Sustainability and Responsibility Director

Pernod Ricard is a worldwide leader in the spirits and champagne industry, blending traditional craftsmanship, state-of-the-art brand development, and global distribution technologies. Our prestigious portfolio of premium to luxury brands includes Absolut vodka, Ricard pastis, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater gin, Malibu liqueur and Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes. Our mission is to ensure the long-term growth of our brands with full respect for people and the environment, while empowering our employees around the world to be ambassadors of our purposeful, inclusive and responsible culture of authentic conviviality.

The Director of Sustainability & Responsibility (S&R) will shape, deliver and embed Pernod Ricard’s Global environmental and social sustainability and responsibility strategy across the UK and Ireland, as well as coordinating activities across other geographies within the wider Pernod Ricard Aged Spirits & Champagne portfolio. This role will drive the strategic roadmap to achieve business goals with regards to carbon reduction, circularity, water stewardship, and regulatory compliance, positioning the business at the cutting edge of sustainable alcoholic drinks. As a trusted advisor to senior leadership, you will champion a culture of environmental stewardship, ensuring sustainability is embedded in operations, brands, and business strategy, while influencing internal and external stakeholders.

• Define and lead the social and environmental strategy for the Aged Spirits & Champagne portfolio in alignment with Pernod Ricard’s global 2030 S&R roadmap.
• Influence senior stakeholders and shape business priorities to ensure sustainability is at the heart of decision-making.

• Ensure compliance with all Irish, UK, French and North American environmental regulations.
• Oversee ISO standard systems, ensuring robust governance, risk management, and continuous improvement.

• Lead the measurement, analysis, and communication of social and environmental performance at a cluster level.
• Drive accountability and transparency through world-class reporting standards.

• Be responsible for driving systemic change across all sites, setting energy, water, waste, and carbon reduction goals.
• Embed sustainability criteria into capital expenditure, supply chain strategy, and innovation.

• Inspire and develop a high-performing team, building internal capability.
• Act as a visible leader for sustainability, engaging colleagues, customers, and communities.

• Have previous experience in a senior leadership position in sustainability or environmental management.
• Have a deep understanding of UK & Ireland environmental laws, and European ESG frameworks.
• Are a strong communicator with developed influencing skills.
• Have an analytical mindset with the ability to interpret complex data.

For your health, we offer private medical insurance, critical illness cover and an optional healthcare cash plan and dental insurance. Our lifestyle benefits options include 28 days’ annual holiday, your employee pension, share incentive plan, family care, season ticket loans, free mortgage advice, payroll giving and more!

We’re committed to diversity and inclusion. People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as ‘Créateurs de Convivialité’. We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain.