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These C-level and fractional roles, from corporate strategy and ESG to climate stewardship, shape our future!
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Sustainability hiring is accelerating, led by financial services and consumer goods in Europe and North America.
Companies are seeking expertise in ESG integration, supply chain decarbonisation, and regulatory compliance, alongside growing demand for roles that fuse data analytics with sustainability strategy to deliver measurable impact and transparent reporting.
Skills in circular economy and sustainable finance are also on the rise, particularly in global hubs such as London, Amsterdam, and New York, where innovation meets regulatory discipline.
1. Logitech - Senior Sustainability Manager
🌎 Location: Cork, Ireland 🇮🇪
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 76%
👤 Role: Leads end-to-end ESG regulatory disclosures, transforming complex data into clear, stakeholder-ready reports while strengthening reporting systems and cross-functional collaboration
2. ERM - Partner, Supply Chain Sustainability and Strategy, Central Europe
🌎 Location: Germany 🇩🇪
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 75%
👤 Role: Drives commercial growth of sustainability advisory services across Europe, leading client engagements on ESG strategy, performance, compliance, and organizational transformation
3. Free People - Director of Sustainability & Social Impact
🌎 Location: Philadelphia, USA 🇺🇸
👤 Role: Leads sustainable product initiatives by partnering with cross-functional teams to identify impact opportunities, ensure accurate product classification, and support broader sustainability goals and impact reporting
4. Visa - Strategy and Sustainability Practise Lead
🌎 Location: London, England 🏴
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 81%
👤 Role: Leads cross-functional teams to drive strategic and commercial initiatives across diverse topics, navigating ambiguity to align stakeholders and deliver impactful outcomes
5. SB Energy - Director EHS and Sustainability
🌎 Location: San Francisco, USA 🇺🇸
💶 Salary: $146,000 - $163,000 EUR/yr
👤 Role: Oversees EHS and Sustainability operations, ensuring environmental compliance and performance of solar projects while driving process improvements and managing third-party partners
6. Climeworks - VP Communications
🌎 Location: Zurich, Switzerland 🇨🇭
👤 Role: Leads strategic communications, PR, branding, and crisis response to position the company as a climate innovation leader, while aligning internal and external messaging and managing a multidisciplinary team and agency partners
7. InPlanet - Chief Operating Officer
🌎 Location: São Paolo, Brazil 🇧🇷
👤 Role: Drives operations and go-to-market strategy to scale mineral-based carbon removal, aligning science, field execution, and commercial growth
8. Wilmar International - Sustainability & Certification Executive
🌎 Location: Singapore 🇸🇬
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 31%
👤 Role: Manages sustainability certifications and traceability for palm oil supply chains, aligning production, compliance, and market growth while supporting NDPE policy and stakeholder collaboration
9. Syensqo - Technology & Sustainability Integration Lead
🌎 Location: Lombardy, Italy 🇮🇹
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 41%
👤 Role: Leads adoption of best available technologies to advance site sustainability and support innovation goals in energy, water, emissions, and waste management
10. MSCI Inc. - Sustainability Model Validation Lead (VP)
🌎 Location: Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺
👤 Role: Leads development and execution of a sustainability model validation framework, managing a team to ensure rigorous, transparent, and compliant model performance and continuous improvement
11. Weber Shandwick - SVP Sustainability (Corporate & Public Affairs)
🌎 Location: Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪
👤 Role: Leads and grows a client portfolio of Fortune 500 organizations, providing strategic advisory, managing teams, driving business development, and ensuring financial performance and industry leadership
12. Ramboll - Head of Sustainability – Transport UK&I
🌎 Location: England 🏴
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 70%
👤 Role: Leads and implements sustainability strategy for the transport sector, guiding teams and shaping senior client relationships while influencing policy to position Ramboll as a strategic advisor
13. fairlife LLC. - Director, Sustainability
🌎 Location: Chicago, USA 🇺🇸
💶 Salary: $137,000 - $154,200 EUR/yr
👤 Role: Leads and executes sustainability strategies across the supply chain, driving environmental impact reduction, EPR compliance, stakeholder engagement, and sustainability reporting
14. Carhartt - Senior Manager, Sustainability
🌎 Location: Dearborn, USA 🇺🇸
👤 Role: Leads development and alignment of sustainability strategy, guiding cross-functional teams and driving organizational progress on sustainability impact and innovation
15. Stanford Medicine - Senior Sustainability Manager
🌎 Location: Santa Clara County, USA 🇺🇸
💶 Salary: $69.84 - $92.53 EUR/hr
👤 Role: Oversees project management teams to plan, execute, and monitor programs within budget and schedule, ensuring effective resource allocation and process standardization for Stanford Health Care projects
16. World Meteorological Organization - Senior Director - Department of Earth System and Data Prediction
🌎 Location: Geneva, Switzerland 🇨🇭
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 28%
💶 Salary: $110,012 - $207,592 EUR/yr
👤 Role: Leads and implements sustainability strategy for the transport sector, guiding teams and shaping senior client relationships while influencing policy to position Ramboll as a strategic advisor
17. Deloitte - Manager - ESG Governance & Strategy
🌎 Location: Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 53%
👤 Role: Lead and support a team in developing and implementing innovative ESG strategies, managing client relationships, and driving business growth through market insights and cross-functional projects
18. Dassault Systèmes - Sustainability & Business Development Expert
🌎 Location: île-de-france, France 🇫🇷
👤 Role: Serve as a commercial ambassador driving adoption of sustainability solutions, collaborating across teams to position ESG transformation as a strategic growth driver for clients and the business
19. Hamlyn Williams - Sustainability Data Controller
🌎 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
👤 Role: Lead sustainability accounting and data management to ensure transparent ESG reporting and support strategic and regulatory goals across a diverse infrastructure portfolio
20. Deloitte - Manager - ESG Data & Transformation
🌎 Location: Milan, Italy 🇮🇹
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 53%
👤 Role: Lead and support a team in ESG data and transformation projects for financial clients, driving business development and innovative strategy aligned with market trends and regulations
21. the LEGO Group - Senior Director - Head of Sustainable Operations
🌎 Location: Billund, Denmark 🇩🇰
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 44%
👤 Role: Lead and inspire global teams to develop and implement innovative sustainability strategies across operations, driving cultural change, partnerships, and measurable environmental impact reduction
22. Innomotics - Head of EHS Governance
🌎 Location: Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic 🇨🇿
👤 Role: Lead global EHS strategy and governance to promote a Zero Harm culture, ensure regulatory compliance, manage risks, and drive health and safety initiatives across multiple international operations
23. J.S. Held LLC - Country Manager – EHS / Sustainability
🌎 Location: Wiesbaden, Germany 🇩🇪
👤 Role: Drive growth and market presence for EHS/Sustainability services in Germany by leading business development, client relationships, and a high-performing team aligned with global strategy
24. dsm-firmenich - Senior Director Sustainable Operations Expertise
🌎 Location: Paris, France 🇫🇷
👤 Role: Build and lead teams to develop operational and sustainability capabilities, driving energy transition programs, lifecycle analysis, and cross-industry sustainability initiatives aligned with company strategy
25. KPMG Nederland - ESG Advisory Head of AI for Sustainability
🌎 Location: Amstelveen, Netherlands 🇳🇱
👤 Role: Lead the global strategy and execution of ESG AI solutions, driving innovation, alignment, and scalable impact across member firms to enhance client services and profitability
26. the LEGO Group - Senior Director, Circular Business Models
🌎 Location: Billund, Denmark 🇩🇰
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 44%
👤 Role: Drive the strategic development and execution of circular business models, leading cross-functional innovation and teams to extend product life and advance the circular economy
27. ON - Senior Lead – Sustainability Design
🌎 Location: Zurich, Switzerland 🇨🇭
👤 Role: Lead the integration of sustainability into design processes by driving cross-functional collaboration to embed sustainable thinking from concept to execution
28. Bloomberg - Sustainability Specialist - Strategy & Operations Lead
🌎 Location: New York, USA 🇺🇸
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 56%
💶 Salary: $150,000 - $184,200 EUR/yr
👤 Role: Lead global sustainability initiatives by applying strategic expertise and operational insight to drive measurable impact and align with corporate decarbonisation goals
29. PEMSEA Resource Facility - Executive Director
🌎 Location: Manila, Philippines 🇵🇭
👤 Role: Provide strategic leadership to coordinate and drive the implementation of a regional sustainable development strategy for the Seas of East Asia through a multisectoral, intergovernmental partnership
30. International Energy Agency - Clean Energy Transition Programme Officer – Caspian and Black Sea
🌎 Location: Paris, France 🇫🇷
👤 Role: Support international energy engagement and coordination across Ukraine, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, strengthening partnerships and regional collaboration
31. WRI India - Lead, Economics of Climate and Green Growth
🌎 Location: India 🇮🇳
👤 Role: Lead research and strategy at the intersection of climate and development, guiding teams and partners to deliver impactful insights for India’s green economic transition
32. Terraformation - Senior Corporate Counsel
🌎 Location: USA 🇺🇸
💶 Salary: $130,000 - $150,000 EUR/yr
👤 Role: Determine and resolve a wide range of legal issues related to structuring, financing, funding, and implementing reforestation projects around the world
33. Oceansvision - Senior Program Director
🌎 Location: USA 🇺🇸
💶 Salary: $140,000 - $185,000 EUR/yr
👤 Role: Bring strategic leadership and vision to our cutting-edge work in the marine ecosystem repair program
34. Boliden - Director of Sustainability
🌎 Location: Västerbotten County, Sweden 🇸🇪
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 28%
👤 Role: Strategic work with a competent team of leaders and employees in areas such as R&D, Closed Mines, External Environment, Forestry and Land, Social Sustainability, and Public Affairs as part of the mining division’s management team
35. Siemens Energy - Senior Strategy Manager Decarbonization & Sustainability
🌎 Location: Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 36%
👤 Role: Shape the future of Gas Services by leading the charge on decarbonization and sustainability initiatives
36. Neko London - Sustainability Strategist
🌎 Location: London, England 🏴
💶 Salary: $55,000 - $75,000 EUR/yr
👤 Role: Advice on sustainability strategy whilst also leading with clients and internal teams on the delivery of ESG and integrated reporting
37. Stockholm Environment Institute - Executive Director
🌎 Location: Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪
👤 Role: Lead and inspire a global sustainability institute, driving strategy execution, fostering innovation, and bridging science and policy for impactful sustainable development
38. United Nations Industrial Development Organization - Chief, Sustainable Energy and Just Transitions
🌎 Location: Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹
👤 Role: Lead and manage energy and climate programs to support sustainable industrial development, strengthen partnerships, mobilize funding, and oversee results in alignment with global commitments
39. The OPEC Fund for International Development - Senior Communications Officer
🌎 Location: Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹
👤 Role: Craft and execute a digital strategy, developing multimedia content, overseeing multimedia platforms and processes in order to drive engagement and reach among priority stakeholders in member and partner countries
40. Nestlé - Sustainability Executive
🌎 Location: Bandar Utama, Malaysia 🇲🇾
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 66%
👤 Role: Lead and coordinate ESG data systems and support sustainability projects, communication, and reporting to drive impact within the market and align with global initiatives
41. Cushman & Wakefield - Senior Consultant Sustainability & ESG
🌎 Location: Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 38%
👤 Role: Drive sustainable impact in the real estate market together with investors, tenants and network of partners
42. Neustark - Senior Account Executive for Carbon Storage Solutions
🌎 Location: Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹
👤 Role: Drive sales and business development for carbon storage solutions by building executive relationships, leading the sales cycle, and expanding the market in collaboration with leadership
43. Allianz - Sustainability Project Manager
🌎 Location: Munich, Germany 🇩🇪
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 51%
👤 Role: Support Allianz Partners in integrating Group-wide sustainability goals by driving product innovation and scalable solutions across Travel, Mobility & Assistance, and Health in over 30 markets
44. Inter-American Development Bank - Climate Change and Sustainability Senior Specialist
🌎 Location: Veneto, Italy 🇮🇹
👤 Role: Lead climate and sustainability efforts in the Dominican Republic by providing technical and strategic support, guiding policy and finance initiatives, and coordinating climate-related operations for low-carbon, resilient development
45. KPMG - Director (MPA) Technology, Sustainability, and Innovation
🌎 Location: UK 🇬🇧
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 53%
👤 Role: Grow, deliver and lead our MPA business, working with our leadership team, client organisations and other KPMG teams to develop our offerings and value propositions
46. Wärtsilä - Sustainability Officer
🌎 Location: Kampen, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 49%
👤 Role: Drive sustainability initiatives across reporting, compliance, circularity, and emissions reduction, while leading internal boards, promoting best practices, and identifying cost-saving and business opportunities
47. GEA Group - Head of Sustainability
🌎 Location: Oelde, Germany 🇩🇪
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 62%
👤 Role: Develop sustainability strategies within the Business Unit Separators, and drive internal change management, report on KPIs, and manage stakeholder engagement to support corporate sustainability goals
48. Patagonia - Director of Merchandising & Planning
🌎 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 44%
👤 Role: Lead the regional product strategy and inventory management to drive long-term brand positioning, quality growth, and financial health across EMEA
49. FoodLabs - Chief Operating Officer
🌎 Location: Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪
👤 Role: Lead company-wide operational execution as COO, translating strategy into scalable, high-performance operations across all functions to drive growth, impact, and alignment
50. Ørsted - Head of Corporate Strategy
🌎 Location: London, England 🏴
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 60%
👤 Role: Drive the corporate strategic agenda and ‘connecting the dots’ by formulating and supporting the execution of our corporate strategy
51. World Meteorological Organization - Chief - Joint Climate and Health Office
🌎 Location: Geneva, Switzerland 🇨🇭
👤 Role: Lead WMO’s global climate-health initiatives, partnerships, and teams to drive innovative solutions addressing climate-related health risks worldwide
52. Wikimedia Foundation - Engineering Manager, Security and Privacy
🌎 Location: EU 🇪🇺
👤 Role: Lead the security and privacy engineering group in our Product Safety and Security team, and to advise the Foundation on security and privacy issues
53. Signet Jewelers - VP of Sustainability & Social Impact
🌎 Location: Irvin, USA 🇺🇸
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 48%
👤 Role: Develop and execute strategies to reduce the environmental impacts of Signet’s buildings, operations and events, as well as its responsible sourcing initiatives
54. Food and Agriculture Organization - Chief, Livestock Innovation, Climate and Post Harvesting Solutions Branch
🌎 Location: Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
👤 Role: Lead FAO’s sustainable livestock transformation efforts through strategic guidance, technical expertise, resource management, and global stakeholder engagement
55. WWF International - Senior Director, Climate Communications
🌎 Location: Washington D.C., USA 🇺🇸
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 37%
💶 Salary: $123,748 - $177,918 EUR/yr
👤 Role: Lead strategic climate communications at WWF to amplify climate initiatives, align messaging across teams, and elevate visibility through media, events, and stakeholder engagement
56. IGT - Director, Global Sustainability
🌎 Location: Las Vegas, USA 🇺🇸
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 41%
💶 Salary: $106,200 - $250,500 EUR/yr
👤 Role: In alignment with overall Global Gaming, Digital and FinTech business objectives, the IGT Director Global Sustainability is responsible for leading the sustainability strategy, including key reporting workstreams
57. Industrial Electric Mfg. - Director of Environmental, Sustainability, and Governance
🌎 Location: Jacksonville, USA 🇺🇸
👤 Role: Drive enterprise-wide emissions reduction strategies across company-owned facilities, fleets, and energy consumption
58. International Finance Corporation - Senior Environmental and Social Development
🌎 Location: Manila, Philippines 🇵🇭
👤 Role: Lead environmental and social due diligence, portfolio oversight, and advisory initiatives for high-impact infrastructure investments, ensuring IFC standards and advancing sustainable risk management practices
59. Food and Agriculture Organization - Natural Resources Management Officer
🌎 Location: Ankara, Turkey 🇹🇷
👤 Role: Lead and support investment operations in food security, rural development, and natural resource management, while providing technical expertise, capacity building, and policy guidance
60. Inter-American Development Bank - Director of the Andean Region - Infrastructure and Energy
🌎 Location: Bogota, Colombia 🇨🇴 or Lima, Peru 🇵🇪
👤 Role: Lead and oversee strategic infrastructure and energy project development, execution, and client relationships across the Andean region to drive operational impact and business growth
61. Egon Zehnder - Head of Sustainability
🌎 Location: Zurich, Switzerland 🇨🇭
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 31%
👤 Role: Lead global sustainability strategy, ensure regulatory compliance, manage projects and teams, and embed sustainability into business operations across multiple offices
62. Capital Fund Management - Head of Sustainability
🌎 Location: Paris, France 🇫🇷
👤 Role: Lead, develop, and monitor corporate sustainability initiatives, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive engagement with stakeholders in alignment with the firm’s business goals
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