Job Description

CLIMATE & SUSTAINABILITY ADVISOR

LONDON (other locations in the UK considered)

Brief

We are currently looking for a Climate & Sustainability Advisor with 2 to 5 years' of management consulting experience to join our Climate & Sustainability team in our London office (though we are open to considering any of our UK offices).

Background

Pinsent Masons is an international professional services firm with legal services at its core, with 29 offices across 4 continents. Pinsent Masons works across all sectors but with a strategic focus on financial services, real estate, infrastructure, industry and energy.


The Pinsent Masons' Climate & Sustainability team was launched in 2020 and comprises a multidisciplinary team of lawyers, public policy advisors and sustainability consultants.


The Climate & Sustainability Advisor role will sit within the Climate & Sustainability Consulting ("CSC") part of the team. CSC provides sustainability-related management consulting services to clients across Pinsent Masons' sector coverage and international network.


We differentiate our services through our multidisciplinary approach. Recent examples of the innovative work we deliver include:


Identifying, cataloguing and assessing a multinational corporate's supply chain sustainability regulatory and contractual requirements to support a compliance action plan. Conducting a double materiality assessment and independent assurance action plan for a global corporate. Advising on sustainable investment frameworks and product development in partnership with our fund establishment legal team. Advising on sustainable finance products together with our banking legal team. Delivering anti-greenwashing reviews for large financial institutions. Conducting legal and regulatory horizon scanning and advising clients on implementation plans. Building a sustainability reporting legal compliance tracker for a private equity firm to monitor its corporate entities and investee companies. Delivering sustainability implementation support through client secondments.

The Candidate Required

Pinsent Masons is seeking a professional with a strong management consulting (or similar) pedigree with ambitions to support large corporates and financial institutions with the implementation of sustainability-related strategy, risk management and reporting.


The candidate should have at least 2 to 5 years of management consulting (or similar) experience. They should also be able to demonstrate knowledge and application across some, or more, of the following aspects:


Sustainable finance (e.g. green loans/bonds, sustainability-linked finance) Sustainable finance regulation (e.g. SFDR, SDR) Sustainability reporting regulation and standards (e.g. CSRD, ISSB, TCFD, EU Taxonomy) Transition planning Supply chain sustainability (e.g. CSDDD) ESG data providers and rating agencies such as: Morningstar/Sustainalytics, ISS, MSCI, Bloomberg and Refinitiv.
In addition, you should be able to demonstrate:


A track-record of delivering successful client-outcomes Task prioritisation and project management in a fast moving, agile environment Commercial acumen and the ability to engage with senior stakeholders Excellent report writing and communication skills An attention to detail and the ability to maintain high standards of work An ability to analyse and interpret complex qualitative and quantitative information, translating to a simple message Ambition to exceed expectation
At Pinsent Masons we value diversity and inclusion. We are committed to creating a better workplace where all our talent can succeed and feel like they belong. We want to attract, retain and develop people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/ long term condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristics protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.

Should you require further details, please contact our in-house Lateral Recruitment Advisor, Anwen Wallington, who can discuss the role and requirements.

Contact details:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anwen-wallington-36177ba1/

anwen.wallington@pinsentmasons.com

Please note that we only accept CVs that are logged on the Recruitment portal.

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