AeroFarms is offering a Sustainability & Impact Fellowship, 20 hours per week - $25/hr, through until end of 2023. AeroFarms is looking for an impactful, strategic and analytical Sustainability Fellow to analyze our sustainability and impact metrics and co-create our 2024 impact roadmap. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in environmental analytics, benchmarking and metrics with a keen ability for cross-collaboration

About AeroFarms

AeroFarms is transforming agriculture with people and planet in mind. As a Certified B Corporation and a pioneer in indoor vertical farming, we use the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and plant biology to fix our broken food system and improve the way fresh produce is grown. Leading the industry, AeroFarms has been named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies five years in a row, topped Fortune Magazine’s 2022 Change the World Company List and recognized as one of the 95 “Brands The Matter” by Fast Company. We have built a proprietary agriculture platform to grow a wide array of products, delivering superior flavor, better quality, and improved nutrition with the highest levels of traceability and food safety in our industry. Now in over 1,000+ store fronts across the nation, we are scaling our award-winning brand and technology both nationally and internationally.

As AeroFarms approaches our next phase of explosive growth, we seek out creative, motivated humans who run toward problems without hesitation to find creative solutions. Join us to change the world as we grow the best plants possible for the betterment of humanity.

What you will do:

1. Gather, assess and analyze benchmarking data of environmental input areas of impact like: energy and water
2. Inform lifecycle assessment and set-up in alignment with SBTIs
3. Research, recommend and apply to aligned impact certifications
4. Provide cross-functional alignment and recommendations for improved impact
5. Create a draft 2024 Impact Benchmarking system and set-up for Scope II
6. Understand and inform on larger national and international CEA and agriculture landscape

What you will bring:

1. Masters or MBA focusing on environmental sustainability, analytics or benchmarking
2. Direct experience in environmental benchmarking or road mapping a plus
3. Self-starter, ability to work well cross functionally and drive alignment
4. Interest in ESG / agriculture / food sectors

Work Schedule

20 hours per week. AeroFarms is HQ'ed in Newark, NJ, applicants preferred in the NJ/NY or VA area to enable onsite visits and in person collaboration with team members. Other locations supported on a case by case basis, with options for remote work in CA, CO, CT, RI, TX, PA, FL, IN, NC, TN. No other US states or international working arrangements can be supported at this time.

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