Sustainability Officer

SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER

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Stevedore

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Gantry Container Crane Operator

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Marine Engineer

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Truck Driver

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Transport Supervisor

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Security Coordinator

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Ship Agent

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Ship Planner

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Yard Leading Hand

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Chef

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Sustainability Officer

Sustainability officers provide expert advice to help organisations conduct their activities in a sustainable manner. Click Here

Environmental Officer

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Contract Administration Officer

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QUICK LINKS

Sustainability officers work with developers, commercial organisations, governments and communities providing expert advice to help them to conduct their activities in a socially, environmentally and economically sustainable manner.

What does a sustainability officer do?

Would you like a job where you can help people and organisations to identify ways to reduce greenhouse gases and prevent wasteful use of resources?

How would you like to help others to make positive changes to the way they interact with the environment and its resources?

Sustainability officers work with a variety of organisations and professionals to help them consider the financial, environmental and social impacts of what they do and commit to activities that benefit the economy, our natural environment and the wider community in which they work. A sustainability officer provides specialist advice on sustainability issues and opportunities to ensure that an organisation:

minimises the environmental impact that its activities have by developing, delivering and communicating sustainability initiatives to employees and the wider community
uses water, energy and other resources efficiently by collecting, collating and analysing fuel, electricity and other energy use data to provide accurate and timely reporting on energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in line with legislation
develops in a way that is financially sustainable by contributing to energy and cost analysis that supports investments in new products, technologies and processes
keeps abreast of emerging products, technologies or methods which will help the organisation to achieve its sustainability targets
considers and supports the wider community in which it operates and also its employees to ensure it maintains its workforce.

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS & CHALLENGES

Achievements & highlights

The best part is being able to build relationships with a huge range of people. You can make a positive contribution to the future through changing behaviour and attitudes to the environment, our resources and the way in which we use them. Climate change is the big question of the moment and being a sustainability officer means working to reduce an organisation’s carbon footprint as well as its dependence on carbon fuels.

Challenges

Addressing the questions of sustainability can sometime mean meeting resistance to change. Sometimes you encounter some old fashioned attitudes about resources and the environment.

QUALIFICATION & ADVICE

Job prospects

Sustainable management is an area which will continue to grow as the need to consider whether our activities are sustainable increases, and as we question how we can use our resources more economically.

What to study at school

Biology is helpful to develop an understanding of plants, animals and their ecosystems.
Chemistry will help with understanding the composition of the resources you are measuring.
Maths is helpful with many aspects of the role particularly greenhouse gas accounting.
English is vital for developing reasoning and comprehension as well as written and oral skills.
Geography will help to develop comprehension of land use.
Economics will help you to appreciate balanced resource management.