Head of Global Sustainability

Overview

Wasserman is forever committed to serving our clients, colleagues and community with exceptional insight, influence and creativity, while making a positive and lasting impact. We support our employees’ professional aspirations, with a rich internal culture where curiosity is rewarded. We offer our people multiple learning and development programs throughout the world.  What we do is fast-paced, exciting and rewarding which is why we love it and why you’ll love life at Wasserman.

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As our Head of Sustainability, you will support our business to develop and implement strategies and programmes which will help us achieve our commitments and targets related to environmental sustainability. This position will report directly to the SVP of Strategic Impact.  Based in our London office you will be part of the Global Impact Team that is dedicated to driving forward Social Impact, Inclusion, Responsible Business and Sustainability across our organisation through our Impact (ESG) strategy.

This position will also play a key role in the development of our public reporting programs which includes CDP, TCFD, Ecovadis, SBTi, ESOS etc, our sustainability and annual reporting as well our UN Global Compact reporting. As part of our Global Impact team, you will play an important role in supporting our operations globally. This position will have a voice in shaping and helping to develop the organizations understanding of the future trends and issues that will mean most to our business, clients, employees and stakeholders that we serve.

As Head of Sustainability, you will focus on building and operationalizing corporate global sustainability and support business units, departments and teams in identifying environmental sustainability programs which are committed to measuring and reducing the Groups environmental impact and implementing best practices.  The successful candidate will also be responsible for collating, managing, and analyzing data to support sustainability reporting against multiple frameworks and regulations and will function as the subject matter expert of environmental sustainability.  The Head of Sustainability will provide leadership to, and support a team which will include coaching, mentoring, and professional development.

You may be asked to travel on a limited basis not expected to exceed 10% of your time.

Responsibilities of Position:

• Incorporates Wasserman’s mission and values in goals and programs within Environmental Sustainability that is tailored to the needs of the different business units and geographical markets
• Develops and manages operational initiatives with measurable outcomes across the organisation for environmental sustainability efforts
• Formulates objectives, goals, and strategies collaboratively with other stakeholders across all business units
• Prepares and delivers reports to operational leadership outlining progress toward meeting annual goals and objectives & complete public and client disclosures in a variety of different frameworks and platforms
• Support the development of our sustainability and annual reporting initiatives. Work with the team to develop the thematic design, content, and drafting, of the Groups annual Impact report
• Manage external Impact (ESG) reporting and disclosure activities, through the use of robust data, and ensure means to increase information transparency, relevance, and quality
• Implement best practices in areas of corporate, ethical, and social responsibility and address any issues arising
• Identify gaps in our sustainability and environmental performance and create ambitious, credible and measurable action plans to address these
• Deliver issue-specific strategies for the organization on sustainable supply chain engagement and development, transition planning, modern slavery, and biodiversity.
• Promote and raise awareness across the business of the impact of emerging sustainability issues
• Work to continually adapt and improve as well as advise on, influence, and implement the Groups Corporate Sustainability and Impact (ESG) strategy
• Track the company’s progress for each initiative and report such to senior leadership on a regular basis
• Develop corporate sustainability & Impact capabilities and increase the Groups expertise with regards to Scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon accounting practices and reduction, Product Carbon Footprint, and Life Cycle Analysis.
• Responsible for identifying, advising on, and mitigating regulatory risks related to global sustainability & ESG laws and regulations, such as the EU CSRD , CBAM, TCFD, TNFD and CS3D
• Drive implementation and integration of technologies, systems and tools to foster data collection streamlining efforts for the Group
• Manage external consultants including contracts of work and supporting relationships with membership-based organizations
• Provide training and regular communications to the Group to both educate on sustainability best practices and drive a culture of sustainability

Industry Leadership:

• Maintain an overall sense of trends, topics related to environmental sustainability, climate change and impact to regularly inform clients, employees and other key stakeholders and agents of developments
• Build and maintain a partnership network within the industry that is reflective of all sides of our business (brands, properties, talent, sports,music and entertainment) and serves our clients in creating change
• Work with key stakeholders  and global communications team to ensure alignment and consistency on internal and external communications –  develop clear, articulated service offerings for our brands, properties and talent teams to increase understanding of our offering to their clients
• Offer support on Wasserman’s POV on relevant moments and perspectives as needed by HR, the ELT and Communications
• Work alongside our Research and Insights team  to develop new tools that give our brands and properties teams an entry point for sales & develop tools to assist them
• Track and compile case studies across brands, properties, music, entertainment and sports talent that articulate best practices and success to act as proof points for pitches and recruiting
• Support current and existing Brands,Properties and Talent clients with POVs, consulting, strategic messaging, and guidance
• Assist on RFPs, Pitches and Tenders that require Sustainability perspectives and responses

 

Skill Requirements

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of sustainability challenges and opportunities including sourcing and procurement practices.
• Ability to handle multiple assignments concurrently and independently in a time-sensitive, thorough, detail-oriented, and well-organized manner.
• Must have strong Microsoft Office skills in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and leadership skills, including, but not limited to: planning, problem-solving and decision making.
• Ability to interpret and implement ESG frameworks and regulations.
• Strategically minded, and commercially astute with a proven capacity to translate information and ideas into actionable plans.
• Internal partnership skills and the experience working across multiple teams in a large organization, align goals, and develop executable plans.

 

Experience Requirements

• Minimum 10+ years experience in the sustainability field working for a multinational company
• Experience of working across a global operation and effective applying a strategic improvement programs
• Proven track record implementing strategic sustainability initiatives and programs.
• Proven experience designing meaningful goals and KPIs against which to measure sustainability performance.

 

Wasserman does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.