Sustainability Specialist - ESG Reporting and Disclosure - 12 month contract

Requisition ID : 184197

Career Group : Corporate Office Careers

Job Category : Corporate Sustainability

Travel Requirements : 0 - 10%

Job Type : Full-Time

Country : Canada (CA)

Province : Ontario

City : Mississauga

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers.

Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country.

With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Ready to Make an impact?

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for passionate new talent to join our team. We are currently looking for a Specialist Sustainability.

The Sustainability Specialist will be an integral part of the Sobeys National Corporate Sustainability team and play role in implementing key initiatives related to the Corporate Sustainability strategy.

The Specialist will help deliver meaningful change related to environmental commitments that will be both measured and tracked for progress.

Reporting to the Director, Corporate Sustainability, the role will liaise with a variety of functions across the business as well as external partners.

The objective of this position is to support, facilitate, and advance Sobeys’ Sustainability Strategy and related programs by designing, implementing and / or facilitating the design and implementation of initiatives and programs.

This is a hybrid role and there is an in-office requirement of 3 times a week and this is a 12 month contract.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing :

Build and manage relationships with internal stakeholders for data gathering, calculating, reviewing analyzing and organizing for over 140 Environmental Social Governance (ESG) metrics in priority areas for internal reporting and external disclosure (.

annual Sustainable Business Report, ESG metrics, SASB and CDP).

• Key contact for business teams as it relates to ESG metrics and data.
• Leading project management of annual publication of Sustainable Business Report and managing internal and external relationship for a successful release.
• Identify gaps in ESG-related activity and disclosure and engage with internal stakeholders to close gaps over the short-term and long-term.
• Leading education and awareness on ESG metrics and process.
• Leading the GHG Inventory for calendar and fiscal year data, managing and supporting consultants in completing organization emission calculation.
• Develop a more efficient system for GHG data collection and accounting, continuously work on process improvement and data evolution.
• Leading the SBTi Net Zero submission and validation activity.
• Leading assessing new ESG frameworks and standards and providing recommendations.
• Lead the establishment and management of a central database (. data warehouse / ESG platform ) to collect ESG-related metrics and track KPIs.

What you have to offer :

• Motivated, proactive and passionate about making positive change.
• Minimum of 3-5 years experience in sustainability related field, related to GHG accounting (. GHG Protocol) and reporting & disclosure.
• Master’s Degree in climate or environmental science, sustainability, Data analysis or related field of study.
• Provide subject matter expertise and thought leadership in ESG.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (especially Excel), managing databases, and data analysis.
• Excellent communication skills in providing reports / briefings and presentations to inform decision-making
• Ability to multi-task, organize and plan effectively, and work with multiple deadlines.
• Strong research skills and resourcefulness are essential.
• Strong interpersonal skills and effective team player.
• Forward-thinking mindset with a demonstrated ability to be innovative and think outside the box .
• Positive attitude, with an optimistic outlook.

At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week.

This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better physically, financially and emotionally.

Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.

We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively.

We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque :

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Parental leave top-up
• Paid Vacation and Days-off

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.