Daily Sustainability Job Post

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Position Overview:

We are looking for a Manager of Sustainability Reporting & Transparency to join our team. You will ensure that we are positioned for, and responsive to, the growing expectations for transparent reporting and disclosure on our sustainability and ESG approaches. You’ll work collaboratively across all corporate functions to track progress and report our performance, action plans, management approaches, policies, and sustainability/ESG standard disclosures. You’ll report to our Senior Manager of Sustainability and be based in our San Francisco headquarters.

About the Job

• Develop a sustainability reporting system to manage our progress across relevant sustainability/ESG topics within the corporate responsibility and sustainability strategy
• Evaluate and incorporate sustainability reporting, KPIs, and goal frameworks like GRI, SASB, TCFD, SDGs, UNGC
• Support the continued establishment and measurement of progress with the Sustainability Data Management team against formal sustainability/ESG goals
• Engage all relevant departments to identify accountabilities and repeatable processes that assure collection of, and a plan for expansion upon, important data needs based on reporting frameworks such as GRI and best practices
• Support Investor Relations in LS&Co.’s engagement with and submissions to the formal evaluations conducted by ESG research and ratings firms including RobecoSAM, MSCI, Sustainalytics, S&P Global, Bloomberg, ISS, Moody’s (Vigeo Eiiris), and others
• Manage the development and publication of LS&Co.’s formal Sustainability Report including collaboration with Corporate Affairs on launch and our communications plans
• Oversee the submission of external surveys by engaging data providers, completing questions for which ready answers exist in partnership with the Data Management Team, and tracking to survey deadlines
• Benchmark our strategies, results, and performance with competition and industry best practices
• Position LS&Co. for the evolving regulations, standards, and frameworks for sustainability/ESG reporting and transparency

About You

• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in similar roles; especially experience implementing similar programs in a corporate environment
• Experience with relevant Sustainability reporting and ESG standards and reporting frameworks, including GRI, SASB, TCFD, SDGs
• Expertise in collaborating and taking direction from investor relations teams and supervised interaction with analysts and the ESG rating firms
• You understand trends in sustainability/ESG disclosure expectations and how to plan for evolving expectations, can perform assessments of current performance, and develop recommendations for action
• Relationship development experience with a diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and organizational functions