According to some estimates, the environment sector is among the least diverse profession in the UK, second only to agriculture. 

The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that in the 12 months to June 2024, 93% of environmental professionals were white, and 7% identified as Black, Asian or belonging to an ethnic minority group. 

Surveys have also found evidence of overt and covert racism in the sector.

To understand what lies behind the sector’s problem with race and the implications for the environmental profession and its future, we speak with:

• Manu Maunganidze, the co-director for inclusion and climate Justice at Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK) and co-author of the sector’s landmark RACE Report.
• Nadia Shaikh, Right to Roam campaigner and Raven Network organiser.
• Sarah Mukherjee, head of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment.
• Edel McGurk, Natural England’s regional director for the south-east and senior champion for the regulator’s ethnicity and race network.

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