Senior Sustainability Manager - Climate & Nature Standards

Overview

Job Title:

Senior Sustainability Manager - Climate & Nature Standards

Location:

100VE, London
Work Level: 2C
Role purpose:
Unilever is seeking a dedicated expert to strengthen its capacity for standards and frameworks engagement and advocacy across its climate and nature goals. This role will ensure alignment and coordination across internal teams and be a strong external voice in shaping global standards and frameworks such as the GHG Protocol, Science Based Targets initiative, Science Based Targets for Nature and key certification schemes.

• Standards analysis & alignment:
  • Assess implications of evolving standards (including GHG Protocol, SBTi, SBTN, certification schemes) for Unilever's climate and nature goals.
  • Translate technical requirements into actionable strategies for renewable energy, deforestation‑free sourcing, regenerative agriculture, and sustainable procurement.
  • Ensure Unilever's approach to climate‑ and nature‑related measurement and disclosure requirements align with Unilever's climate and nature strategies, Climate & Nature Fund priorities, and integrated climate‑nature transition planning.
  • Translate the impacts of changes across global standards into Unilever's climate and nature strategies, and identify opportunities for complementary targeted advocacy programs.
• Internal coordination:
  • Act as the central resource connecting Sustainability, Foods BG, Procurement and SERS teams on climate and nature standards.
  • Develop and maintain unified Unilever positions on key issues related to the relevant standards.
  • Translate evolving external standards into clear internal guidance, supporting robust, credible and auditable disclosures that meet regulatory requirements (e.g. CSRD/ESRS) and investor expectations while avoiding unnecessary complexity or parallel systems.
  • Integrate climate and nature metrics, targets and scenarios into enterprise risk management, double materiality assessments, and strategic decision‑making, working closely with Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, R&D and Legal teams.
• External advocacy:
  • Represent and advocate Unilever's position to GHG Protocol, SBTi, SBTN, and certification bodies (e.g. RSPO, RTRS, FSC) as well as other stakeholders.
  • Engage via industry groups (e.g. WBCSD, Value Change Initiative) to ensure the development of robust, clear standards that effectively incentivise corporate climate and nature action.
• Thought leadership (internal and external):
  • Shape the broader standards ecosystem through collaboration, publications and participation in working groups.
  • Provide expert input on emerging topics such as biomethane, RECs, regenerative agriculture, carbon markets and removals.
  • Build understanding of climate and nature standards across the business through guidance, training and tools, ensuring teams can apply standards consistently and focus on outcomes that strengthen resilience, credibility and long‑term value creation.

• Scope 3:
  Boundary setting, regenerative agriculture, deforestation, landscapes, nature targets (SBTN), removals & permanence
• Scope 1:
  Biomethane and biomethane certificates
• Scope 2:
  Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs); more granular (temporal and spatial) scope 2 accounting
• Nature:
  Nature risk & dependency assessment (TNFD), biodiversity & ecosystem metrics, water stewardship (basin‑level), landscape outcomes & aggregation
• Markets:
  Nature and carbon credits, claims, accounting and market‑based instruments
• Cross‑cutting:
  Evaluation, monitoring, reporting, data quality, assurance readiness

• Advanced expertise in GHG accounting methodologies and climate and nature disclosure, measurement and target‑setting frameworks.
• Strong technical background in energy, agriculture, and land use sectors.
• Proven experience engaging with global standards bodies (e.g. SBTi, GHG Protocol).
• Ability to synthesize complex technical documents into clear strategic positions.
• Track record of engagement and advocacy in sustainability standards or certification schemes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across diverse teams.

• Experience in or with sustainability standards…