RICS is a self-regulatory professional body with significant global reach and influence. It promotes and enforces the highest professional qualifications and standards in the development and management of land, real estate, construction and infrastructure.  Responsible under its Royal Charter for the regulation of 120,000 chartered surveyors across the globe, it is committed to the achievement of consistently high professional standards in order to provide confidence in all markets.  It enforces standards of ethics and competence in the profession through a combination of best practice, monitoring, complaints handling and disciplinary proceedings.