Innovation May-June 2023

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These guidelines, and other professional practice guidelines and practice-related resources, are provided at egbc.ca/Guidelines .

NEWLY PUBLISHED PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES AND ADVISORIES egbc.ca/Guidelines

P rofessional P ractice G uidelines : S ustainability These Professional Practice Guidelines – Sustainability were developed by Engineers and Geoscientists BC to provide guidance to engineering and geoscience professionals and registrant firms on how to incorporate sustainability in their professional practice. These guidelines are distinct from other practice guidelines as they are principles based and overarching and therefore address broader social and cultural matters that impact professional practice. They describe the expectations and obligations of professional practice to be followed in relation to sustainability. Registrants are expected to consider the objectives and intent of these guidelines while using their professional judgment when incorporating the guidance to a specific situation. These guidelines form part of Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s ongoing commitment to maintaining the quality of professional services that registrants provide to their clients and the public. These guidelines were initially published in 1995 to address the topic of sustainability in professional practice. They were then updated in 2016, and this most recent 2023 revision provides additional clarity with respect to how individual and firm registrants can bring a “lens of sustainability” to their work.

S ustainability R eference M aterials The recently published Sustainability Reference Materials is a complement to the Professional Practice Guidelines - Sustainability . These resource materials are a starting point for registrants who want to learn more about key sustainability concepts, and how to integrate them into their practice. The materials do not constitute or replace the professional practice guidance, but rather aim to empower registrants to integrate sustainability into their practice, and to contribute to the three pillars of sustainability. The Sustainability Reference Materials can be found on the Engineers and Geoscientists BC Climate & Sustainability webpage ( egbc.ca/Practice-Resources/Programs-Resources/Climate-Sustainability ). R evision - P ractice A dvisory : R elying on T he W ork of a S pecialist This Practice Advisory was initially published in June 2021 to clarify the conditions under which engineering and geoscience professionals may rely on specialists to inform or contribute to engineering or geoscience work. Engineers and Geoscientists BC is currently updating this practice advisory in light of the Professional Governance Act , as well as regulations and bylaws under the Professional Governance Act . To reflect the impending update, Version 1.1 of Relying on the Work of a Specialist was published March 2023 and includes some updated principles to follow in situations where engineering and geoscience professionals work with specialists.

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