Sustainability Leader

3 weeks ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia KPMG Full time

Your Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled Sustainability Leader to join our Corporate Affairs team at KPMG Australia. As a key member of our team, you will play a critical role in driving our Climate Action Plan (CAP) commitments 2023 to 2030, including measurement and reporting against our environmental and sustainability performance.

In this in-house role, you will lead the delivery of our CAP commitments, providing specialist advice to support progress towards our targets. You will also lead the process for identifying and managing climate-related impacts, risks, and opportunities for KPMG Australia.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Leading the delivery of our CAP commitments and driving progress against our five commitments and associated targets.
  • Providing specialist advice to support progress towards our CAP commitments.
  • Leading the process for identifying and managing climate-related impacts, risks, and opportunities for KPMG Australia.
  • Presenting regular updates to the National Board, National Executive Committee, and Corporate Affairs leadership on the management of our climate risks and opportunities.
  • Delivering and continuing to enhance our Nature Positive Challenge, working alongside client-facing teams to promote the initiative, coordinate the delivery of advisory support to winning ventures, and organize events.
  • Driving internal engagement through networks, including our Climate Action Taskforce, Green Champions Network, and Climate Action Committees.
  • Managing the measurement and reporting of KPMG Australia's overall sustainability performance, including decarbonization of our operations and supply chain, waste, and circularity.
  • Managing our firmwide carbon emission reduction and carbon offset strategy, including our internal price on carbon (IPC) fund and associated initiatives.
  • Preparing annual technical submissions to a third party for limited assurance on our climate data.
  • Managing community partnerships and collaborating with community organizations and NGOs on climate resilience initiatives and the delivery of relevant general and skilled volunteering opportunities for our people.
  • Leading a direct report, to provide oversight of their work on climate and waste reporting and associated tools.

How are you Extraordinary?

To be considered for this opportunity, your experience and skills should include:

  • A degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Policy, or Sustainability-related field.
  • Experience in design and delivery of environmental or sustainability performance within a large organization.
  • Strong sustainability and environmental reporting skills, including practical experience with non-financial reporting of greenhouse gas, climate, and environmental datasets (e.g., Climate Active, TCFD, CDP).
  • Strong knowledge of global climate change and carbon developments, including an understanding of frameworks (IPCC, GRI) and established and emerging standards (ISSA/ASRS, TNFD, SBTi, etc.).
  • Proficient presentation and stakeholder relations skills.
  • Ability to work effectively with people at all levels across an organization.
  • Track record of leading projects with internal and external engagement and ability to oversee multiple concurrent complex projects.

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