The document summarizes the results of a membership survey conducted by the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) in June 2016. Key findings include:
- 237 members responded to the survey, representing a similar balance of membership categories as overall IES membership.
- Most members rated IES services like the website, newsletter, and CPD tool as excellent or good. 93% rated their interactions with the IES office positively.
- 74% of members see IES web publications as important. Journals were also well-rated, with the Impact of Environmental Science Research being the most popular.
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4. Membership survey
Survey respondents
The Institution of
Environmental Sciences
(IES) surveys its members
annually to identify trends
in how different services are
valued, to gather member
opinions on potential new
future developments, and
to measure membership
satisfaction.
The balance of the 237
respondents across each
membership category was
similar to the overall IES
membership.
Affiliate
5%
74%
2%
18%
2%
73%
2%
20%
AssociateMember FellowRetired
Survey
respondents
2% 3%
Actual
Membership
04
The proportion of respondents in each
membership category compared to the actual IES
membership.
6. Membership survey
Online presence
73%of members rate the website as
‘excellent’ or ‘good’...
...76%of members rate the
newsletter as ‘excellent’ or ‘good’...
...75%of members rate the new
IES CPD tool as ‘excellent’ or ‘good’...
155% increase in the average number of unique visitors a month in 2015 compared to the previous year.
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and 60%of members visit the IES
website at least monthly.
7. Membership survey
Membership services
Proportion of members rating services as ‘very important’ or ‘important’
environmental
SCIENTIST
91%
Chartered
Scientist
Opportunity
77%
Post Nominal
83%
Newsletter
88%
Chartered
Environmentalist
Opportunity
91%
Careers Support
66%
Events (e.g. Burntwood)
66%
Membership of ENEP
67%
CPD Activities
76%
Special Interest Groups Regional Groups
70%
Click on any of the charts
above to find out more.
77%
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9. Membership survey
LinkedIn and Regional Groups
At the end of 2013 the IES launched
regional groups in response to
members’ requests to hold regional
events and produce regionally-relevant
publications.
36%of members were
not aware of the LinkedIn
groups...
...but 75%of members
are ‘likely’ or ‘very likely’
to become regionally
active with the IES.
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Scotland
North East
Yorkshire & Humber
Ireland
North West
Midlands
Wales
South East
South West
11. Membership surveyMembership survey
Analysis
74%of members rate the IES web publications as ‘very
important or ‘important.’
Throughout 2015 the IES published
a range of analysis documents.
• Room for the environment in the
Government’s ‘plan for growth’?
• Local authority AQMA designation
• Solar Energy: The debate
• General election 2015 - the
environment in the party manifestos
• Drones for environmental research
Taking a closer look at physical river
habitat
• Moving on from ‘the greenest
government ever’
• Update of UK GHG Conversion
Factors
• Funding for innovative environmental
research
• Qualitative reponses to the IES
Membership Survey
• A-Level changes
• The impact of environmental science
research
• We need to talk about ESOS
• Rivers of drugs.
94%of readers rated the IES analysis as ‘very’ or ‘moderately’
interesting.
Click on the analysis to find
those pieces and many more.
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Technical note
Blog
Podcast
Article
Discussion paper
Infographic
12. Membership survey
Very Interesting Not Interesting
Moderately Interesting Did not read / access
Journals
87% of members rate the
journals as ‘excellent’ or ‘good’.
91% of members say journals
are ‘very important’ or ‘important’ to
them.
1st
Our most popular journal was Impact of
Environmental Science Research, with 87%
of readers finding it ‘very’ or ‘moderately’
interesting.
Very.
Inter.
Mod.
Inter.
Not
Inter.
DNR
12
13. Membership survey
Very Interesting Not Interesting
Moderately Interesting Did not read / access
Reports
87% of members rate
the reports & guidance as ‘very
important’ or ‘important’.
Very.
Inter.
Mod.
Inter.
Not
Inter.
DNR
13
15. Membership survey
Policy work15
In 2015 the IES increased its policy
activities to put environmetal
science evidence at the heart of
legislation and regulation.
2015
The IES and sister
organisations wrote 16
letters and consultation
responses to central and
local Government on
environmental policy
issues.
of members think is is ‘very
important’ or ‘important’ that the
IES represents them in policy issues.
17. Membership surveyMembership survey
Recommendations
**Voxpopme, 2014
1717
*66% of members
were this likely to
recommend the
IES:
When asked how likely
members would be to
recommend the IES to a friend
or colleague.
The aggregated results gave us
a Net Promoter Score of 21.*
This is the first year the IES has
measured this and the result
sets a target for us to improve
on in future years.
According to Voxpopme this
puts the IES above many
leading companies including
Innocent, Microsoft and
Waitrose*.
1
7
9
8
6
5
0
10
4
3
2
Not at
all likely
Extremely
likely
20%20
%
-100%
0%
50%
100%
-50%
21NPS
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