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To meet the needs of people within planetary limits, we need engineers who can navigate complexity and deliver on society’s most urgent needs.

The Competency Compass points the way forward, helping individuals, teams and organisations to reflect on their practice and grow their capabilities.

Start your journey

1. Explore the Competency Compass

Understand what globally responsible engineering looks like.

Explore the Global Responsibility Competency Compass to discover the 12 knowledge, skills and mindset competencies that enable engineers to create a safe and just future. Whether you’re a student, educator or practising engineer, the Compass provides a shared language for understanding what global responsibility means in practice.

Explore the 12 competencies

2. Reflect on your strengths

Assess where you are today.

Take our free 15-minute self-assessment to receive your personalised Global Responsibility Portrait. You’ll gain insight into your current strengths, identify opportunities for growth, and be guided to create an action plan to help you develop the competencies that matter most.

Take the self-assessment

3. Develop your competencies

Turn reflection into action.

Bring your action plan to life with our Learning Library. Explore curated articles, videos, podcasts, courses and practical resources designed to help you build your knowledge, strengthen your skills and embed global responsibility into your everyday practice.

Check out the Learning Library

How the Compass can help you

Individuals

Reflect on your personal strengths and gaps, develop a clear action plan, and access learning resources to stay ahead in your professional growth.

Start your learning

Teams

Strengthen your team’s collective ability to co-create sustainable, equitable outcomes. Want to contribute to testing team action plans or facilitated workshops?

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Organisations

Support your staff’s development, motivate committed teams, and meet professional qualification requirements. Interested in exploring how to implement the Compass in your organisation?

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Still have questions? Explore our frequently asked questions.

Endorsed by

"Engineering Council endorses the use of the Global Responsibility Competency Compass as a progressive interpretation of UK-SPEC. This tool helps to bring to life and articulate the skills and actions everyday engineering professionals need to act in a way that is sustainable, equitable and ethical."

Engineering Council

"The Competency Compass aligns strongly with ICE’s values and strategic goals, and we recognise its potential to make a significant contribution to the future of the engineering profession."

Institution of Civil Engineers

“The Compass is a valuable framework for staying relevant , developing competence, and for ultimately making a difference – at a time when making a difference is needed more than ever. The multidisciplinary approach reflects our own CEnv, REnvP and REnvTech community – all playing their part with proven competence.”

Society for the Environment