CDP is a global non-profit that runs the world’s environmental disclosure system for companies, cities, states and regions. Founded in 2000 and working with more than 590 investors with over $110 trillion in assets, CDP pioneered using capital markets and corporate procurement to motivate companies to disclose their environmental impacts, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect forests. Over 10,000 organizations around the world disclosed data through CDP in 2020, including more than 9,600 companies worth over 50% of global market capitalization, and over 940 cities, states and regions, representing a combined population of over 2.6 billion. Fully TCFD aligned, CDP holds the largest environmental database in the world, and CDP scores are widely used to drive investment and procurement decisions towards a zero carbon, sustainable and resilient economy. CDP is a founding member of the Science Based Targets initiative, We Mean Business Coalition, The Investor Agenda and the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative. Visit cdp.net or follow us @CDP to find out more.
Job background
Location: Berlin, Germany
Application deadline: Rolling
Earliest starting date: 21/02/2022
We are seeking a highly motivated individual to support in forest and nature related aspects of CDP. The successful candidate will be recognized as an expert in the field. You will have a strong record of leading initiatives in complex, fast-paced, and fluid environments. You should have experience working in multi-stakeholder settings and be comfortable communicating with senior-level stakeholders from government, business, finance and civil society. You should be passionate about CDP’s mission and be able to spot opportunities to develop integrated and inclusive multi-sectoral approaches to systems change, as well as expand and grow CDP Europe’s network.
About CDP’s forests program:
CDP’s forests program works to remove commodity driven deforestation from corporate value chains to effectively contribute to a below 2 degrees, water secure world; and to decouple deforestation from forest risk commodity production. CDP’s work on forests was launched in 2014 and now boasts the backing of 590 financial institutions with over $110 trillion in assets. The program provides critical forests related data from the world’s largest corporations that buy, sell or trade key forests risk commodities (cattle products, palm oil, soy products and timber). The data is used to inform the global marketplace on investment risk and commercial opportunity, and to catalyse action, supporting companies in their efforts to remove deforestation from their supply chains. CDP will expand its focus beyond tropical deforestation from 2021, to include a broad range of forests, restoration, biodiversity, sustainable land use and planetary boundaries as part of its 2025 strategy.
About CDP’s 2025 strategy:
CDP’s 2025 strategy has been released in October 2021 and inter alia looks towards expanding our definition of the “E” in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), to cover planetary boundaries, including oceans, land use, biodiversity, food production and waste. As a first step in this direction, a small set of biodiversity questions will be integrated into the CDP Climate questionnaire in 2022. In line with this strategic move, we aim to educate our stakeholders about the topics at hand and engage them to act on environmental matters in a holistic and integrated manner.
The role includes
- Working with CDP Europe teams to ensure the forests and nature-related aspects of the CDP 2025 strategy are socialized and understood;
- Acting as a subject matter expert on CDP Forest's questionnaire, land & biodiversity topics and advising European colleagues on effective engagement on forests and nature-related topics with companies;
- Working with CDP Europe's Development team and Global Director, Forests and Land to explore long-term, sustainable funding for the Forests program;
- Supporting the CDP Supply Chain Team to enrol new Forests Supply Chain members;
- Increasing the number of European companies responding to the CDP Forests questionnaire and coordinating the key disclosure & scoring process for CDP’s forests program including; Planning and delivering training sessions for European companies on the relevance of forest and land use within corporate decisions and corresponding reporting; actively engaging with companies to convince them to report on forests via the CDP system; preparation and delivery of feedback calls to European companies on the ambition of their forest’s initiative, identifying areas for improvement based on CDP’s scoring methodology;
- Engaging with and educating European investors on the topic of deforestation and biodiversity, including through direct calls and webinars;
- Developing and delivering the Forest-related content for CDP events (incl. workshops, webinars, and launch events);
- Building and maintaining a map of key stakeholder groups in Europe (e.g., donors and funding, other NGOs, European platforms and speaking opportunities);
- Being a centre of knowledge for biodiversity for CDP Europe’s internal and external stakeholders, exploring education needs around the new biodiversity content in the 2022 questionnaire, and working towards tailored guidance material and engagement arguments for CDP’s Corporate Engagement staff;
- Supporting expansion to cover a wider remit of environmental land-based topics and connections to other "planetary boundaries";
- Developing narratives and produce communication material promoting an “integrated, holistic perspective” on environmental subjects, bridging topics like climate change, water, forests, and biodiversity;
- Ensuring compliance with relevant international and national law, jurisdiction, regulations and CDP Europe’s policies and rules;
- Assisting with ad-hoc tasks as required.
The successful candidate should have
- University degree and/or master’s degree in a relevant field (environment, tropical forests, land use change, biodiversity);
- 5+ years of work experience in related field;
- Understanding of key trends in deforestation, land, and agriculture (e.g., SBTi FLAG methodology, Accountability Framework, emerging EU legislation on imported deforestation);
- Experience with organizing and holding external events, presentations, webinars;
- Ability to work independently in a lean, cross-functional environment;
- Good experience of Microsoft word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook;
- Fluent in English. Another European language would be a plus;
- Knowledge of and exposure to further environmental topics and inter-connection with Forests and Nature-related subjects;
- Understanding of Corporate Water and Climate Change impacts;
- Experience working within a matrix organisation;
- Project Management Skills and experience in leading complex projects;
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to persuade and influence stakeholder groups to take action to address deforestation;
- Ability to develop a strong network of relevant stakeholders within Europe;
- Strong presentation skills;
- Self-starter with willingness to take the initiative.
What we offer
- Exciting and challenging tasks in a dynamic, innovative, and highly motivated team;
- Working with many dedicated and passionate people for a good cause;
- Competitive NGO salary and annual bonus (depending on company results);
- 30 days annual holidays;
- Flexible working hours;
- Monthly contribution to public transport ticket (BVG Monatskarte);
- Modern office at Sony Centre/Potsdamer Platz with free hot and cold beverages.
Further information
The successful candidate will work five days per week and must be able to work legally in Germany. This full-time role is based at our office in Berlin, Germany, and will work closely with and report to Associate Director Supply Chain Europe. The role is limited to 2 years with the aim of long-term cooperation.
Interested? Interested candidates should submit their complete application documents (motivation letter addressed to Hugo Ernest-Jones, CV, references/certificates, and salary expectations) in English via our recruiting platform.
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