In December 2024, IEMA’s membership voted tochange the Institute’s name to the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP), to better reflect thework of the profession and help to grow their membership and influence.

In this episode of Root Cause Analysis podcast, Chris Newson talks to Martin Baxter, Deputy CEO, to get exclusive insight into this important change and what it means for environmental and sustainability professionals.

Timings

00:00:17Martin Baxter, Deputy CEO, IEMA

00:01:00 Q:Tell us about yourself and how you got to where you are today

00:08:00 Q:Can you tell us about IEMA

00:13:54 Q:Could you tell us about the upcoming change, the impact and the process you’vebeen through

00:24:00 ~Keeping members informed is critical

00:27:45 ~Engagement and collaboration with stakeholders and members has been at theheart

00:28:45 Q:What does the rebrand mean for the post-nominals (designatory letters) after myname?

00:31:20 Q:What impact do you think the name change will have?

00:35:00 Q:Where do you see the field of sustainability going in the next 12 months /5-years?

00:42:20 ~The distinguishing feature between health and safety and environmentalmanagement

00:44:10 Q:How important do you think competency is?

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