Happy 30th Birthday EMEC!

Wildlife Trust ecology consultancy celebrates 30th birthday – having generated over £1m gift aid to support our work.

EMEC, our wholly owned ecology consultancy is celebrating its 30th anniversary after being launched by Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust back in 1991.

Based alongside the Trust in the heart of Nottingham City Centre, East Midlands Environmental Consultants Limited (EMEC) is a specialist ecological consultancy that undertakes ecological surveys, arboriculture and land management services for many of the UK’s leading developers and utilities companies.

A key aim in establishing the company was to generate funds to support our charitable delivery whilst providing outstanding ecological advice to clients. Over the last 30 years, EMEC has gift-aided over £1m to Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust - which has been used to fund habitat conservation work across nature reserves under the management of NWT, other wildlife conservation activities and our campaigns.

Whilst balancing the need to protect and enhance biodiversity, EMEC has played an integral role in helping to facilitate the delivery of many high-profile projects. Their strategic planning and consultancy advice has helped clients such as Nottingham Trent University, Wilmott Dixon, J Tomlinson Ltd and Centre Parcs to repair, regenerate or renew landscapes aligned to a culture of shared ecological values.

Since 2019, EMEC have designed and created over 60 wildlife ponds, providing much needed habitat for great crested newts, a nationally protected species and have overseen the planting over 23000 trees in the Midlands on behalf of its clients.

EMEC has grown to be a successful practice and a leader in its field.

Paul Wilkinson, Chief Executive
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust

Commenting on EMEC’s 30^th anniversary, Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust Chief Executive Paul Wilkinson said: “We are understandably delighted to reach this milestone. EMEC has grown to be a successful practice and a leader in its field, providing knowledgeable, cost-effective consultancy solutions for our client portfolio of landowners, developers, planning consultants, architects, and utility companies across the UK. In addition to generating funds to support our charitable activities the EMEC team are also directly helping to protect wildlife and helping shape wilder places across the region and beyond.”

EMEC Ecology employs 22 staff and is based in The Old Ragged School in Sneinton, Nottingham.

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