Climate & Carbon Change Executive – Reporting & Data Analytics
Location: Dublin
Reports to: Climate Change Programme Senior Manager

Our Sustainability teams are right at the heart of what we do. Surrounded by some of the best specialists in the industry, you’ll bring your own ideas to the business - helping to shape the experience of our customers as part of a forward-thinking team.

Climate Change represents a significant threat to our planet, and how we do business. To ensure we are adapting, mitigating and responding to this material risk, this position will contribute to the delivery of a robust and enterprise-wide programme that will shape how we do business at a global scale and successfully reduce our global carbon footprint by 50%; delivering against our public commitments and enabling the sustainable growth of our business.
Reporting to the Carbon & Climate Change Programme Senior Manager, this newly created role will lead the development of Primark’s emissions calculation and reporting of Scope 3 impact, inclusive of the tools, data, systems and procedures needed to report in line with external reporting frameworks. The role will also support with utilising Scope 3 data to inform internal decision making.

What You’ll Get
The world is changing and it’s important we support our colleagues. People are at the heart of what we do at Primark so it’s essential we provide the right environment for you to perform at your best. That’s why we offer benefits that put you first

Some of our benefits are:

27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more.
Flexible Working, opportunity for an early Friday finish, and a subsidised cafeteria.
Primark Perks – Discounts with some local partner business to our offices

What You’ll Do:
In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

With an ambitious emissions reduction strategy that will touch every part of our business and demand deep collaboration and involvement with key groups, the candidate will have the opportunity to engage with a range of internal stakeholders across the organisation to shape Primark’s approach to emissions reporting and underlying data management.

Given the importance of being able to effectively report the performance of environmental programmes internally and externally, this role will also lead the development and management of internal processes for collecting and reporting on emissions performance, including the development and sourcing of new tools and platforms.

Effective deployment of these responsibilities will be critical to the successful delivery of the Primark Cares decarbonisation strategy.
Accountable for developing and managing Primark’s methodology for quantifying and reporting on Scope 3 emissions, in line with applicable accounting and reporting standards (e.g., GHG Protocol Scope 3 Standard).
Collaborate with teams across the business, both centrally and in sourcing regions, to provide guidance on approach to measure and report Scope 3 impact data, as well as providing guidance on impact reduction opportunities.
Accountable for evolving Primark’s Scope 3 emissions data strategy in response to internal and external drivers, including legislation and the latest scientific position.
Undertake greenhouse gas emissions calculations in line with appropriate standards, ensuring that our approach & methodology are in line with applicable accounting and reporting standards.
Contribute to the technical reporting and assurance of annual reporting processes related to emissions disclosure including CDP, TCFD, Corporate Sustainability Reporting and ABF annual reports.

What You’ll Bring
Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

Minimum 3 years’ experience in sustainability focussed role, including carbon accounting and/or climate change mitigation
Relevant degree or equivalent experience in energy, materials technology/sustainability, climate change, or environmental discipline
Demonstrated experience of greenhouse gas accounting principles and application in the private sector, including Scope 3 categories.
Understanding of the GHG protocol accounting and reporting requirements, CSRD, TCFD reporting frameworks, science-based target setting, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Awareness of decarbonization and emissions reduction strategies
Experience of managing, interpreting and visually summarise large data sets

If you need any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility requests, during your recruitment journey, such as extended time or breaks between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, mobility access, or assistive technology please contact your talent acquisition specialist.

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