At Whitbread, owner of Premier Inn, our industry leading sustainability programme Force for Good is a part of our DNA and core to what we do.
We are committed to tackling the complex social and environmental challenges we face, today and for the future to make positive and impactful change.
To date we’ve raised £22M for Great Ormond Street Hospital, received a Top Employer Award for 13 consecutive years, reduced direct GHG emissions by 52.5% over the last 5 years as we work to becoming Net Zero by 2040, and opened our first hotel last year powered entirely by renewable electricity, but we know there is lots of work still to do to help us meet our goals.
In this role, you will be accountable for the delivery of reporting of environmental communications and working with stakeholders across the business to gather and measure sustainability data. You will also support the Head of Sustainability on external communications projects and events.
Location: Dunstable, hybrid- a minimum of 3 days per week in the office
Job Type: Permanent
Why you’ll love it here:
- Bonus: Enjoy an annual Whitbread performance incentive worth up to 30% of base salary
- Healthcare: Bupa for you and your family.
- Discounts: Up to 60% discount on Premier Inn stays and 25% discount on our Restaurant brands
What you’ll do:
- Lead the Force for Good reporting programme, managing relevant ESG indices and benchmarking input and delivery.
- Manage the data capture for KPIs enabling effective reporting for our key FFG programmes and responding to environmental regulation.
- Manage the company’s submission against the Taskforce for Climate Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD)
- Lead the maintenance and development of external communications of FFG through our corporate and brand facing websites.
- Support the external communication of FFG with our guests and customers and other stakeholders.
- Lead the internal communications programme for Force for Good
- Support the communication and reporting of Force for Good Germany
What we need:
- Knowledge and passion for Sustainability, particularly environmental reporting
- Sustainability reporting and indices
- Sustainability and environmental regulation and legislation
- Strong influencing skills, accomplished at engaging and motivating employees
- Excellent communicator (written and verbal) and someone with the ability to build networks with a variety of audiences.
- Carbon, waste and water reporting
- Ability to lead project teams and work independently to deliver high quality projects on time and to budget.
- Environmental reporting: data and KPI capture, delivery and reporting
- Developing excellent working relationships with a number of teams, peers and senior managers across a large organisation. Skilled project management experience with multiple stakeholder involvement for sustainability related agendas.
We believe that everyone is unique and there should be no barriers to entry and no limits to ambition. We are committed to being an inclusive organisation that values diversity and welcomes your application whatever your background or situation.
Under-represented groups such as women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities & members of the LGBTQIA+ community (those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans and non-binary or those who use a different LGBTQIA+ term), are strongly encouraged to build a career with us. Speak to us about workplace adjustments, part-time and flexible working. Where possible we will support this.
Job ref: 816-4334
Advertised: 04 Sep 2024
