Sustainability Consultant

At Digby Wells Environmental, we are passionate about what we do and are extremely fortunate to
be able to Make A Difference in the lives of our colleagues, our clients, the communities we
work in and the environment.

We are looking for someone who will be responsible for reporting sustainability related
activities and helping our clients respond to and develop strategies to manage issues across
the ESG agenda. This will include aligning client’s sustainability reporting requirements with
industry best practices in terms of frameworks, data collection and assurance to meet the
Client’s sustainability targets and ambitions. You must have a proven track record of producing
high value sustainability reports, ideally within ‘the resources sectors.

• Producing Sustainability reports and disclosures that showcase clients’ work in a compelling
  way, while also ticking the boxes for GRI or SASB compliance.
• Compiling annual responses to investor questionnaires such as CDP and DJSI and providing
  clients with guidance to improve their scores and their practice.
• Reviewing, benchmarking, and developing policies against industry and best practice.
• Assessing client’s current sustainability performance and working with key stakeholders to
  identify, prioritise and strategically manage key sustainability issues.
• Developing climate risk management and mitigation strategies, including Science based targets
  and TCFD aligned reporting and guidance.
• Developing Modern Slavery Statement and strategies.
• Identifying and tracking ESG and sustainability trends, best practices, frameworks, and
  standards and communicating those relevant to internal and external stakeholders and using
  information to develop new services and client offering.
• Forming and maintaining a network of relationships to support sustainability efforts.
• Ensuring appropriate controls and measurement systems are in place for clients to support and
  maintain sustainability reporting integrity and assurance.
• Monitoring the latest trends from ESG rating agencies and recommend courses of action to
  improve client scores and address gaps.
• Networking and growing strong relationships with clients and other partners in the market.
• Working closely with various specialists to implement strategies and annual environmental and
  social performance for clients.
• Assisting with the drafting of our client’s strategic position and narratives on
  sustainability issues.
• Carry out field work under strenuous conditions.

Qualifications

• Post graduate degree preferably in Environmental Sciences, Sustainability or Financial
  Communications.
• Project Management Certificate would be beneficial.

Work Experience

• Experience in copy/writing or editing would be beneficial.
• Seven or more years relevant experience in sustainability consulting or similar.
• Deep understanding of responsible investment, sustainability emerging topics, the latest
  energy industry trends, strategies, and technologies.
• Knowledge of Sustainability/ESG rating agencies, frameworks, and databases.
• Expert in technical sustainability data, calculation methodologies and limitations.
• Establish credibility and effectively interact with clients, including all levels of senior
  leadership.
• Self-motivated, autonomous with a can-do attitude.
• Demonstrable mastery in extensive use of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and experience
  developing market research and business cases for new strategies

Other Requirement:

• Excellent verbal communication skills to build and maintain relationships with Senior
  executives.
• A flair for writing; you will enjoy transforming information and data into compelling copy
  and infographics.
• Strong project management skills: you will be developing sustainability reports from start to
  finish, working with clients until they are perfect.
• A working knowledge of; TCFD recommendations, GRI Standards, SASB, the Principles of
  Responsible Investment (PRI), the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, and the
  Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
• A willingness to travel.
• Experience in the mining sector is preferable
• A flexible, pragmatic, and innovative approach project development and delivery.
• Fluency in English is essential, working knowledge of another language particularly French or
  Spanish would be advantageous.