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    This guidance describes the role of professional engineers in sustainability and lists six principles to guide engineers in decision making. Professional engineers have a significant role to play in sustainability by enhancing welfare and health while minimizing environmental impact. Sustainable development aims to enable all people to satisfy basic needs without compromising future generations.

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    ENGINEERING COUNCIL

    GUIDANCE ON SUSTAINABILITY
    for the Engineering Profession

    www.engc.org.uk/sustainability
    This guidance describes the role of professional engineers
    in sustainability. It lists six principles to guide and motivate
    engineers when making decisions for clients, employers
    and society which affect sustainability.

    Contribute to building a sustainable society,


    present and future

    Apply professional and responsible judgement


    and take a leadership role

    Do more than just comply with legislation


    and codes

    Use resources efficiently and effectively

    Seek multiple views to solve sustainability


    challenges

    Manage risk to minimise adverse impact to


    people or the environment

    This guidance is issued by the Engineering Council. It replaces and updates the
    code of practice Engineers and the Environment published in 1993. It will be
    reviewed periodically and comments are welcome. Professional Engineering
    Institutions may wish to use this to assist them in developing guidance for
    their members.
    The role of professional engineers in sustainability
    Professional engineers have a significant role to play in sustainability. They work
    to enhance the welfare, health and safety of all, with the minimal use of natural
    resources and paying due regard to the environment and the sustainability of
    resources. Their work is influenced by the opportunities and challenges that
    sustainability brings. Engineers are the providers of options and solutions to
    maximise social value and minimise environmental impact.

    There are pressing challenges due to the adverse effects of depletion of


    resources, environmental pollution, rapid population growth and damage to
    ecosystems. A purely environmental approach is insufficient, and increasingly
    engineers are required to take a wider perspective including goals such as
    poverty alleviation, social justice and local and global connections. Globalisation
    brings important opportunities for engineers to promote change through
    sharing experience and good practice. The leadership and influencing role of
    engineers in achieving sustainability should not be under-estimated. Increasingly
    this will be as part of multi-disciplinary teams that include non-engineers, and
    through work that crosses national boundaries.

    Sustainable development
    The goal of sustainable development is to enable all people throughout the
    world to satisfy their basic needs and enjoy a better quality of life, without
    compromising quality of life for future generations. Sustainable development
    stands on two concepts: needs, for example the essential needs of the world’s
    poor; and limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organisation
    on the environment’s ability to meet present and future needs.

    The following principles have been agreed in the UK to achieve sustainable


    development1:
    • living within environmental limits
    • ensuring a strong, healthy and just society
    • promoting good governance
    • achieving a sustainable economy
    • using sound science responsibly

    1The UK Government Sustainable Development Strategy: Securing the future – delivering the UK sustainable
    development strategy. March 2005.
    Background and further information
    Sustainability is referred to both explicitly and implicitly in several
    Engineering Council documents, including the UK Standard
    for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC), The
    Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes and Guidelines
    for Institution Codes of Conduct, which can be found in UK-SPEC.
    Many Professional Engineering Institutions produce materials
    related to sustainability, some of which were referred to in the
    preparation of this guidance. For further information visit:
    www.engc.org.uk/sustainability
    246 High Holborn
    London WC1V 7EX

    T +44 (0)20 3206 0500


    F +44 (0)20 3206 0501
    [email protected]
    www.engc.org.uk
    Designed by TC Communications Ltd

    Publication of extracts from this


    document are encouraged, subject to
    attribution to the Engineering Council

    Registered Charity: 286142


    Published May 2009.
    Updated September 2013.

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