June is Environment Month We begin Environment Month by recognising our latest members to attain Chartered Environmentalist status. All of them work for Anglian Water and three received their certificates at an Awards Ceremony held at the Science Council in April
Colin Hinge Supply Performance Manager Colin is directly responsible for the leadership and development of a team of Supply Technicians that operate water plants and undertake process tasks and asset maintenance on the water supply infrastructure. Colin’s early background was in engineering and he has in-depth knowledge of water treatment and recycling processes. Colin is also an experienced incident manager, working with other agencies on water quality and health & safety incidents. Responsible for the biodiversity management of his operational sites (including badger sets, nesting birds and SSSI’s), Colin works with the Environment Agency to manage water abstraction and discharges to ensure local biodiversity is unaffected. Colin applied to be a Chartered Environmentalist to recognise the hard work and effort that he puts into environmental issues both within work and home life. The CEnv qualification allows Colin to be an inspiration to his team and raise the profile of environmental sustainability within Anglian Water.
Anna Smith, Colin Hinge and Mike Hook (front row) are joined by Tim Boldero, VP Environment, IWater (back row) and Kate Kelly, HR Director Anglian Water, Alex Galloway, CEO SocEnv, Peter Simpson CEO Anglian Water and Lynn Cooper CEO IWater.
could have on the environment than I ever was at the age my sons are now. I’ve been fortunate in that I’ve lived most of my life in a part of the world that has seen ever improving living standards. However, I recognize that much of that has come at a price to the environment in one form or another. Many of the benefits I enjoy today are clearly not sustainable, at least not in the manner in which they’re currently obtained. “I know that it sounds like a cliché but I want my sons and their children and their children’s children to grow up in a world that hasn’t been stripped of all its natural resource, that’s still teeming with diverse life and that’s simply a joy
to live in and travel around. For that to happen I need to understand my own impact, mitigate as far as I can any harm I might do and encourage everyone else to do the same. “When I first heard that Anglian Water was putting together a program to support individuals in applying for registration as Chartered Environmentalist through the Institute of Water I signed up straight away. For me, the support from the business has been second to none, both at a corporate level from Peter Simpson and Paul Valleley and at the more practical level, from mentors such as Peter Barratt and from Diane Chamberlain in Training & Development Team.
Mike Hook Tactical Support Manager – Water Supply East Mike provides tactical support to the Regional Supply Manager to ensure effective and efficient service delivery within all water abstraction, treatment and storage activities. Mike is responsible for managing and co-ordinating energy, carbon and water-loss reduction activities and promoting environmental awareness and developing local environmental management plans for water supply. Mike said: “As a father of two and with the potential of being a grandfather at some point, I find that today I’m much more aware of the potential for negative impact that my actions
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The process of becoming a Chartered Environmentalist has helped me consider more deeply how I impact the environment and, I believe, will enhance my standing and hence my bargaining position, when I’m involved in environmental debates Mike Hook, Tactical Support Manager – Water Supply East