Water Conservators collaborative agreement

Formal agreement signed between the Society for the Environment and the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators

Today our Chair, Dougal Driver CEnv, and Chief Executive, Emma Wilcox CEnv, signed a collaborative concordat with the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators. The aim – cross support of our collaborative goals to champion environmental professionalism and benefit the environment.

Both organisations are proud to have members with a passion for the environment. Plus, both recognise the need for competent, level headed, ethical, science-based contributions to environmental conservation. To build on these shared positions, collaboration will amplify efforts to champion environmental professionalism.

So living the values we signed a formal concordat summarised below.

Shared objectives in working together:

• To establish formal points of contact between the two organisations
• To establish ways of working together, which may evolve as time and circumstances progress.

Stated examples of working together:

1. Promoting cross memberships/registrations, whilst recognising that individual SocEnv registrants may choose to join other Livery Companies and vice versa with other professional bodies.
2. Sharing initiatives in the development of new entrants to the professions.
3. Cross recognition of stakeholder status in organising relevant events, such as the Water Conservators City Debates, and cross advertising of such events.
4. By establishing an axis between the Environmental Policy Forum (The Society as secretariat) and the Water Conservators’ Consultation Group.
5. Extending the opportunities for charitable work, for example through the Water Conservation Trust.

To officially introduce this new collaboration, our Chair, Dougal Driver CEnv, and the Master of the Water Conservators, Dylan Barker, issued a joint statement:

About the Water Conservators

The Company’s objectives include:

• To promote of the development and advancement of the science, art and practice of water conservation and environmental management, especially the treatment of water and waste water, the management of water courses and the prevention of pollution for the benefit of the public.
• To provide means for professional intercourse and exchange of ideas between members of the company practising water and environmental management.
• To promote support and encourage standards of excellence and integrity.
• To accumulate a fund for the benefit of members of the company and the advancement of the Company’s interests, including the relief of poverty, education, and scholarships and prizes connected with the Company’s objectives.

Find out more

To find out more about the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators, visit waterconservators.org.

Interested to discuss this collaboration? Contact us.