Clearly the Code of Ethics provides the ground rules for the professional behaviour and responsibility of Institution members towards the environment.
Surveyors have an important professional role to play in the development of our nation.
Equally they have professional responsibilities with respect to the environment. The challenge is to successfully integrate development and the environment to produce ecologically sustainable development. The concept of sustainable development was introduced as a result of confirmed concerns that universally the environment had deteriorated. To achieve satisfactory sustainable development, surveyors need to understand the environmental, economic and social implications of proposed developments. They need to adopt attitudes which promote sustainable development to society, and not rely solely on statutory requirements.