Key contact
Sarah Ridgeon, Policy & Communities of Practice Officer | [email protected]
Free upcoming webinar: our latest tool for improving how we use soils
In September 2025 our influential Soils and Stones project launched two Soil Management Hierarchies – one for Development Sites and one for Rural Settings.
Offering high level frameworks to guide good practice for soil management, within their two respective settings, these hierarchies seek to clearly identify tiers of potential actions, based on the impact those actions can have on soil health and resource efficiency.
On the 7 November we are holding a webinar exploring both hierarchies and how they can help guide your work.
You can sign up for the webinar – and access both hierarchies – via the link below.
The Environmental Policy Forum (EPF)
Collectively, the EPF continues to make the case for our ten environmental priorities for policymakers, including in our recent letters to Ministers and at our Summer event with MPs during July's Net Zero Week in Parliament, sponsored by Lauren Edwards MP, co-chair of the skills APPG.
In 2025 SocEnv has also led vital EPF submissions, including a response to the Land Use consultation and inquiry into workplace planning to deliver clean, secure energy.
To find out more about the EPF, learn who the members are and view our ten environmental priorities for policymakers, click the link below.
Soils and Stones project
Background to the project
Since 2019, the SocEnv Soils and Stones project has brought together experts from across a diverse range of sectors related to soil health and soil reuse, to share good practice, support and influence policymakers and foster collaboration. Our volunteers are united by a clear vision: to inspire policy makers to remove barriers and to provide incentives for our profession to realise the optimum value of soils and stones.
Latest output
All our 2025 activity can be viewed via our Soils and Stones project webpage.
Open for new members
Would your members like to contribute to our project and collaborate with other experts?
Ideally volunteers should also hold Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) registration, though this isn’t essential. Indeed, involvement could support progression to CEnv registration through your professional body.
If you would like to express interest in getting involved, see the call for volunteers below.
Supported initiatives
SocEnv are proud to one of the founding signatories and supporters of Pledge to Net Zero and the Professional Bodies Climate Action Charter respectively. Both these initiatives are aiding collaboration and helping to turn climate ambitions into tangible action through science-based targets, good practice sharing and thought-leadership.
Find out more about these initiatives via the links below. If your Professional Body would like to get involved in these initiatives, get in touch with Sarah.
