Lead change in your organisation — with the full force of ISEP behind you.
Ready to join?Full membership of ISEP is the gold standard for environment and sustainability professionals who are setting agendas and leading initiatives within their organisations. If you’re working to turn a sustainability vision into action then we’re right with you. And as part of the worldwide community of ISEP Full members, you can expect to build a more influential network, accelerate your career and enhance your earning potential.
A number of command words are used to help applicants understand the level of detail required. These include:
Identify/Recognise: Stating the name or identifying the characteristics/main point of something. Normally a name, word or phrase will be sufficient, provided the reference is clear.
Outline: Stating the most important features of something. Equivalent to a thin description but involves more than simply listing.
Describe: Providing a thorough description and enough detail about an item for a learner to have a clear picture of it.
Explain: Providing a detailed response (definition and explanation). ‘Explain’ may involve giving reasons for something, linking causes and effects, drawing parallels, pointing to relationships or showing how theory can be applied.
Assess/Analyse: Subject something to critical analysis in order to make a judgement about its value, use, suitability, integrity or accuracy.
Interpret: Interpret a set of data by describing the main trends, highlighting any anomalies, then providing an explanation of the data based on knowledge and understanding of the particular subject area.
Monitor: Observe and check the progress or quality of (something) over a period of time; keep under systematic review.
Demonstrate/Show: Provide a practical exhibition and explanation of how a skill, task, tool, technique or system is performed.
Apply/Implement: Carry out or put into practice a specific skill, task, tool, technique or system.
Deliver: Produce the promised, desired, or expected results.
Challenge: To question the validity of something, e.g. a practice, behaviour, system or rule.
1. Explain the implications of global trends for the environment, for society, for the economy and for organisations
The Full Member will be able to demonstrate understanding of:
2. Explain common sustainable business/governance models, their underlying principles, and their relationship with organisations, products and services
The Full member will be able to demonstrate understanding of:
3. Demonstrate understanding of environmental or socio-economic principles and their relationship with organisations, products and services
The Full Member will demonstrate knowledge and understanding relevant to their professional context, examples of which include:
Environment
Socio-Economic
4. Evaluate major policy and legislation in your field, describe their implications for organisations, products and services
The Full Member will demonstrate knowledge and understanding relevant to their professional context, examples of which include:
5. Identify major and relevant tools, techniques, systems and practices that drive development of sustainable products and services, and to create sustainable businesses
The Full Member will demonstrate knowledge and understanding relevant to their professional context, examples of which include:
6. Understand the role of innovation in creating sustainable solutions and developing sustainable products and services
The Full Member will demonstrate knowledge and
understanding relevant to their professional context, examples of which include:
7. Synthesising information and using data to support the strategic decision-making process
The Full Member will show competence relevant to their professional context, examples of which include:
8. Develop and deliver innovative and sustainable products and services
The Full Member will show competence relevant to their professional context, examples of which include:
9. Engage stakeholders to adopt improved sustainable practice and performance
The Full Member will show competence relevant to their professional context, examples of which include:
10. Build collaborative networks and relationships to advance sustainability
The Full Member will show competence relevant to their professional context, examples of which include:
11. Improve resilience through continual improvement, by managing risks and by maximising opportunities
The Full Member will show competence relevant to their professional context, examples of which include:
12. Manage and deliver a suite of programmes and projects that achieve performance improvement
The Full Member will show competence relevant to their professional context, examples of which include:
13. Lead a process of change and transformation
The Full Member will show competence relevant to their professional context, examples of which include:
The globally recognised standard for environment and sustainability professionals who are leading change within organisations.
Experienced environment and sustainability professionals with a strong record of achievement. Individuals playing a key role within organisations.
Full membership is open to anyone with the right knowledge, capabilities and experience. It’s a next step for Practitioners who have stepped up to lead this agenda, and a natural route towards ISEP Fellow.
Demonstrate what you’ve achieved, by sharing your story with other professionals like you.
ISEP Full members help make companies future-proof, bringing the resources, connections and influence that can enable organisations to deliver on a sustainability vision.
Full membership of ISEP is the gold standard for environment and sustainability professionals who are setting agendas and leading initiatives within their organisations. Join now or upgrade your Practitioner membership.
