2024 Awards

The 2024 Awards Luncheon took place on Friday 28th June at Leonardo Royal Hotel Tower Bridge, London. It was a fantastic day celebrating the achievements of individuals, projects and organisations in the ecology and environmental management sector.

Thank you to our award sponsors for making this event possible and congratulations to everyone that was shortlisted.

Below you can find the results of the 2024 CIEEM Awards and you can also download the 2024 Awards Booklet for further information on the shortlisted individuals, projects and organisations.

2024 CIEEM Awards Booklet

Award
Shortlisted project/individual/organisation
Result

In Practice

Sponsored by:

Wallasea Island: Showing why and how to rewild the coast by Colin Scott MCIEEM and Suzanne Armstrong (Published March 2023) Winner
Neurodivergence in the workplace: the strength of a team by Jordane Marsh, Monica Wood ACIEEM and Siân Rennie (Published September 2023) Highly Commended
Species Conservation translocations in England: perspectives from Natural England by Lizzie Ashworth, Delphine Pouget CEcol CEnv MCIEEM, Simon Curson, Katherine Walsh ACIEEM and Graham Irving (Published March 2023) Highly Commended

Higher Education Programme of the Year

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MSc Ecological Survey Skills with Placement – University of Reading Winner
BSc (Hons) Ecology and Conservation – Anglia Ruskin University Highly Commended

Postgraduate Student Project

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Christopher Birks (Birbeck, University of London) – Changes in the nutrient flux of a wastewater-impacted reach of river when subjected to combined sewer overflow discharges  Winner
Carys Peotto (University of South Wales) – Can’t see the roost for the trees: Using camera traps to improve survey outcomes for tree-roosting bats Highly Commended
Liam James (Sheffield Hallam University) – How did the Crab and Lobster Mass Mortality Event of 2021 – 2022 Impact Predators of Crustaceans in Yorkshire and the Northeast? Commended
Samuel Bosio (Trinity College, Dublin) – Land Ownership and Social Values Influence Native Woodland Management in Co. Wicklow, Ireland Commended

NGO Impact

Sponsored by:

Nature Champions – Scottish Environment LINK Winner
Atlantic Rainforest Restoration – The Wildlife Trusts Highly Commended
Philanthropic Lending – The Wildlife Trusts Commended

Climate and Nature Action 2030

Sponsored by:

Dr Bruce Lascelles CEnv MCIEEM Winner
Cllr Elizabeth Grey, Wirral Council Highly Commended

Promising Professional

Sponsored by:

Dr Stephanie Bradbeer Winner
William Haigh Winner
Dafydd James Highly Commended
Shah Nawaz Jalil Highly Commended
Laura Whitehead Highly Commended

Member of the Year

Sponsored by:

Tom Butterworth CEcol MCIEEM Winner
Luke Gorman CEcol FCIEEM Highly Commended
Laura Holmes CEcol MCIEEM Highly Commended
Mike Trewby MCIEEM Commended

Best Practice Small-scale Practical Nature Conservation Project

Sponsored by:

Coed Elai Business Park – Welsh Government/Arcadis Consulting Ltd Winner
Landscape-scale Wetland Habitat Improvements at RSPB Titchwell Marsh – RSK Habitat Management Highly Commended
Cairngorms Northern Damselfly Project – Cairngorms National Park Authority/ British Dragonfly Society Highly Commended

Best Practice Large-scale Practical Nature Conservation Project

Sponsored by:

Hafren Dyfrdwy – RSPB Cymru/Severn Trent Water Winner
Wildlife Ways – Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Highly Commended

Best Practice Large-scale Mitigation, Compensation and Enhancement

Sponsored by:

Lower Otter Restoration Project – Environment Agency/Clinton Devon Estates

Winner

Winner of the Tony Bradshaw Best Practice Award

Luston Wetlands, Herefordshire – Herefordshire Council Highly Commended

Best Practice Innovation

Sponsored by:

Innovative radio tracking: an approach to remote data collection – Jacobs Winner
Revolutionising technology-enabled remote biodiversity monitoring along the railway network – Network Rail Highly Commended
Witches Oak Raw Water Abstraction and Wetlands – Mott MacDonald Commended

Best Practice Stakeholder Engagement

Sponsored by:

Bringing Beavers back to the Cairngorms National Park – Cairngorms National Park Authority, with support from Beaver Trust, NatureScot, RSPB Scotland, Argaty Red Kites and National Farmers Union Scotland  Winner
Bats in Churches – Natural England, Bat Conservation Trust, Church of England, Churches Conservation Trust, Historic England Highly Commended

Best Practice Knowledge Sharing

Sponsored by:

Integrating Trees Network – Scottish Forestry and Scottish Government Winner
The Buckinghamshire Biodiversity Net Gain Project – Buckinghamshire Council and the Natural Environment Partnership for Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Highly Commended
Creation of a national knowledge sharing programme for the management of invasive non-native plants – Invasive Weed Control Group of the Property Care Association and AECOM Highly Commended
‘Snakes in the Heather’ Reptile Survey Training Programme – Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust Highly Commended

Small Consultancy of the Year

Sponsored by:

Native Ecology LLP Winner
Geckoella Ltd Highly Commended
Burton Reid Associates Commended

Medium Consultancy of the Year

Sponsored by:

JBA Consulting Winner
Baker Consultants Highly Commended
CSA Environmental Highly Commended

Large Consultancy of the Year

Sponsored by:

Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd Winner
Tetra Tech Highly Commended
AtkinsRéalis Commended
Jacobs UK Ltd Commended

With thanks to our drinks reception sponsors: