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.

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

• environmental programme coordinator 46% covered · difficulty 62.3
• corporate social responsibility manager 44% covered · difficulty 62.2
• recycling specialist 36% covered · difficulty 64.6
• environmental policy officer 33% covered · difficulty 70.8
• environmental expert 32% covered · difficulty 73.4

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Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a sustainability manager already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.