The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) is the professional voice for environmental health. It is supporting the development of EHMS because it enables consistency of enforcement across local authorities and provides practitioners with a powerful tool to help deliver their services effectively and efficiently.

The CIEH ensures the highest standards of professional competence in its members, in the belief that through environmental health action people's health can be improved. The CIEH represents over 10,000 members working in the public, private and non-profit sectors.