Purpose Of Role
- Support delivery of sustainability and ESG compliance related workstreams to ensure the company’s compliance with mandatory reporting requirements and business needs.
- Embed new/enhanced practices to embed sustainability and ESG to efficiently meet the company and our stakeholders’ requirements.
- Lead on the delivery of selected sustainability & ESG projects in areas such as biodiversity net gain, energy management, occupier engagement and guidance on communications.
In order to make an application, simply read through the following job description and make sure to attach relevant documents.
Duties Of The Role
- Complete tasks that ensure Peel complies with all relevant sustainability and ESG mandatory requirements and stakeholder requests in a timely manner.
- Assist the Sustainability and ESG Manager with ESG data gathering, analysis and reporting.
- Participate in the sustainability and ESG internal auditing programme.
- Manage the Sustainability extranet page, MS Teams channel and Sustainability inbox, responding to internal and external stakeholder requests in a timely manner.
- Lead on the engagement with Peels Sustainability Champions across the business units and coordinate any support the business, team or individual may need to deliver their sustainability commitments.
- Develop and/or update resources and tools for business areas to apply across their activities including raising awareness and training of teams using them.
- Provide support to Peel Group and Peel Land on Sustainability and ESG-related projects and initiatives.
- Provide advice to strategic areas on their sustainability-related targets in line with relevant
- Sustainable Development Goals and support delivery of the targets for Peel Land.
- Support Peel Land with sustainability-related work streams related to ongoing and future planning permissions (e.g. sustainability statements, biodiversity net gain assessments).
- Ensure sustainability-related messaging is embedded into relevent marketing and communications pieces for Peel Land are using best practice.
- Support the facilitation of projects across topics such as biodiversity net gain, natural capital, climate risk, energy and carbon management, social value and governance.
- Undertake financial and administrative activities such as raising purchase orders, submitting invoices for the sustainability team budget and arranging meetings.
Essential Skills / Experience / Qualifications Required
- Experience of working on sustainability issues in a company environment
- Knowledge on a wide range of sustainability topics and the planning process
- Proficient in the use of MS Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Problem-solving ability
- Ability to work independently and take the initiative
- A good understanding of data management and analysis
- Excellent organisational skills
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities
- Degree/Masters in Sustainability, Geography or relevant field
Desired Skills / Experience Required
- Member of a relevant professional body (e.g. IEMA, Society for the Environment)
- Wide-ranging knowledge of issues relating to sustainability and ESG in the property and land sectors
- Advance knowledge on biodiversity and natural capital
- Familiarity with planning permission documentation and interaction with ESG topics
- Auditing experience on environmental, social and governance topics
- Experience of giving presentations and chairing meetings
- Ability to motivate colleagues and inspire enthusiasm for sustainability issues
One of the leading infrastructure, transport and real estate investors in the UK, with collective investments owned and under the management of more than £5 billion.
Established by our Chairman John Whittaker over 40 years ago, The Peel Group has grown through an ethos of recycling capital and long-term investment, gaining a reputation for visionary regeneration projects, primarily in the North of England.
The Group is family-owned and our principal investments encompass land and property, transport and logistics, energy, retail and leisure.
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