SocEnv Awards
Nominations will reopen in 2025 but you can catch up on the outcomes of the 2024 Awards below.
Celebrating those environmental professionals going above and beyond in their fields!
Catch up with the Awards ceremony on YouTube
Watch our full 2024 SocEnv Awards ceremony here. The ultimate environmental extravaganza with top experts, inspiring stories and celebrating outstanding Environmental Professionals in the sector.
Look at the photos from the day
Held at the Royal Society of Chemistry in London, the 2024 SocEnv Awards was an event packed with inspiration, insights, knowledge sharing and celebration. And as you might hope, we took some photos and couldn't wait to share them with you!
Past winners from the SocEnv Awards:
Chartered Environmentalist of the Year:
2013 Professor David Stubbs CEnv, the Head of Sustainability for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
2014 Professor Martin Bigg CEnv
2015 Dr Lucinda Gilfoyle CEnv, Catchment and Coastal Strategy Manager at Anglian water
Environmental Professional of the Year:
2017 Phillippa Pearson CEnv, Catchment Manager at Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water
- Elaine McFarlane – Highly commended finalist
- Graham Powell – Highly commended finalist
2018 Graham Powell CEnv, CHP (Combined Heat and Power) Manager at Anglian Water
- James Peacock CEnv – Runner up
- Gemma Williams REnvTech – Highly commended finalist
- David Hampton CEnv – Highly commended finalist
- Mark Gallagher CEnv – Highly commended finalist.
2019 Jerome Baddley CEnv, Head of Unit – the National Sustainable Development Unit for the NHS, Public Health and Social Care at the NHS and Public Health England.
- Professor Carolyn Roberts CEnv – Highly commended finalist
- Diana Pound CEnv – Highly commended finalist
2020 Mandhy Senewiratne CEnv, Director at Fyrefly Global Sustainability Ltd AND David Symons CEnv, UK Director of Sustainability at WSP
- Prof. Daniel B. Oerther CEnv – Highly commended finalist
- Claire Wansbury CEnv – Highly commended finalist
2021 Dan Reading CEnv, Head of Sustainability at World Sailing
2022 Becky Toal CEnv, Managing Director at Crowberry Consulting Ltd
2023 Claire Wansbury CEnv, Fellow and Technical Director at Atkins Ltd
- Julie Duffus CEnv – Runner up
2024 Adrian Mill CEnv, Mangaging Director ESS and Lion Rouge
- Zebrina Hanly CEnv – Runner up
Registrant Newcomer of the Year:
2020 Chris Landsburgh CEnv, Environmental & Sustainability Manager at Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd
- James Hicks CEnv, Senior Ecologist at Atkins – Highly commended finalist
2021 Lara Young CEnv, Group Carbon Manager at Costain
- Gemma Williams CEnv, Ecology & Biodiversity Advisor, Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water – Highly commended finalist
2022 Paul Field CEnv, Environmental & Compliance (ESG) Manager at Janus International Europe Ltd
2023 Will Oliver CEnv, Farmer at A H Oliver and Son
Rising Star:
2024 Abigail Hancock CEnv, Head of Environment and Sustainability, Linbrooke Services Ltd
2023 Environmental Professional of the Year award winner
Claire Wansbury CEnv, AtkinsRéalis Fellow and Technical Director Biodiversity. Reflecting on this achievement a year on, Claire said:
“It was such an honour to win Environmental Professional of the Year 2023. I have been fortunate during my career, and particularly in my current role with AtkinsRéalis to work on some incredible initiatives and projects. It is easy to take what we do day to day for granted, but we can all make a real difference. For anyone considering applying or proposing a colleague in future for one of the awards, I would absolutely encourage you to do so. It is a simple process, and allows us to celebrate the efforts and achievements of our profession.”
See how Claire reacted to winning the award in our virtual ceremony:
Meet the Judges
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