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Is a Quality Mark Is a Quality Mark
a Mark of Quality?Josh Fothergill - IEMA
Florence
April 2015
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Outline
• EIA Quality Mark Scheme
• A systems approach to quality EIA practice
• 4 years of trends in quality of UK EIA practice
• Summary• Summary
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EIA Quality EIA Quality Mark Scheme
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The State of EIA Practice in the UKAugust 2011
Background:
Download:
www.iema.net/eiareport
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Qmark Commitments
1. EIA Management
2. EIA Team Capabilities
3. EIA Regulatory Compliance
4. EIA Context
5. EIA Content5. EIA Content
6. EIA Communication
7. Improving EIA Practice
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51 Registrants
April 2015
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A systems approach to A systems approach to quality EIA practice
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Systems approach to continually
improving EIA
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EIA
Qu
ality
Increasing nos. high quality EIA
High
Improvement Cycle 1: 2009-13
EIA
Qu
ality
% EIA completed
Higher Quality standard
Removing poor
quality EIALow
0 100
EIA legislative compliance
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EIS reviewed by Year of Publication
40
50
60
70
~10% of UK ES
0
10
20
30
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Yr1&Pilots Yr2 Yr3 Yr4
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4 Years of Trends4 Years of Trends
Improving Quality Across
UK EIA Practice
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EIA Management & Team Capabilities
Key Trends:
• Ensuring consistent EIA & ES quality across the
organisation - Up from ~85% to >96%
• Progressing EIA staff development through mentoring
- Up 20%in 4yrs to 97% of registrants- Up 20%in 4yrs to 97% of registrants
• Maintaining and updating EIA knowledge across the
organisation - Up 10% in 4yrs, now stands at 98%
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EIA Regulatory Compliance
Key Trends:
• Majority maintained >90% Pass rate
BUT…
• Coverage of Interaction between topics in EIA is poor
– Variability in Yr4 fell back to <60% Pass rate– Variability in Yr4 fell back to <60% Pass rate
• Coverage of Climatic Factors is poor
– See Graph
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Poor Coverage of Climate
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
Pass Rate for Climatic Factors - UK EIA
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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EIA Context & Content
Key Trends:
• Clarity on how decided what topics scoped into EIA
– Improved from 75% to >90% Pass rate
• Clarity on main alternatives / iterations considered
– 3rd of ES reviewed from 2013 did not Pass
• Justifying approach to significance evaluation - up from ~80%
2010 to >95% in 2013
• Detail on mitigation uncertainty & responsibility
improved - See Graph
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COM5: EIA Content
Key Trends:
• Justifying approach to significance evaluation - up from
~80% 2010 to >95% in 2013
• Detail on mitigation uncertainty & responsibility
improved - See Graph
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Improving coverage of Mitigation
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
ES defines How & Who on Mitigation
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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EIA Presentation
Key Trends:
• Length of main text (vs significance of effects) - See Graph
• Overall quality of Non-Technical Summary improved - See
Graph
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Proportionate ES length
40.0%
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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NTS: Overall Good Progress
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
2010 2011 2012 2013
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SummaryIs the QMark a mark of quality?
YES!�Market recognition – specified in contracting
�On-going growth - >7%/yr
�Overall, positive data trends – some issues remain
�Recognised by peers – 2012 IAIA Institutional Award�Recognised by peers – 2012 IAIA Institutional Award
� International Interest
�Active community of practice – beginning phase 2
But, QMark (like any audit) cannot guarantee the quality of every EIA undertaken within it…