George Fleming is a Scottish civil engineer specialising in environmental issues. Educated at the Royal Technical College, Stanford University and the University of Strathclyde he is a doctor of philosophy. His research has included studies of the hydrology of the River Clyde and he has written reports on flooding for the Institution of Civil Engineers and the British government. Fleming was involved in the planning stages of the Glasgow Garden Festival of 1988 and established a way of reusing dredgings from the Clyde to provide topsoil for the event. He has since licensed the technology commercially. He is founder and chairman of the EnviroCentre environmental consultancy, of which his son is now managing director.