Senior Executive, Sustainability

About the Business

Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) is a leading energy and urban solutions provider, driven by its purpose to do good and play its part in building a sustainable future.

Headquartered in Singapore, Sembcorp leverages its sector expertise and global track record to deliver innovative solutions that support the energy transition and sustainable development. By focusing on growing its Renewables business, it aims to transform its portfolio towards a greener future.

Sembcorp has a balanced energy portfolio of 19.5GW, with 12.0GW of gross renewable energy capacity comprising solar, wind and energy storage globally. The company also has a proven track record of transforming raw land into sustainable urban developments, with a project portfolio spanning over 14,000 hectares across Asia.

Sembcorp is listed on the main board of the Singapore Exchange. It is a constituent stock of FTSE Russell Index, MSCI Singapore Index, Straits Times Index as well as sustainability indices including FTSE4Good Index, iEdge SG ESG indices and several MSCI ESG indices. For more information, please visit www.sembcorp.com.

Job description

This role resides in the Group Sustainability division. You will be involved in several workstreams, but the main role is to support environmental and social risk assessments for projects, including the sustainable finance and human rights work streams. This role will require you to work in close partnership with several internal teams and external stakeholders / consultants.

Responsibilities include:

• Environmental and social risk management:

1. Conduct environmental and social risk assessment for projects
2. Review ESIA / ESDDs and ESMPs and advice project teams on follow-up mitigation actions to manage environmental and social risks
3. Support annual ESMP internal compliance checks

• Sustainable finance:

1. Update and support the pre-issuance assurance processes for Sembcorp’s Green Financing Framework and Sustainability-linked Financing Framework in line with the Climate Bond Standards and taxonomy and Sustainability-linked Bond / Loan Principles respectively
2. Work closely with the Treasury team to support new green bond / loan and sustainability-linked loan issuances
3. Support the development of annual Green Finance Report and Sustainable Finance Annual Updates
4. Support the annual post-issuance assurance for green bonds / loans and sustainability-linked bonds / loans

• Human rights: Monitor and enhance Sembcorp’s human rights due diligence processes against industry practice
• Sustainability reporting: Support the preparation of Sembcorp’s annual Sustainability Report and other climate-related disclosures such as CDP, TCFD etc.

Requirements:

• University Degree, preferably with areas related to sustainability such as Environmental Management or Environmental Engineering. Accountancy and Finance graduates will also be considered.
• Minimum of 3 years’ of experience in the sustainability field in particular, experience in environmental and social risk management for infrastructure projects and sustainable finance
• Experience and / or working knowledge with the following:

1. Environmental and social risk management: IFC Performance Standards and Equator Principles
2. Sustainable finance: Green Bond / Loan Principles, Sustainability-linked Bond / Loan Principles, Climate Bond Initiative Standards and taxonomy
3. Human rights: UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
4. Reporting standards: GRI, ISSB Standards, TCFD and CDP
5. Sustainability audit procedures
6. Other general requirements: strong project management and stakeholder management skills, strong analytical skills, good writing and presentation skills

Attributes:

• Management skills: Highly organised multi-tasker, good project and time management skills and able to operate in an environment of high ambiguity
• Communication skills: An excellent communicator, both written and verbal. Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and manage different teams to drive effective outcomes
• Problem solving skills: Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Attentive to detail, highly meticulous and accurate
• Teamwork: An independent team player who is able to work closely with various departments and stakeholders to drive outcomes that is beneficial to the company.