, gathering members views and experience to deliver evidence to governments, information to business, inspiration to employers and great stories to the media that demonstrate how to transform the world to sustainability.
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PARTNERING YOUR JOURNEY IEMA for Business Corporate Membership for enterprises with more than 250 employees
THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY JOURNEY Business is facing a perfect storm. Increasing demand for scarcer and scarcer vital resources will drive commodity prices ever higher. Rapid population growth, volatility of materials supply and energy prices, plus climatic uncertainty and extreme weather events will combine to ensure businesses operate in an increasingly complex and difficult world. Organisations need to recognise and prepare for these changes, to turn the challenges into opportunities. To do so they need to put environmental management and sustainability at their heart. In the new business world, sustainability will no longer be a bolt-on to the way organisations work, it will have to be in their DNA. Environment and sustainability skills will be essential to plan the adaptations needed to survive and stay competitive, helping them adapt manufacturing processes and service delivery to cope with supply volatility and to work towards a circular economy extracting the maximum value from materials and turning waste into resources.
OUR OFFER TO YOU OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE IEMA STEERING GROUPS As a Corporate Member you will be invited to engage with IEMA s Steering Groups; this enables you to promote and showcase your business and facilities and to share best practice. Reputation for Best Practice To support you and your supply chain to progress your environmental journey, we have put together an invaluable package of products and services: IEMA can help you to build your organisation s reputation for best practice with other IEMA members and with the wider environment and sustainability profession, globally. SHOWCASING THE GOOD WORK YOU DO You will be invited to showcase your most interesting and successful case studies via the IEMA network: uploading them to iema.net, including in IEMA STS training materials and environmental articles, as well as policy reports. This can be supported by inclusion in The Environmentalist magazine, which has a reach of over 35,000 readers, plus integration into training delivered by the IEMA global Training Partners. SPEAKER OPPORTUNITIES AT IEMA EVENTS You will have at least one opportunity per year to speak at either an IEMA National Conference, Regional Event or an IEMA webinar. Our National Conferences offer our 200 attendees the opportunity to share knowledge and to network. We offer over 150 webinars a year, which are regularly attended by over 400 participants.
INNOVATION, NETWORKING AND COL 1. THE IEMA EMPLOYER FORUM IEMA offers the unique opportunity of bringing together like-minded businesses to share best practice across a range of different sectors. This creates new methods of working to help shape their business processes and cultures in a way that weaves environment and sustainability into the very fabric of what you do. Your Director of Environment & Sustainability will be invited to join the forum. 3. ONE YEAR-LONG GACSO MEMBERSHIP The Global Association of Corporate Sustainability Officers (GACSO), was founded by a group of forward-thinking executives. Your organisation s CEO, or most senior manager responsible for the sustainability agenda, is automatically entitled to a one year membership of this influential group of senior managers. This will enable them to network with leading sustainability thinkers and decision makers in organisations. 2. INVITATION TO IEMA S INNOVATION, FUTURES AND NEW BUSINESS MODELS EVENT From 2015, take your organisation on a journey into the future. See how some organisations and sustainability professionals are transforming their businesses, driving innovation and creating opportunities for growth. 4. USE OF THE IEMA CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP LOGO The IEMA logo, presented on your documentation, including letterheads, website and tender submissions, shows your commitment to putting environment and sustainability management at the heart of your organisation.
OLLABORATION 5. SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AT IEMA NATIONAL CONFERENCES Attended by over 200 delegates, with an enviable list of speakers, exhibitors and corporate sponsors, you will be able to take the opportunity to secure your priority sponsorship package. 6. EXHIBITION SPACE AT IEMA NATIONAL CONFERENCES: 10% DISCOUNT Complementing the sponsorship opportunity, should you wish to exhibit at rather than sponsor an IEMA National Conference, a 10% discount will be applied. 7. PROMOTING YOUR COMPANY LOGO Your logo will be displayed on the online IEMA Logo Board, alongside some of the most inspirational FTSE100 organisations in business, education and government. In addition to your logo, you will also be able to add a description of the work you do and the products and services you provide. 8. ACCESS TO LEADERSHIP WEBINARS ON EACH OF IEMA S POLICY AREAS Encompassing all eight of the IEMA key policy areas, this webinar series will enable the teams within your organisation to understand current and future challenges. These can be downloaded for individuals or shared through your company engagement forums or meetings. 9. THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MAGAZINE: 10% DISCOUNT ON ADVERTISING Published by IEMA, The Environmentalist, is the environment and sustainability profession s leading title, with a readership of over 35,000. This magazine contains news, debate, analysis and forward-looking feature articles take advantage of a 10% discount on both display and recruitment advertising. The Environmentalist is also available online, so that our members have access to everything they need to know on government policy, new practice and insightful case studies, helping them to develop their knowledge at every level.
10. INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS If your organisation has over 50 IEMA individual members, they will be entitled to a 5% discount on their membership renewals, if they are administered through a single administration process. 11. SUPPORT IEMA S POLICY AND POSITION STATEMENTS IEMA publishes a series of Position Statements throughout the year. There are opportunities to support the development of these publications and copies will be made available to all IEMA members. In addition, there are also opportunities to engage in consultation when working to develop industry standards, where appropriate. As a Corporate Member IEMA expects organisations to aspire to: A structured programme of professional development and professional recognition for environment and sustainability practitioners. To provide effective provision for the recruitment and development of graduates with environment and sustainability responsibility. A programme of mainstreaming to ensure that all individuals across the value chain have the right level of environment and sustainability knowledge and skills. A systematic approach to supporting suppliers to develop effective environmental management, through the uptake of appropriate systems and programmes to develop competence. The provision to educate consumers and customers to change their behaviour towards achieving a shared goal of a more sustainable world. A structured approach to ensuring that future environmental threats and opportunities are sufficiently analysed and addressed.