Company Description
At the start of this year, we spun the Impact and Sustainability team out of the Octopus Group to create a new business called Groundswell.
Octopus is known for entering broken industries and coming up with solutions. We recognize that over the last five years, the role of sustainability has changed. While we've been working within Octopus to make sustainability an integrated part of the business, the wider industry has become more siloed and focused on reporting.
We're rethinking sustainability — we're calling it the Third Wave:
1. In the first wave, sustainability was seen as separate from business. A few companies embedded sustainability within their business because they understood its value.
2. In the second, regulators, consumers, and investors pushed it onto the agenda. This created a new industry, but sustainability became siloed from the wider business.
3. We're now approaching the third wave, where most companies realize sustainability is part of doing good business, moving it from a siloed function to a firm-wide capability.
Job Description
We're helping asset managers and their portfolio companies to make sustainability integrated, commercial, and valuable through our outsourced solution. We've hit the ground running and aim to become the go-to sustainability agency for financial services.
We continue to support the Octopus Group and have onboarded market-leading private equity firms seeking an alternative to expanding their internal teams.
Qualifications
With continued interest in our services, we are looking for:
* Experienced sustainability leaders with financial services experience, who want to focus more on strategy and transformation and less on reporting.
* Individuals who understand how sustainability can add value, recognizing the importance of operating within the system we are part of to create meaningful change.
* People energized by the fast-paced nature of a start-up, who thrive in innovative environments and see change as an opportunity.
Additional Information
If you're interested in working at Groundswell, please apply with a cover letter explaining your perspective on the future of sustainability in finance.
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