Sustainability & Reporting Lead

Greencore is seeking a Sustainability & Reporting Lead to oversee sustainability performance measurement and reporting. This high-visibility role involves managing annual sustainability disclosures, leading compliance with regulations, and preparing reports for executives and the Board. The position is critical for shaping the company's sustainability strategy and requires strong analytical skills. Candidates should be within commuting distance of London or Leeds, indicating it is not a remote position.
Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Role Purpose

This is a high-profile, high-visibility role at a pivotal moment for the business. The Sustainability & Reporting Lead is the senior voice for how Greencore's sustainability performance is measured, verified and communicated.

You'll own our annual sustainability reporting, including the sustainability content of the Annual Report and Accounts (ARA), and our submissions to major external bodies including CDP, Sustainalytics, Manufacture2030/Secaro and WRAP. You'll prepare reporting packs for the Executive, attend Board meetings to present progress, and lead the verification of our key disclosures with our independent assurance provider. You'll also be a central figure in our response to incoming European and UK sustainability regulation, including CSRD and UKSRS, which is critical work that will shape how the business grows and develops for years to come.

This is a role for someone who wants their work to be visible and consequential, and it gives you the chance to shape how one of the UK's largest food manufacturers approaches sustainability reporting, and how it is understood by key stakeholders, both internally and externally.

This role could be based in commuting distance of London or Leeds.

Key Accountabilities

Lead the delivery of the annual sustainability disclosures and the sustainability section of the Annual Financial Report

Lead on framework reporting including CDP, Sustainalytics, UK SRS and WRAP food waste reporting

Drive the deployment and delivery of the Transparency Roadmap, our multi-year path through incoming regulation and changing reporting requirements, including CSRD

Establish and continuously improve KPI dashboards, supporting the Head of Sustainability and the Chief Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer with monthly performance reporting

Prepare reporting packs and briefings for the Executive and the Sustainability Committee of the Board

Own the verification of key data points for major disclosures, working with our independent assurance provider

Provide sustainability input for Board, senior management and customer-facing presentations on our Better Future Plan

Analyse business sustainability data to identify trends, risks and opportunities that inform tactical and strategic decision-making

Provide data and reporting support to our sustainability plan owners across areas including Energy, Food Waste, Packaging and Healthy and Sustainable Diets

Build strong working relationships across business functions to ensure timely, high-quality sustainability data flows into central reportingWhat we're looking for

Essential

Demonstrable experience in a similar sustainability reporting role, ideally within food manufacturing, FMCG or retail

Strong working knowledge of sustainability reporting frameworks and standards such as CSRD, TCFD and SBTi

Track record of leading external disclosure submissions (e.g. CDP, Sustainalytics)

Proven experience in sustainability data management-methodologies, analysis, verification and reporting

Intermediate to advanced Excel skills, including data analysis and modelling

Strong project management, organisational and problem-solving capability

Confident communicator, able to translate complex and often uncertain technical information for senior stakeholders up to and including Board level

Resilience and flexibility in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Flexibility to travel around the Greencore network as needed

High attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy in data that will be externally reported and assuredDesirable

Experience of preparing for or delivering against new sustainability reporting requirements, such as CSRD

Experience working with independent assurance providers on sustainability data

Experience supporting sustainability-linked finance reporting

Experience navigating organisational integration or post-merger environments

Undergraduate degree or higher in a relevant field (e.g. Environmental Science, Food Nutrition, Packaging, Energy)We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

What you'll get in return:

Competitive salary and job-related benefits

25 days Holiday

Competitive matched pension contributions

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform

Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platformIf this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success