Sustainability Executive

Sustainable Business Executive

Enabling sustainable maritime development is at the core of Gard’s aspirations towards 2025 and beyond. We have set clear expectations to ourselves by acknowledging that sustainability is central to our business and we continuously work to ensure that those expectations are met throughout our value chain.

We want to improve our own operations and be a driving force within our industry, as well as helping Members and clients make the most of opportunities offered by the blue economy. To meet our ambitions, we are now looking for a Sustainable Business Executive to strengthen Gard’s Sustainability team.

Ideally, the role would be based in Arendal, but we will also consider basing it in Oslo should a particularly well-qualified candidate be available. Travel to Arendal on a regular basis is, however, expected.

As a Sustainability Business Executive, you will work closely with the Vice President for Sustainable Business in developing Gard’s sustainability agenda to ensure a positive impact for our business and stakeholder relations. You will get an opportunity to stay up to date on emerging topics to continuously develop yourself as a sustainability professional.

Further development of Gard's global sustainability reporting process is key in this position and your primary responsibilities will be:

• Monitor reporting standards and best practice including the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) to ensure that Gard continues to report and disclose information consistent with best practice.
• Project-coordinate Gard’s annual sustainability disclosures. These include an annual sustainability summary, contributions to the Annual Report, case studies and reporting on Gard's Action Plan for Sustainable Business.
• Improve Gard’s measurement framework, including KPIs, to establish accountability and measure the performance of our sustainability actions.
• Provide support and challenge Gard’s business functions in their efforts to carefully manage impacts on environmental, social and governance (ESG) related issues

The successful candidate should be solution-oriented, collaborative with strong project coordination capabilities and excellent attention to detail and have the following skills and capabilities:

• Be knowledgeable and up to date on sustainability/ESG-issues, preferably within the maritime or financial services sectors.

• Competence within the environmental aspects of sustainability.

• Strong written and oral communication skills in English and Norwegian.

• Previous experience with preparation of sustainability reports, within a company and/or as a consultant, will be an advantage.