The Society for the Environment has appointed Juniper to help the organisation in its mission to champion the role of environmental professionals and the Chartered Environmentalist qualification.

Juniper is an established face on the environmental circuit having been the director of Friends of the Earth in England, Wales and Northern Ireland between 2003 and 2008 and the vice chair of Friends of the Earth International from 2001 to 2008.

Commenting on his appointment Juniper said: “As the number of people working in the environmental sector grows, it is vital that Chartered Environmentalists are recognised as professionals in their own right, whatever their role. It is very pleasing to be working with the Society for the Environment to champion professionalism in the environmental sector.

“The Society fulfils a vitally important role by setting the standards for professionals working across a range of sectors. It has shown how professional bodies from widely different specialisms can work together on a common agenda,” he added.

Society for the Environment chief executive Alex Galloway said: “To have somebody of Tony’s calibre as our President will help us take the status of Chartered Environmentalists to a new level of recognition and reach into new areas.”

The Society for the Environment, which received a Royal Charter in 2004, is the body which awards and sets the standards for the Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) qualification in the UK.

The Chartered Environmentalist qualification is available to members of the Society’s 23 partner organisations. These partners include a diverse range of membership bodies which share a common vision of delivering sustainability through environmental professionalism.

Leigh Stringer

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