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Where a sustainability manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a sustainability manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Sustainability managers are responsible for ensuring the sustainability of business processes. They provide assistance in the design and implementation of plans and measures to ensure that the manufacturing processes and products comply with given environmental regulations and social responsibility standards and they monitor and report on the implementation of sustainability strategies within the company supply chain and business process. They analyse issues linked to manufacturing processes, use of materials, waste reduction, energy efficiency and products traceability to improve environmental and social impacts and integrate sustainability aspects into the company culture.

Also known as sustainable business manager, sustainable business process manager, sustainability analyst, sustainability specialist, sustainability coordinator.

Managers 88 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: environmental programme coordinator, 46%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
environmental programme coord… 46% covered corporate social responsibili… 44% covered recycling specialist 36% covered environmental policy officer 33% covered environmental expert 32% covered sustainability manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from sustainability manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a sustainability manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A sustainability manager needs 48 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • advise on corporate social responsibility communication, collaboration and creativity
  • green computing engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • lead the sustainability reporting process information skills
  • measure company's sustainability performance assisting and caring
  • environmental management monitors engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • evaluate company needs information skills
  • manage recycling program budget management skills
  • use sustainable materials and components assisting and caring
  • advise on sustainability solutions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • global standards for sustainability reporting business, administration and law
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a sustainability manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Sustainability manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a sustainability manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.