Contact Martin Baxter
Background
Martin Baxter is Deputy CEO at the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA). He works in the UK and internationally to accelerate the transition to a sustainable future and support people in the development of sustainability skills and green careers.
Martin has national and international experience in developing and negotiating global and European environmental management standards and developing capacity for effective and widespread implementation. Martin heads the UK delegation to the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) on environmental management and chairs the ISO environmental management systems committee of ~100 countries.
Martin is a Board member of IEMA, and a non-exec director of the Society for the Environment (SocEnv) and the Broadway Initiative. In 2022 he was recognised in the inaugural ENDS Power List as one of the top 100 UK environmental professionals who had made the greatest contribution in the previous two years. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Derby in 2023 in recognition of his contribution to environmental sustainability, and an Honorary Fellowship from SocEnv in 2024.