Environment, Social and Governance Manager

The Sustainability Integration and Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) team's role is to support the embedding of sustainability into bp business activities, projects and operations. It also ensures that external ESG issues are appropriately managed through close partnerships with bp businesses and entities. Key processes such as strategy, planning, or investment governance are used to align sustainability considerations with business priorities. The team influences an internal network of collaborators on communicating or advocating on ESG issues and maintains a network of external relationships in support of bp's sustainability ambition.

The ESG manager will:

• Use knowledge of energy, climate and sustainability reporting and disclosure requirements to support internal understanding, positioning and advocacy.
• Support bp Treasury and Insurance with identifying and monitoring access to finance risks and opportunities stemming from ESG related issues.
• Act as an SPA and coordination point for Transition Plans including their interaction and influence with external reporting and disclosures.
• Support the relationships and interaction with ESG rating agencies, advising SVP Sustainability on developments and ensuring accurate, timely and outcome orientated reporting.
• Support other internal and external ESG initiatives.
• Engage with external collaborators, such as bp relationship banks.
• Be an ambassador for sustainability internally and externally; creating awareness of our intent, activities, and its linkage to business value.

What you will deliver:

• Creation and leadership of an impactful internal and external network of ESG collaborators.
• Support internal alignment on bp's understanding, positioning and advocacy in response to ESG related disclosure, reporting requirements and other issues.
• Leverage this alignment to influence EU and UK regulatory advocacy, AGM preparation and external sustainability reporting.
• Consistent and impactful external communication of bp's transition plans, ambition and progress with external collaborators.
• Excellent relationships with ESG rating agencies, supporting accurate rating outcomes.

Role requirements:

• Industry knowledge and advocacy on energy industry transition related external reporting and disclosure requirements.
• Experience of shaping external policy through analysis, stakeholder mapping and impactful advocacy.
• Credibility and experience in utilising a number of influence styles across different stakeholder groups.
• Self-starter with a proactive networking and working style across large organisations.
• Able to draw insights from detailed documentation and map impacts on bp.
• Experience in making the 'business case' for sustainability.
• Excellent influencing, written and verbal communication skills.

You will work with:

• The Sustainability Integration and ESG team, comprising a number of business partners.
• Sustainability team subject matter experts.
• Corporate Reporting, External Affairs and Legal.
• The Company Secretary's Office.
• bp EVP and CEO offices.
• Technical, commercial and financial professionals embedded in businesses and operations.

Why join us?

At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, and tremendous learning and development opportunities. We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity and are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are significant, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life, including flexible working options and collaboration spaces in a modern office environment.

Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future. Apply now!

Travel Requirement: Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role.

Relocation Assistance: This role is not eligible for relocation.

Remote Type: This position is a hybrid of office/remote working.

Skills: Acquisitions and divestments, Agreements and negotiations, Analytics, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Contractual risk management, Data visualization and interpretation, Deal structuring, Decision Making, Developing and implementing strategy, Economic evaluation methodology, Financial Analysis, Influencing, Investment appraisal, Joint Venture Structuring, Long Term Planning, Managing change, Market Analysis, Project and programme management, Risk Management.