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2021 SocEnv Awards | The Winners

The winners of the 2021 SocEnv Awards were announced at our virtual results event on the 4th June.

The annual SocEnv Awards celebrate outstanding achievements by Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv), Registered Environmental Practitioner (REnvP) and Registered Environmental Technician (REnvTech) registrants. Who was judged to have gone above and beyond in 2021? Here are the results:

 

2021 Environmental Professional of the Year Winner

Dan Reading CEnv
Head of Sustainability, World Sailing
Registered as a CEnv via the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)

 

2021 Registrant Newcomer of the Year Winner

Lara Young CEnv
Group Carbon Manager, Costain
Registered as a CEnv via the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)

 

Highly Commended Nominee

Gemma Williams CEnv
Ecology & Biodiversity Advisor, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
Registered as a CEnv via the Institute of Water

 

New Honorary Fellow of the Society

The results event also saw the announcement of two new Honorary Fellows of the Society for the Environment (HonFSE), as follows:

Professor Ian Barker HonFSE CEnv
Vice-President Environment, Institute of Water
Managing Director of Water Policy International Ltd

Rachel Skinner HonFSE
Executive Director, WSP
President, Institution of Civil Engineers

You can find out more about Ian and Rachel and their reactions to becoming Honorary Fellows of the Society for the Environment via the recording of the awards results event below.

 

Award reactions & watch back

The online event was recorded in full, which means you can watch it back on the video player below. We also caught up with both Lara Young and Dan Reading after the announcement to get their thoughts on their achievement – again, please find these videos below.

A huge congratulations to Dan, Lara, Gemma, Ian and Rachel, as well as all the fantastic nominees of this year’s awards! We look forward to continuing to showcase the achievements of environmental professionals via the SocEnv Awards next year and further into the future…

Watch again | The 2021 SocEnv Awards announcement event

Press play on the video to watch the online 2021 results event, which includes live reactions from the two new Honorary Fellows of the Society, Ian Barker HonFSE CEnv and Rachel Skinner HonFSE.

In conversation with | Dan Reading CEnv, Environmental Professional of the Year 2021

We put questions gathered from the Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) community to the 2021 Environmental Professional of the Year winner, Dan Reading CEnv, Head of Sustainability at World Sailing. Watch this video to find out more about Dan, his work and his views on a number of different topics, including the future of sustainability in sport.

In conversation with | Lara Young CEnv, Registrant Newcomer of the Year 2021

We put questions gathered from the Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) community to the 2021 Registrant Newcomer of the Year, Lara Young CEnv, Group Carbon Manager at Costain. Watch this video to find out more about Lara, her work and the best piece of advice she's ever received!