Associate – Sustainability Projects

Responsibilities:

Sustainability Accounting & PCF Project

❖ Carbon Accounting, Governance & Decarbonization

• Support monthly tracking and analysis of carbon KPIs across Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions, ensuring data

completeness, accuracy, traceability, and timely reporting.

• Assist in maintaining carbon -data governance protocols, calculation frameworks, emission -factor records, modelling assumptions, and reconciliation between financial and non -financial information.

• Support decarbonization initiatives through impact assessment, action tracking, carbon re -baselining, Marginal Abatement Cost Curves, and preparation of decision -support materials.

❖ PCF Methodology, Data & Document Delivery

• Support the development and application of Product Carbon Footprint methodologies, calculation models, data -quality classifications, maturity levels, assumptions, and supporting documentation.

• Assist with sourcing, validating, matching, and enriching supplier and secondary PCF data in PIM, including document -quality checks, evidence retention, and maintenance of relevant tracking records.

• Support standardized PCF document creation in Lisam ExESS, including data validation, document review, system enhancements, and delivery of accurate PCF outputs.Sustainability Solutions & PSA Project

❖ PSA Methodology, Assessment & Regulatory Intelligence

• Support the development, refinement, and documentation of the Product Sustainability Assessment methodology using harmonized approaches and relevant WBCSD guidance.

• Execute product and component -level assessments using defined signal categories, assessment criteria, decision logic, regulatory screening, sustainability evidence, and supporting product data.

• Work closely with the AI Questionnaire Tool to test and improve document review, data extraction, response consistency, assessment scalability, and evidence -based PSA execution.

❖ Portfolio Insights, Systems & Stakeholder Validation

• Gather and analyse product, ingredient, SDS, regulatory, certification, market, sales, and volume information required for PSA assessments and portfolio reviews.

• Support business validation meetings by preparing results, documenting stakeholder feedback, resolving information gaps, and updating assessments before wider scale -up.

• Assist with PSA system testing, reporting, dashboard maintenance , product -database updates, project tracking, and change adoption as the methodology progresses from pilot execution to broader implementation.

Other Sustainability Projects

• Undertake ad -hoc sustainability projects, data and document cleansing, supplier or stakeholder data collection, training -content development, process documentation, presentation preparation, system testing, and other

project -support activities based on Sustainability CoE priorities.

Qualification & Skills

❖ Education & Sustainability Knowledge

• Master’s degree in Sustainability, Environmental Sciences or a related discipline.

• Freshers are welcome; relevant academic projects, internships, research, or practical exposure to carbon

accounting, PCF, PSA, ESG, or sustainability projects will be an advantage.

• Foundational understanding of greenhouse gas accounting, Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions,

decarbonization, Product Carbon Footprints, and portfolio sustainability assessment concepts.

❖ Analytical, Methodology & Quality Skills

• Strong analytical capability with attention to data completeness, consistency, traceability, evidence quality, and

documentation accuracy.

• Ability to work with structured datasets, apply defined methodologies, identify gaps or trends, and support

carbon and portfolio assessments.

• Awareness of sustainability risks, regulatory considerations, certifications, emission factors, and

environmental or social performance indicators is an advantage.

❖ Communication, Collaboration & Project Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English; proficiency in a foreign language is an added

advantage.

• Ability to collaborate with Sustainability CoE colleagues, regional teams, business stakeholders, technology

teams, and cross -functional partners.

• Good project -coordination and time -management skills, with the ability to maintain trackers, monitor actions,

prepare content, and support project milestones.

❖ Digital Capability & Mindset

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, with confidence in analysing data and

preparing reports, presentations, and training materials.

• Comfortable working with sustainability databases, PIM, Lisam ExESS, assessment tools, calculation models,

trackers, document repositories, and digital collaboration platforms.

• Demonstrate professionalism, accountability, learning agility, attention to detail, and openness to digital, automation, and AI -enabled ways of working.