Daily Sustainability Job Post

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Position Overview:

Governance & Accountability (G&A) Institute is growing. The company is seeking a Sustainability Analyst to join the team as a project-based contractor with longer-term potential. In addition to G&A’s regular research publications on corporate sustainability and ESG trends, our main focus is on client services. G&A offers a wide-range of ESG and sustainability services, including but not limited to publishing sustainability reports (GRI, SASB, TCFD, IIRC, SDGs), materiality assessments, policy writing, ESG scoring and rankings, responding to annual surveys (CDP, CSA, EcoVadis), general sustainability consultancy, and much more. A full suite of client services we provide to our clients are available on our website.

Candidates should have a strong working knowledge and familiarity with corporate sustainability and investor ESG topics & issues including:

• Sustainability reporting and disclosure frameworks especially GRI, SASB, and TCFD, but also others such as IIRC and SDGs.
• ESG raters and rankers – especially the work of MSCI, Sustainalytics, Refinitiv, ISS, Bloomberg, etc.
• ESG surveys that companies respond to such as CDP, S&P CSA, EcoVadis, GRESB, and others.
• General knowledge of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) topics, metrics, and data points
• General knowledge of corporate reporting and disclosure
• General knowledge of capital markets
• General knowledge of business and strategy

SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• Strong online research and analysis skills including databases and corporate reporting
• Ability to synthesize lots of research and data into summaries and recommendations
• Strong communications skills: writing skills are critical, internal and external socializing, and teamwork skills
• Expert in Microsoft Office Suite (especially Word and Excel) with a good working knowledge of Google Drive and Adobe Acrobat
• Technologically savvy
• Knowledge and interest in ESG and sustainability with an eagerness to learn
• Experience in client presentations of results a plus

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Self-motivated – passion for the work you will be doing
• Self-directed – able to take initiative and effectively work remote
• Experienced communications and presentation skills (business writing, speaking, and slide deck presentations).
• Ability to collaborate and work closely with G&A team members
• Ability to interact with clients and partner organizations
• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree (preferably in business or sustainability-related field) with at least 1 year of related work or qualified, industry-related internship experience

BENEFICIAL ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND / QUALIFICATIONS

• Passionate about corporate and investor sustainability a plus
• Good network in sustainability circles
• Public speaking experience such as speaking on panels, leading presentations, training a plus
• Published research or writing on sustainability topics
• Proposal and/or RFP response writing experience a plus
• Other sustainability-related experience a plus (explain in your cover letter)
• Business experience/knowledge of how corporations do business is a plus
• Ability to stay abreast of trends that affect companies