RICS Influence and Advocacy Impact Report 2024

Key Highlights

Advocacy and Thought Leadership

• Published the RICS UK Manifesto: Empowering a Sustainable Future, with ten policy recommendations for the new government. These include housing and planning, community regeneration, sustainability, and future skills.

Sustainability and Decarbonisation:

• Promoting carbon assessment and retrofitting strategies to policymakers and global leaders. We are supporting the creation of GB Energy and a modern renewable energy industry in the UK whilst ensuring we create low-carbon, energy-efficient buildings.

Housing and Planning:

• Shaping for housing reforms, including affordability and supply, planning frameworks, decarbonisation, quality standards and reforms for leaseholders and renters.

Building Safety:

• Supported and influenced building safety policies including RAAC, cladding remediation and building control. We are working with governments across the UK as they review the findings of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and implement reforms, so we don’t see another repeat of the tragedy.

Infrastructure and Major Projects:

• Collaborated with industry experts on recommendations to improve major infrastructure project delivery to minimise delays and overspending. We developed policy briefings to support renewable energy expansion and major infrastructure investment, which will be essential to the government’s economic growth agenda.

Skills Development:

• Successfully pushed for additional built environment education investment in devolved nations and are working with MPs and the UK Government to unlock opportunities and inspire the next generation of surveyors into the profession.

Across the UK

• England: Engaged with local authorities, Metro Mayors and combined authorities on decarbonisation, regional retrofit programmes and skills initiatives.
• Wales: Secured new built environment degrees and apprenticeships through the government and advised on decarbonisation policies by partnering with the new Welsh Zero Carbon Hwb.
• Scotland: Led discussions on retrofit challenges, EPC reforms, and land use policy.
• Northern Ireland: Worked with the Executive on housing, sustainability, and procurement conflict resolution.

Join Us in Shaping the Future

Through over 400 events, consultations, and policy responses, RICS members have delivered significant impacts across sectors. We invite members to continue participating in advocacy, shaping the future of the built environment, and strengthening trust in our profession

Contact Information: For involvement opportunities or to share your expertise, email:

• England: mibrar@rics.org
• Wales & UK: srees@rics.org
• Scotland: rtoomey@rics.org
• Northern Ireland: emcdonoughbrown@rics.org