Associate, Sustainability Projects

About the Role

The Associate - Sustainability Projects will support Azelis in their sustainability initiatives, focusing on carbon accounting, Product Carbon Footprints (PCF), and Product Sustainability Assessments (PSA).

Key Responsibilities

Sustainability Accounting & PCF Project

• Carbon Accounting, Governance & Decarbonization
• Support monthly tracking and analysis of carbon KPIs across Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions, ensuring data completeness, accuracy, traceability, and timely reporting.
• Assist in maintaining carbon-data governance protocols, calculation frameworks, emission-factor records, modelling assumptions, and reconciliation between financial and non-financial information.
• Support decarbonization initiatives through impact assessment, action tracking, carbon re-baselining, Marginal Abatement Cost Curves, and preparation of decision-support materials.
• PCF Methodology, Data & Document Delivery
• Support the development and application of Product Carbon Footprint methodologies, calculation models, data-quality classifications, maturity levels, assumptions, and supporting documentation.
• Assist with sourcing, validating, matching, and enriching supplier and secondary PCF data in PIM, including document-quality checks, evidence retention, and maintenance of relevant tracking records.
• Support standardized PCF document creation in Lisam ExESS, including data validation, document review, system enhancements, and delivery of accurate PCF outputs.

Sustainability Solutions & PSA Project

• PSA Methodology, Assessment & Regulatory Intelligence
• Support the development, refinement, and documentation of the Product Sustainability Assessment methodology using harmonized approaches and relevant WBCSD guidance.
• Execute product and component-level assessments using defined signal categories, assessment criteria, decision logic, regulatory screening, sustainability evidence, and supporting product data.
• Work closely with the AI Questionnaire Tool to test and improve document review, data extraction, response consistency, assessment scalability, and evidence-based PSA execution.
• Portfolio Insights, Systems & Stakeholder Validation
• Gather and analyse product, ingredient, SDS, regulatory, certification, market, sales, and volume information required for PSA assessments and portfolio reviews.
• Support business validation meetings by preparing results, documenting stakeholder feedback, resolving information gaps, and updating assessments before wider scale-up.
• Assist with PSA system testing, reporting, dashboard maintenance, product-database updates, project tracking, and change adoption.

Other Sustainability Projects

• Undertake ad-hoc sustainability projects, data and document cleansing, supplier or stakeholder data collection, training-content development, process documentation, presentation preparation, system testing, and other project-support activities based on Sustainability CoE priorities.

Qualifications & Skills

Education & Sustainability Knowledge

• Master’s degree in Sustainability, Environmental Sciences or a related discipline.
• Foundational understanding of greenhouse gas accounting, Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions, decarbonization, Product Carbon Footprints, and portfolio sustainability assessment concepts.
• Relevant academic projects, internships, research, or practical exposure to carbon accounting, PCF, PSA, ESG, or sustainability projects will be an advantage.

Analytical, Methodology & Quality Skills

• Strong analytical capability with attention to data completeness, consistency, traceability, evidence quality, and documentation accuracy.
• Ability to work with structured datasets, apply defined methodologies, identify gaps or trends, and support carbon and portfolio assessments.
• Awareness of sustainability risks, regulatory considerations, certifications, emission factors, and environmental or social performance indicators is an advantage.

Communication, Collaboration & Project Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ability to collaborate with Sustainability CoE colleagues, regional teams, business stakeholders, technology teams, and cross-functional partners.
• Good project-coordination and time-management skills, with the ability to maintain trackers, monitor actions, prepare content, and support project milestones.
• Proficiency in a foreign language is an added advantage.

Digital Capability & Mindset

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, with confidence in analysing data and preparing reports, presentations, and training materials.
• Comfortable working with sustainability databases, PIM, Lisam ExESS, assessment tools, calculation models, trackers, document repositories, and digital collaboration platforms.
• Demonstrate professionalism, accountability, learning agility, attention to detail, and openness to digital, automation, and AI-enabled ways of working.