Deadline for application: 18 December 2022

WBCSD is the premier global, CEO-led community of over 200 of the world’s leading sustainable businesses working collectively to accelerate the system transformations needed for a net-zero, nature positive, and more equitable future.

We do this by engaging executives and sustainability leaders from business and elsewhere to share practical insights on the obstacles and opportunities faced in tackling the integrated climate, nature and inequality sustainability challenge; by co-developing “how-to” CEO-guides from these insights; by providing science-based target guidance including standards and protocols; and by developing tools and platforms to help leading businesses in sustainability drive integrated actions to tackle climate, nature and inequality challenges across sectors and geographical regions.

Our member companies come from all business sectors and major economies, representing a combined revenue of more than USD $8.5 trillion and 19 million employees. Our global network of almost 70 national business councils gives our members unparalleled reach across the globe. Since 1995, WBCSD has been uniquely positioned to work with member companies along and across value chains to deliver impactful business solutions to the most challenging sustainability issues.

Together, we are the leading voice of business for sustainability, united by our vision of a world in which 9+ billion people are living well, within planetary boundaries, by mid-century.

Job Overview

If we want to keep the world a safe operating space and avoid devastating consequences to people and nature, we must keep the temperature from increasing past 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. The current emission path will lead to an approximate 3-4°C global temperature increases by 2100, resulting in massive economic devastation, with an estimated 30% fall in GDP per capita. Consequently, corporations are under ever-increasing pressure from employees, investors, regulators, customers, and the broader society to decarbonize. 

Our WBCSD Climate Action program – SOS 1.5 (Safe Operating Space for 1.5°C) – supports companies from all sectors as they progress in their mitigation and adaptation journey. The program aims to accelerate corporate decarbonization implementation and to advance climate accounting:  

• Accelerating the transition to Net Zero: capacity building and how-to guidance on building a decarbonization strategy and its operationalization across the business  
• Advancing Climate Accounting and disclosure: collective climate standards advancements with a focus on the GHG Protocol  

In Q1 / 2023, the team will publish a Guidance on “Avoided Emissions”, as a key metric to support climate-aligned decision making, innovation, and purpose definition. We are expanding our team and looking for an experienced individual to join WBCSD and the Climate Action program to lead our newly created workstream on avoided emissions.   

Responsibilities & duties

• Curate, convene, and manage a technical multi-stakeholder process to contextualize and apply the concept of avoided emissions to corporate and policy planning, as a key indicator to drive decarbonization through innovation and system wide impacts  
• Update and refine, as needed, the Draft Guidance on Avoided Emissions, along with other contributors and through a multi-stakeholder process, building on the new findings or insights received during the process.  
• Position WBCSD and its members as the leading voice of business to advance system wide decarbonization through applying the concept of avoided emissions 
• Engage and manage relationships with a wide range of stakeholders from business, government, NGOs, and academia as part of global multi-stakeholder process  
• Liaise closely and support other workstreams across WBCSD on climate accounting, net zero target setting, and the existing standards for their application 

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

 

• Master’s Degree in business, policy, environmental science, environmental policy, or related field 
• 10 – 15 years of relevant, full-time work experience  
• Knowledge of life cycle assessment methodologies, Greenhouse Gas accounting, net zero concept and the leading standards in the field  
• Excellent communication, multi-stakeholder management and facilitation of different perspectives towards a common objective.  
• Engaging communicator both in person and in writing. Ability to adjust style of communication to suit audience (e.g., present technical topics to a non-technical audience) 
• Excellent analytical, writing and presentation skills 
• Ability to work both independently as well as part of a team, manage multiple priorities, and work under tight deadlines 
• Fluency in written and spoken English 

The position is full-time and based in a country with a WBCSD office.

WBCSD is a purpose driven, forward-thinking and action-oriented organization, characterised by diversity of gender, nationalities and work experiences.

The Work Environment

WBCSD offers a competitive, modern, and flexible working arrangement:

• Geneva-based organization with offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, Delhi, London, New York and Singapore
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• State-of-the-art facilities and ICT-enabled working tools
• Flex-time and part-time possibilities
• Dynamic working atmosphere
• Open culture encouraging interaction and sharing of ideas and opinions
• Regional or International relocation support
• Sustainable commuting incentives

Please also note that WBCSD will only respond to candidates selected for the interview process.