<div> Title - Manager, Plastics &amp; Circular EconomyLocation - London Salary - £39,525 - £49,407 About CDP:  CDP is a global non-profit that runs the world’s only independent environmental disclosure system. As the founder of environmental reporting, we believe in transparency and the power of data to drive change. Partnering with leaders in enterprise, capital, policy and science, we surface the information needed to enable Earth-positive decisions. We helped more than 24,800 companies and almost 1,000 cities, states and regions disclose their environmental impacts in 2024. Financial institutions with more than a quarter of the world’s institutional assets use CDP data to help inform investment and lending decisions. Our team is truly global, united by our shared desire to build a world where people, planet and profit are balanced. Visit cdp.net or follow us @CDP to find out more.About the Team:Thought Leadership provides the environmental expertise that drives the evolution of CDP’s disclosure system and its impact. The team leads research and analysis of CDP data and other sources to generate insights that inform decisions across business, finance, and policy. Thought Leadership represents CDP in key stakeholder engagements and expert fora, spearheading strategic partnerships and projects, and contributing actively to the development and application of environmental science, standards, and frameworksThe Sustainable Business team delivers CDPs thought leadership relating to the development of corporate and financial sustainable business practices. This involves leading the development of CDP’s approach to sustainable finance, resource management and circular economy, sectors, SMEs and other key business perspectives, and deploying the insights generated by the data to drive impact according to CDPs theory of change. About this role:The Manager, Plastics will help to develop and implement a plan to use disclosure and transparency to drive positive action by the private sector and financial institutions, to accelerate the transition to a circular economy and prevent plastic pollution and waste. This role is tied to CDP’s intention to expand our disclosure universe and corporate reporting to all relevant environmental topics across Nature and resources. Working with the Lead, Plastics &amp; Circular Economy on evolution of CDP’s focus on Plastics and broader Circular Economy principles, the work will focus on developing, operationalizing and mainstreaming plastics as a relatively new topic to CDP’s corporate and signatory stakeholders. What you will do: <ul><li>Identify and implement ideas to increase the ability of CDP disclosers to disclose plastic related data amongst CDP’s key stakeholders.</li><li>Carry out research, mapping and other tasks to understand the scope and impact of external initiatives and projects relevant to plastics and circular economy disclosure and identify unique contribution opportunities for CDP</li><li>Identify how CDP’s existing thematic strategies, disclosure frameworks, and capacity building programs can be adapted to address circular economy &amp; plastics.</li><li>Understand and provide relevant plastics &amp; circular economy disclosure metrics for commercial products including those for supply chain and financial institutions</li><li>Work with relevant teams to understand and inform product development opportunities</li><li>Lead on capacity building and knowledge sharing among CDP’s external facing teams, around plastics and circular economy</li><li>Represent CDP externally on plastics issues as necessary</li><li>Support account managers engaging corporates on plastics, and their relationship to waste and circular economy</li><li>Work with relevant colleagues to embed plastic in existing messaging and to develop separate communications</li></ul>Actively contribute to an effective and engaged team, clear on its purpose and contribution, by:<ul><li>Ensuring you know what is expected of you, through regular 1:1’s, having clear objectives in place, and participating in open and honest performance and development conversations</li><li>Ensuring a respectful and inclusive workplace, where team members communicate openly, share knowledge so it can be used, and respect difference.</li><li>Living the CDP Values and demonstrating the behaviours appropriate to your position.</li></ul>Internal stakeholders include: Sustainable Business, Thought Leadership, Disclosure Content, Customer Success, Sales and Marketing &amp; Comms colleagues dealing with plastics-related activities.External stakeholders include: Corporate disclosers; Supply Chain members and Financial Institutions with an interest in plastics; NGOs, data organisations, and standards bodies with a remit covering plastics and the circular economy.We're looking for:<ul><li>Demonstrable expertise in demonstrable expertise in plastic including plastic pollution and waste, packaging, issues across the value chain and the transition to a circular economy, and / or how it relates to broader environmental issues such as waste, oceans, climate and nature</li><li>Experience of working to drive environmental change within the private sector – ideally in companies or financial institutions related to plastics or waste issues.</li><li>Strong experience of leading the development of operational outcomes program strategies.</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentations to diverse audiences with different levels of understanding.</li><li>Proven experience of project management and ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.</li><li>A high level of self-motivation and drive.</li><li>Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with teams of individuals and colleagues</li></ul>Before you apply :<ul></ul>We’ll only use the information you provide to process your application. For more details on how we use your information, see our <a href="%5C%22https://cdpworldwide.teamtailor.com/privacy-policy%5C%22">applicant’s privacy notice</a>. By uploading your CV and covering letter, you are permitting CDP to use the information you have provided for recruitment purposes.  The salary banding for this role is £39,525 - £49,407This is a hybrid role requiring weekly time in the officeHow to apply:  Please upload your CV in English via the application form. </div>

About CDPCDP is a not-for-profit charity that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts. The world’s economy looks to CDP as the gold standard of environmental reporting with the richest and most comprehensive dataset on corporate and city action. In 2021 we launched our new five-year strategy: Accelerating the Rate of Change - <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.cdp.net/en/info/about-us/our-five-year-strategy">find out more here</a>. Visit <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://cdp.net/en"> https://cdp.net/en</a> or follow us @CDP to find out more.

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