Nigel Carter
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Nigel Denys Carter CEnv FEI
MIEMA
(born 1947) is an English
Chartered Environmentalist
, politician, leader of the Devizes Guardians
party since 2002, and a member of Wiltshire Council
since June 2009. His first career was as a naval officer
.
and from there was commissioned as an officer
into the Royal Navy
. He served in the Navy from 1963 to 1970, receiving his wings as a fixed-wing aircraft
pilot
and then qualifying in gunnery
. During his naval career he served in the aircraft carrier
HMS Victorious
, the Leander class frigate
HMS Minerva
, the minesweeper
HMS Dufton, and the shore establishment
HMS Excellent on Whale Island
. On 1 May 1968, he was promoted Lieutenant
. He was discharged from the Navy on 18 November 1970 on medical grounds.
After leaving the Navy, Carter worked for British Petroleum between 1970 and 1992, as a general manager in the Shetland Islands
and Africa
in the areas of exploration, production, trading, marketing and distribution. Since 1993 he has been Principal Advisor to En Venture, an environmental consultancy, working as a management consultant on Sustainable development
solutions for industry in the Caribbean
, the Pacific Rim
, and Europe
, including the Balkans
. His experience includes capacity building in the European Union
and Greenhouse gas
es, as well as the Environmental management system
. Places he has lived and worked include Zambia
, Singapore
, and Hong Kong
, and he has made many visits to Sub-Saharan Africa
.
In 1986 he received a Certified Diploma in Finance and Accounting from the City Polytechnic, London
, and in 2007 Oxford Brookes University
awarded him a Certificate in Strategic Environmental Assessment.
Since 1997, Carter has been a member of the United Kingdom
's delegation to TC207, otherwise the Technical Committee 207 on Environmental Management of the International Organization for Standardization
(ISO). He has been responsible for drafting three ISO standards, ISO 14015 (2001), ISO 19011
(2002), and ISO 14064 (2006). The first is a standard on Environmental management and Environmental assessment of sites and organizations, the second Guidelines for Quality and Environmental Management Systems Auditing, and the third a Specification with Guidance at the organization level for Quantification and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals.
He is a Fellow
of the Energy Institute
, a professional body for environmentalists, and a member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment
.
, Wiltshire
, and in that year a new local political party
called the Devizes Guardians
began to be formed, in the aftermath of the felling of five trees in the Devizes Market Place, where Carter's office then was. The party registered with the Electoral Commission
on 19 June 2002. In its registration, it names Carter as its Leader and Chairman.
On 1 May 2003, Carter was elected to Kennet District Council as a Devizes Guardian, in the Devizes North ward
, commenting "We have to acknowledge there is an element of protest vote
in the support we have had. The question of the future of the hospital has been paramount in the issues expressed by the people we have talked to, with transport coming a close second." However, four years later in May 2007 he lost the seat to a Conservative
.
The District
of Kennet was abolished in April 2009, as part the 2009 structural changes to local government in England
, and replaced by a new Wiltshire Council
unitary authority
. In the first elections to the new authority, on 4 June 2009, Carter was elected as a member for Devizes North. He is also a school governor and a member of the Devizes Development Partnership.
In the Wiltshire Council, the Devizes Guardians hold three seats, and these members have formed a political group with Carter as Leader.
Energy Institute
The Energy Institute, commonly referred to as EI, is the main professional organization for the energy industry within the UK that promotes the safe, environmentally responsible and efficient supply and use of energy in all its forms and applications...
MIEMA
Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment
The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment is the largest professional body for environmental practitioners in the United Kingdom and Worldwide approaching 15,000 members....
(born 1947) is an English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
Chartered Environmentalist
Chartered Environmentalist
The status of Chartered Environmentalist is a professional qualification that is awarded by the Society for the Environment , a UK professional institution whose members are a number of well-respected and established professional institutions across the environmental sector...
, politician, leader of the Devizes Guardians
Devizes Guardians
The Devizes Guardians are a local political party based in Devizes, Wiltshire. The party was formed in 2001 and has been successful in winning seats on Kennet District Council and Wiltshire Council.It is sometimes called the "local conservation party"....
party since 2002, and a member of Wiltshire Council
Wiltshire Council
Wiltshire Council is the unitary authority for most of the county of Wiltshire, in the West of England, the successor authority to Wiltshire County Council and to four districts—Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, and West Wiltshire—all of which had been created in 1973 and were...
since June 2009. His first career was as a naval officer
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
.
Career
Carter was educated at the Britannia Royal Naval CollegeBritannia Royal Naval College
Britannia Royal Naval College is the initial officer training establishment of the Royal Navy, located on a hill overlooking Dartmouth, Devon, England. While Royal Naval officer training has taken place in the town since 1863, the buildings which are seen today were only finished in 1905, and...
and from there was commissioned as an officer
Officer (armed forces)
An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority. Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position...
into the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
. He served in the Navy from 1963 to 1970, receiving his wings as a fixed-wing aircraft
Fixed-wing aircraft
A fixed-wing aircraft is an aircraft capable of flight using wings that generate lift due to the vehicle's forward airspeed. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from rotary-wing aircraft in which wings rotate about a fixed mast and ornithopters in which lift is generated by flapping wings.A powered...
pilot
Aviator
An aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...
and then qualifying in gunnery
Artillery
Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
. During his naval career he served in the aircraft carrier
Aircraft carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power worldwide without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations...
HMS Victorious
HMS Victorious (R38)
HMS Victorious was the second Illustrious-class aircraft carrier ordered under the 1936 Naval Programme. She was laid down at the Vickers-Armstrong shipyard at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in 1937 and launched two years later in 1939...
, the Leander class frigate
Leander class frigate
The Leander class, or Type 12I frigates, comprising twenty-six vessels, was among the most numerous and long-lived classes of frigate in the Royal Navy's modern history. The class was built in three batches between 1959 and 1973...
HMS Minerva
HMS Minerva (F45)
HMS Minerva was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built by Vickers Armstrong. She was launched on the 19 December 1964, and commissioned on 14 May 1966....
, the minesweeper
Minesweeper (ship)
A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...
HMS Dufton, and the shore establishment
Stone frigate
Stone frigate is a nickname for a naval establishment on land. The term has its origin in Britain's Royal Navy after its use of Diamond Rock, off Martinique, as a 'sloop of war' to harass the French...
HMS Excellent on Whale Island
Whale Island, Hampshire
Whale Island is a small island in Portsmouth Harbour, close by Portsea Island. It is currently home to HMS Excellent, the oldest shore training establishment within the Royal Navy, and the Headquarters of Commander in Chief, Fleet.-Early history:...
. On 1 May 1968, he was promoted Lieutenant
Lieutenant
A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
. He was discharged from the Navy on 18 November 1970 on medical grounds.
After leaving the Navy, Carter worked for British Petroleum between 1970 and 1992, as a general manager in the Shetland Islands
Shetland Islands
Shetland is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies north and east of mainland Great Britain. The islands lie some to the northeast of Orkney and southeast of the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The total...
and Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
in the areas of exploration, production, trading, marketing and distribution. Since 1993 he has been Principal Advisor to En Venture, an environmental consultancy, working as a management consultant on Sustainable development
Sustainable development
Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come...
solutions for industry in the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
, the Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim
The Pacific Rim refers to places around the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The term "Pacific Basin" includes the Pacific Rim and islands in the Pacific Ocean...
, and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, including the Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
. His experience includes capacity building in the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
and Greenhouse gas
Greenhouse gas
A greenhouse gas is a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect. The primary greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone...
es, as well as the Environmental management system
Environmental Management System
Environmental management system refers to the management of an organization's environmental programs in a comprehensive, systematic, planned and documented manner....
. Places he has lived and worked include Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, and Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, and he has made many visits to Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa as a geographical term refers to the area of the African continent which lies south of the Sahara. A political definition of Sub-Saharan Africa, instead, covers all African countries which are fully or partially located south of the Sahara...
.
In 1986 he received a Certified Diploma in Finance and Accounting from the City Polytechnic, London
City of London
The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...
, and in 2007 Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University is a new university in Oxford, England. It was named to honour the school's founding principal, John Brookes. It has been ranked as the best new university by the Sunday Times University Guide 10 years in a row...
awarded him a Certificate in Strategic Environmental Assessment.
Since 1997, Carter has been a member of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
's delegation to TC207, otherwise the Technical Committee 207 on Environmental Management of the International Organization for Standardization
International Organization for Standardization
The International Organization for Standardization , widely known as ISO, is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Founded on February 23, 1947, the organization promulgates worldwide proprietary, industrial and commercial...
(ISO). He has been responsible for drafting three ISO standards, ISO 14015 (2001), ISO 19011
ISO 19011
ISO 19011 is an international standard that sets forth guidelines for:*quality management systems auditing*environmental management systems auditingIt is developed by the International Organization for Standardization....
(2002), and ISO 14064 (2006). The first is a standard on Environmental management and Environmental assessment of sites and organizations, the second Guidelines for Quality and Environmental Management Systems Auditing, and the third a Specification with Guidance at the organization level for Quantification and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals.
He is a Fellow
Fellow
A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. The term fellow is also used to describe a person, particularly by those in the upper social classes. It is most often used in an academic context: a fellow is often part of an elite group of learned people who are awarded...
of the Energy Institute
Energy Institute
The Energy Institute, commonly referred to as EI, is the main professional organization for the energy industry within the UK that promotes the safe, environmentally responsible and efficient supply and use of energy in all its forms and applications...
, a professional body for environmentalists, and a member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment
Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment
The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment is the largest professional body for environmental practitioners in the United Kingdom and Worldwide approaching 15,000 members....
.
Political life
By 2001, Carter was living in DevizesDevizes
Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The town is about southeast of Chippenham and about east of Trowbridge.Devizes serves as a centre for banks, solicitors and shops, with a large open market place where a market is held once a week...
, Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, and in that year a new local political party
Localism (politics)
Localism describes a range of political philosophies which prioritize the local. Generally, localism supports local production and consumption of goods, local control of government, and promotion of local history, local culture and local identity...
called the Devizes Guardians
Devizes Guardians
The Devizes Guardians are a local political party based in Devizes, Wiltshire. The party was formed in 2001 and has been successful in winning seats on Kennet District Council and Wiltshire Council.It is sometimes called the "local conservation party"....
began to be formed, in the aftermath of the felling of five trees in the Devizes Market Place, where Carter's office then was. The party registered with the Electoral Commission
Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)
The Electoral Commission is an independent body set up by the UK Parliament. It regulates party and election finance and sets standards for well-run elections...
on 19 June 2002. In its registration, it names Carter as its Leader and Chairman.
On 1 May 2003, Carter was elected to Kennet District Council as a Devizes Guardian, in the Devizes North ward
Wards of the United Kingdom
A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...
, commenting "We have to acknowledge there is an element of protest vote
Protest vote
A protest vote is a vote cast in an election to demonstrate the caster's unhappiness with the choice of candidates or refusal of the current political system...
in the support we have had. The question of the future of the hospital has been paramount in the issues expressed by the people we have talked to, with transport coming a close second." However, four years later in May 2007 he lost the seat to a Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
.
The District
Non-metropolitan district
Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...
of Kennet was abolished in April 2009, as part the 2009 structural changes to local government in England
2009 structural changes to local government in England
Structural changes to local government in England were effected on 1 April 2009, whereby a number of new unitary authorities were created in parts of the country which previously operated a 'two-tier' system of counties and districts...
, and replaced by a new Wiltshire Council
Wiltshire Council
Wiltshire Council is the unitary authority for most of the county of Wiltshire, in the West of England, the successor authority to Wiltshire County Council and to four districts—Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, and West Wiltshire—all of which had been created in 1973 and were...
unitary authority
Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...
. In the first elections to the new authority, on 4 June 2009, Carter was elected as a member for Devizes North. He is also a school governor and a member of the Devizes Development Partnership.
In the Wiltshire Council, the Devizes Guardians hold three seats, and these members have formed a political group with Carter as Leader.