Complaints Policy

This Complaints Policy forms an important part of our commitment to furthering the objectives of our professional institute, the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management. It is published on our website to demonstrate our ambition of providing a quality service at all times, and to provide an accessible and transparent means of addressing shortfalls if they occur.

Our Policy

Urban Edge Environmental Consulting strives to deliver excellent services to our clients and other stakeholders. In the unfortunate event that you feel we have not met this standard we encourage you to let us know so that we can resolve the matter satisfactorily and can look to improve the ways in which we conduct our business.

Our Procedure

If you have a complaint the first step is to raise it informally with your main contact, either verbally or in writing, so that they can resolve it. We would encourage you to raise the matter with them as soon as possible so that they can address your concerns effectively and promptly. In practice, most complaints can be resolved in this way.

If this does not resolve the matter satisfactorily, we would ask that you make a formal complaint in writing, via email or letter, so that there can be no misunderstanding about the nature of your concerns. The letter/email should be addressed to the Director of the company. You can find our contact details here.

Once we receive your complaint we will take the following steps:

1. We will acknowledge your complaint within 5 working days of its receipt and inform you of who is dealing with your complaint.
2. Your named contact will look into your complaint, requesting further information if necessary.
3. Within 10 working days of your acknowledgement we will write to you to confirm the outcome of your complaint, including any action we propose to take as a result of the inquiry. If we are unable to meet this timescale we will notify you, explaining why, and setting a deadline by which you will hear from us again.

We will aim to resolve your complaint satisfactorily but accept that sometimes this is not possible. All our relevant staff are members of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) so if your complaint relates to the technical competence of one or more of our staff, you also have recourse to CIEEM’s professional conduct inquiry procedures.

However, if your complaint relates to our business services, invoicing and charges you should contact the Citizen’s Advice Consumer Service (UK) or the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (RoI).