AVP​/VP, ESG Investment Management; NY

AVP/VP, ESG Investment Management (Based in NY)

Location:

New York, NY, US, 10152

Group:
Sustainability Group

Department: ESG Investment Management

Section: ESG Investment Management

Job Type: Permanent

Temasek is a global investment company headquartered in Singapore, with a net portfolio value of S $434 billion (US $324 billion, €299 billion, £250 billion, and RMB
2.35 trillion) as at 31 March 2025. Marking our unlisted assets to market would provide S $35 billion of value uplift and bring our mark to market net portfolio value to S $469 billion.

Our Purpose “So Every Generation Prospers” guides us to make a difference for today’s and future generations.

Operating on commercial principles, we seek to deliver sustainable returns over the long term.

We have 13 offices in 9 countries around the world:
Beijing, Hanoi, Mumbai, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Singapore in Asia; and Brussels, London, Mexico City, New York, Paris, San Francisco, and Washington, DC outside Asia.

At Temasek, sustainability is at the core of everything we do — from our mandate to deliver sustainable value over the long term, to our strategy of how we operate as an institution, shape our portfolio, and engage our portfolio companies to build sustainable businesses.

In partnership with various teams across Temasek and our broader ecosystem, the Sustainability Group initiates, develops and implements strategies to build a climate‑resilient, net zero portfolio and to enable nature positive and inclusive growth; catalyses new business opportunities and solutions that contribute to sustainable development; advances thought leadership and engagement on sustainability topics; and supports our growth as a sustainable organisation to create shared value aligned with our mandate of generating sustainable returns over the long term.

The ESG Investment Management team is looking to bring on board an experienced ESG professional to support our ESG integration for new investment opportunities and targeted portfolio company engagement. Being part of a global team, the candidate will report to the Director, ESG Investment Management based in Singapore, and work closely with the Chief Sustainability Officer based in New York, the broader ESG Investment Management team and relevant teams in the Investment Group and the Sustainability Group.

The Sustainability Group comprises the following sub‑teams and partners with the investment group and functional teams to strengthen our sustainability capabilities and ecosystem.

• Sustainability Strategy: advance our strategy and policy towards net zero, nature positive and inclusive growth and drive institutional and community‑related sustainability initiatives
• Sustainable Solutions: drive decarbonisation in portfolio companies and unlock new investment opportunities in Sustainable Living trends by identifying emerging thematics and catalysing innovative solutions
• ESG Investment Management: advance ESG integration across our investment process including portfolio engagement to help strengthen long‑term portfolio resiliency and value creation
• Ecosperity: accelerate systems‑change by harnessing our Ecosperity platform to drive year‑round engagements, thought leadership, and advocacy

• Be a trusted business partner to the Investment Group throughout the investment lifecycle
• Pre‑investment Due Diligence:
  Partnering with the Investment Group to identify and assess material environmental and social issues for investment targets, from both risk management and value uplift lens
• Post‑investment Engagement:
  Ensuring value protection and value add through post‑investment engagement and development of ESG action plans with key portfolio companies in partnership with the Investment Group
• Build and deepen relationship with Temasek’s key external asset managers to foster greater exchange of ESG best practices and to enhance ESG integration for co‑underwrites and co‑investments
• Conduct research and delivery of thematic reports on cross‑cutting ESG topics and megatrends impacting investment decisions, portfolio management and value creation
• Support the continued development of Temasek sustainability knowledge repository through…