ESG​/CSR Lead

• Full-time
• Department:
  Business support
• Compensation: USD 125,000 - USD 185,000 - yearly

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programs as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include program, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Working closely with Global, regional and local stakeholders, this role is responsible for driving our Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental, Social Governance agenda across the USA.

This role is the key ESG leadership position within the region
, supporting the business to drive a culture of responsible, ethical, and sustainable delivery to protect people, assets, reputation, and brand.

This role is accountable for compliance with the governance, management, and reporting of CR and ESG performance across people, offices, supply chain, as well as CR and ESG compliance within delivery of programs and projects, including compliance, risk management, and the mitigation and control of ESG‑related impacts.

Reporting Line:

Reports into the Director of Economic and Social Impact/ Operations Lead, with a dotted line into the Americas CR Board Sponsor, Regional Executive Leadership and Global CR, ESG & Sustainability Leads.

• Drive a culture of CR and ESG accountability, and visible leadership commitment, by continually assessing organizational CR and ESG maturity, establishing performance baselines and creating action plans, in partnership with key business stakeholders.
• Act as the key in-region CR/ESG lead
  , developing and executing regional implementation strategies to support global CR/ESG initiatives and business expectations.
• Implement, embed, and maintain compliance with our Global
  CR Framework
  , standards, and regional business practices, to ensure alignment with global commitments, quality management systems (ISO) and the effective management of ESG‑related risks.
• Ensure regional CR and ESG practices, reporting, and performance remain fully compliant with applicable country, state, and local legal and regulatory requirements, supporting the identification, mitigation, and management of legal, reputational, and commercial risk.
• Lead CR and ESG performance and KPI measurement, data, governance, and reporting across the region, ensuring accuracy, consistency, traceability, and audit‑readiness.
• Coordinate regional inputs into global CR and ESG disclosures and reporting requirements, including reporting against CR Framework KPIs and Sustainability/ ESG Reports.
• Continually assess CR and ESG risks and opportunities impacting regional operations and project delivery, including environmental impacts, social value, DEI, ethical conduct, and responsible supply chain practices.
• Provide direct and timely counsel to regional leadership on CR and ESG performance, trends, emerging risks, regulatory developments, and client expectations.
• Support bid teams and account leadership by providing CR and ESG inputs into RFPs,…