Executive Director leading firm - wide Compliance Risk Assessment program for SMBC Group in financial services. Managing CRA process and collaborating with regulatory stakeholders.
About the role
- Join our team as an Ethical & Sustainability Compliance Specialist in London (hybrid work). Focus on ethical sourcing, environment compliance, and Net Zero initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Supporting compliance with all ethical and environment legislation, regulation and reporting requirements, including modern slavery, greenhouse gas and sustainability standards (EUDR/ ESPR/ etc).
- Maintaining accurate and auditable records and certifications for our ethical and environment performance.
- Overseeing ethical audits, supplier risk scores, and corrective actions to meet ethical targets, mitigate risk and ensure continuous improvement.
- Managing supply chain mapping beyond Tier 1 to achieve business targets for percentage of supply chain mapped and engaged.
- Working with communications teams to ensure the brands compliance with international green claims codes.
- Reporting on ethical and environmental metrics to support internal and external briefings and decision-making.
- Managing supplier onboarding, upholding policies and ensuring new suppliers ethics align with ours.
- Overseeing our RDS audit annually ensuring we maintain certification.
- Maintaining an understanding of existing and evolving best practice, legislation and reporting requirements, supporting business alignment with evolving standards.
- Managing and developing the Ethical & Sustainability Assistant.
- Collaborating with operational teams to de-risk our supply chain to embed positive changes and minimise ethical risk.
- Influencing positive change to support delivery of our environment/ sustainable roadmap.
- Promoting an understanding of ethical and environmental processes to ensure consistent adherence to our polices and regulation.
- Supporting development of new sustainable initiatives to facilitate opportunities and enable progress to material and circularity targets.
- Maintaining our relationships with thirds party experts and supporting future collaboration.
Requirements
- Experience as an Ethical and Environment Specialist reporting into an ESG Manager or Head Of with an understanding of the ethical and environment challenges within a retail environment. However, candidates who meet the role competencies from outside the retail industry will also be considered.
- Essential skill: Competent at reading SMETA/ BSCI factory ethical audits and managing non-conformities with an international supply chain.
- Strong knowledge of SEDEX ethical system including SEDEX advanced reporting capabilities.
- Strong knowledge of ethical and environmental legislation and reporting standards.
- Working knowledge of commonly used sustainable certifications and brands – GOTS/ OCS/ GRS/ RCS/ RDS/ Lenzing/ FSC/ etc.
- Good understanding of Green House Gas reporting/ strategies for Net Zero.
- Advantageous to have experience of managing at least one team member, to a formalised performance management framework.
- Strong analytical skills and data driven mindset, with the ability to conduct research and summarise information.
- Highly organised and effective communicator capable of influencing internal and external stakeholders to drive positive impact.
- Advanced Excel skills including formulas, pivot tables, and X-look ups.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Hybrid working, 3 days in London based office & 2 working from home
- Holiday allowance
- 50% staff discount & 25% for family and friends
- Pension scheme
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