Are you a strategic leader who excels at embedding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles into corporate culture? Do you have a passion for shaping a long-term sustainability vision and delivering transparent, compelling corporate narratives?
We are seeking a
Director of Corporate Responsibility to help lead our ESG reporting and strategy. In this role, you will help shape and advance the organization's enterprise-wide ESG strategy, ensuring tight alignment with overall business objectives while driving long-term value creation.
How You Will Contribute
Reporting to the SVP, Chief Sustainability Officer, you will drive our success across several critical areas:
Strategic Leader: Translate enterprise goals into clear priorities, targets, and governance structures that drive measurable ESG outcomes.
ESG Champion: Help drive the integration of ESG priorities-including climate, nature, and corporate responsibility initiatives-into business operations and decision-making.
Governance & Compliance Monitor: Assess emerging global regulations, disclosure requirements, and industry standards, recommending proactive policies to safeguard long-term business resilience.
Collaborative Advisor & Storyteller: Steward the company's corporate responsibility narrative to ensure credible messaging across public and investor channels.
Key Accountabilities
ESG Strategy
- Develop an ESG reporting and disclosure strategy and roadmap, in-line with corporate objectives, investor expectations, and reporting or regulatory requirements.
- Lead the materiality assessment process.
- Monitor emerging ESG regulations, standards, and stakeholder expectations.
- Oversee climate- and nature-related risk analyses and integrate findings into enterprise risk management (ERM)
- Support climate and nature-related target setting and initiatives, including tracking of progress.
- Monitor emerging ESG regulations, standards, and stakeholder expectations.
- Support education across the organization for corporate responsibility goals and initiatives and oversee cross-functional climate and carbon working groups.
ESG Reporting Execution
- Lead the preparation of annual ESG, climate- and nature-related reporting.
- Manage ESG data collection, validation, and consolidation, partnering cross-functionally across the organization.
- Ensure alignment with reporting standards and frameworks including (e.g., GRI, IFRS, TNFD), regulatory filings, and external disclosures.
- Direct the measurement of key sustainability metrics, including forest carbon removals, natural capital, and Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions.
- Lead responses and submissions for third-party ESG ratings and rankings, including CDP, ISS, Sustainalytics, MSCI, and S&P CSA.
- Ensure consistency and accuracy of ESG information across corporate responsibility reporting, annual reports, proxy statements, investor materials, and other public disclosures.
- Oversee external assurance for ESG disclosures and GHG emissions.
- Work with communications for effective storytelling to support corporate responsibility initiatives and reporting.
Cross-Functional Leadership & Engagement
- Partner with Operations, Legal, HR, Investor Relations, Safety, and Public Affairs to embed ESG into day-to-day strategic decision-making.
- Build organizational capability and drive accountability for ESG metrics across all business units.
What You Bring to the Team
Education: A Bachelor's degree in sustainability, environmental science, accounting, business, corporate responsibility, or a related field. An advanced degree or relevant professional certifications are preferred.
Experience: A minimum of eight (8) years of progressive experience in ESG reporting, environmental strategy, or sustainability, including a minimum of five (5) years of leadership experience managing a team and cross-functional initiatives.
Technical Skills & Reporting Frameworks: Deep understanding of ESG reporting frameworks (e.g., ISSB, GRI, TCFD, TNFD, CDP), climate/environmental metrics, regulatory trends, and data assurance practices. Strong oversight of systems and processes for collecting, validating, and analyzing complex data.
Strategic Mindset & Professional Influence: Exceptional project management and stakeholder management skills with outstanding written, verbal, and executive presentation capabilities. A proven ability to drive alignment and accountability across a complex organization.
We invite you to apply if you bring a deep background in climate risks, forest certification, and sustainability frameworks, alongside a track record of advising senior executives and Board directors.
If you are ready to drive accountability across a complex organization and shape the sustainable future of our enterprise, we want to hear from you.
Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:
This role is primarily office-based with extended periods of computer use and sitting. This position requires significant domestic and occasional international travel (estimated 50-60%) to support engagement, stakeholder meetings, site visits, and external representation.
What We Offer
- We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, accident, disability, identity theft protection, and paid parental and caregiver leave. We also offer a health savings account, a dependent care spending account, and an employee assistance plan. We provide wellness reimbursements, employee discount programs, annual health screenings, wellness incentives, wellness seminars, and financial counseling and planning tools.
- Our 401(k) retirement savings plan includes company matching contributions (60% match on the first 6% of base and bonus deferrals) as well as a 3% enhanced retirement contribution that does not require an employee contribution.
- We recognize the importance of work-life integration and offer flexible work schedules and hybrid work from home options (for most positions), along with a minimum of three weeks paid vacation, five paid personal days, 11 paid holidays and paid sick leave each year.
- We provide a comprehensive employee development program which provides career planning tools and resources, mentoring program, leadership development, training programs and an 80% tuition reimbursement.