Sustainability Expert - Climate Risk

Quantis is seeking a Sustainability Expert - Climate Risk to join their remote Strategy & Transformation team. The role involves contributing to projects that help organizations achieve sustainability goals through innovative solutions in climate strategy, ESG, and risk management. Candidates should have over 5 years of consulting experience in climate risk, strong communication skills, and a deep understanding of sustainability practices, particularly in consumer goods.
Business Title :

Sustainability Expert – Climate Risk

Location :
Remote

As a Climate Risk Sustainability Expert on our Strategy & Transformation team, you will be a key contributor to transformational projects and analysis that enable client organizations to achieve their sustainability goals. The Strategy & Transformation team is dedicated to turning plans into actions. This team develops and executes cutting-edge solutions in organizational change, supply chain activation, product portfolio management, and stakeholder engagement.

In this role, you will be a catalyst for success, enabling organizations to thrive at the intersection of sustainability and business performance.

Why you'll love Quantis

Quantis is a leading sustainability consultancy pioneering approaches to solve critical environmental challenges. For nearly two decades, our dynamic and visionary team of talent has partnered with leading organizations across the globe to transform their industries and pave the way for a planetary economy that aligns business with nature — business at its best.

We believe that sustainable transformation is possible and within our power. We're contributing to this transformation by combining the latest environmental science with strategic business insights. Our counsel and guidance enables global leaders in the consumer goods and finance industries to understand how to reduce their environmental impacts, implement the changes and operate within planetary boundaries.

Motivated by this common purpose, our 300+ talented professionals cultivate a unique, collaborative culture that we call the Quantis Spirit. We are innovative. We are impact-oriented. We are science-based. We are Quantis.

Does this describe you?
• Consulting Experience :
• You have 5+ years of experience with consulting engagements focused on climate strategy, sustainability, ESG, and business risk & management. For 3+ years, you have been sharpening your strategy skills and technical expertise in the field of climate risk and opportunities.
• You are familiar with scenario analysis and helping organizations explore beyond typical planning horizons and increase business capacity for climate change adaptation.
• You have demonstrated experience in assessing business environmental dependencies, identifying potential business / financial impacts, and identifying underlying hazards.
• You are comfortable in a client-facing role and interfacing with client senior leadership.
• You have a science- and metrics-based orientation, and a deep intellectual and business curiosity, combined with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate complex information in clear, understandable ways to internal and external audiences, including top management.
• Sustainability Expertise :
• You have experience in assessing and reporting climate change or environmental-related risks and opportunities, including an understanding of climate change science, policy frameworks, and the associated financial and non-financial impacts of an organization.
• You have experience defining and implementing sustainability strategies across the consumer packaged goods industry, including supply chain, operations, and retail.
• You have experience in qualitative and quantitative risk analysis and are capable of communicating complex risk concepts and findings to clients, colleagues, and other stakeholders in a clear, concise, and compelling manner.
• You have demonstrated experience assessing corporate climate risks (physical and transitional) and opportunities, identifying business / financial impacts of climate change, and have deep knowledge of climate-related risk disclosure frameworks.
• You have an understanding of ESG integration, including corporate governance, corporate sustainability reporting, and the broader ecosystem of ESG integration into investment and lending decisions (investment ratings and indices) with the intrinsic challenges companies face in executing on a net-zero strategy.
• You have experience navigating common sustainability frameworks such as GHG Protocol, TCFD, CDP, SBTi, TNFD, CSRD, EU Taxonomy.
• You are comfortable with high-level financial analysis ROI, P&L, and discounted…