Sustainability Associate

CookUnity is seeking a full-time Sustainability Associate in Los Angeles, CA. The role involves ensuring sustainable practices in the facility, monitoring compliance, managing food waste, conducting audits, and coordinating donations. Responsibilities include daily facility inspections, providing feedback for sustainability standards, and supporting waste diversion efforts. The position requires collaboration with various teams to enhance sustainability programs.
The role: The Sustainability Associate is the one who ensures that sustainable procedures are followed in the facility. They monitor compliance and report news, compliance or deviations, and the information necessary to achieve sustainability objectives.
Responsibilities:
• Walk through CookUnity’s facilities to ensure that sustainable procedures are followed as they should.
• Classify, weigh, and dispose of Food Waste (donations/compost/garbage/family meals).
• Condition and prepare Food Waste for donations or for internal use (back to market).
• Daily walks through the facility (kitchens, green stations, fulfilment, market) and complete the DAILY AUDIT BIN FORM to detect any contamination.
• Complete the monthly Sustainability Audit form, assist to the review meetings with the Sustainability team and comply with the corrective actions to improve the final score.
• Coordinate DONATIONS pick up with the Non-profit organization we work with.
• Dispose of COMPOSTABLE materials correctly.
• Give feedback to the people in the everyday work to accomplish Sustainability standards (Create Sustainable behavior).
• Give the necessary data/information to achieve Zero Waste Certification to people from RTS.
• Support people as a Green Leader “Go green”.
• Ensure Correct Waste Disposal in all kitchens
• Ensure all supplies to correct waste diversion (Stickers, posters, bins)
• Coordinate with the cleaning team to keep the Green Stations clean and in order.
• Purchase supplies, when needed.
• Team up with OPS for the success of the Sustainability Programs.

General Schedule and Workdays

Full Time (40 hours per week)