Senior Manager, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

COMPANY DESCRIPTION
At Beyond Meat, we started with simple questions. Why do you need an animal to create meat? Why can’t you build meat directly from plants? Thus, we make plant-based meats that allow families to eat more, not less, of the traditional dishes they love while feeling great about the health, sustainability, and animal welfare benefits of plant protein. Our goal is to bring exciting change to the plate—and Beyond.
At Beyond Meat, we are focused on raising the bar on talent. We are dedicated to shaping an inclusive culture that drives excellence, innovation, and results by enabling talent acceleration and development, engagement, and the employee experience.  The Senior Manager, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) provides strategic leadership across a portfolio of ESG areas including climate, waste, packaging sustainability, social programs, and corporate governance. This individual will work with the Executive Leadership team to develop and affect an ESG strategy, objectives, and action plan.  This role will also develop and affect governance of sustainability policies, standardized procedures and performance, and lead a cross-departmental Sustainability Steering Committee. 

TASKS, DUTIES, & GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Strategy
• Design, refine, and implement a short and long-term strategic approach for Beyond Meat’s ESG ambitions
• Continue to assess material issues as we grow and scale, partnering with external agencies and key stakeholders to build strategic models and a strategic roadmap for overall impact
• Advance Beyond Meat’s ESG knowledge through information sourcing and sharing, partnership with sustainability experts and peers, and active participation in various industry and collaboration forums
• Maintain awareness of global ESG trends and tools, metrics and KPI’s and share updates and implications with the broader Sustainability Steering Team
• Conduct benchmarking assessments to assess ESG maturity against peers, and customer, and other stakeholder expectations


• Measurement & Reporting
• Subject matter expert on reporting with strong understanding of the role of Sustainability data, and how to link with business drivers and operational processes
• Working knowledge of ESG Reporting frameworks, standards and certifications including GRI, SASB, UN Sustainable Development Goals, CDP, Ecovadis and B-Corp
• Implement a structured and efficient data management approach with aim of increasing scope and data accuracy including introducing new technologies and methodologies
• Working knowledge of Scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions accounting and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, and experience in implementation of decarbonization strategies across commercial and industrial locations to include resource efficiency audits, integration of renewables, and offsets
• Familiarity with waste minimization, water risk and resource efficiency, circularity, and sustainable packaging
• Experience with sustainable sourcing and value chain risk assessment to include engaging suppliers on progressive sustainability performance
• Monitoring and report on the impact and performance of sustainability initiatives and the performance against plan


• Cross Functional Leadership
• Create an authentic culture for business sustainability by raising awareness and understanding through targeted training, initiatives, expertise, and internal communication
• Oversee cross-functional team on the Sustainability data collection process in close collaboration with relevant departments and teams, to include Ethics and Compliance, HR, EHS, Risk, IT, Legal and others.
• Work with legal to comply with relevant regulatory bodies and customer requirements
• Understanding of regulatory landscape as well as experience with product certification and familiarity with customer requirements

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Environmental, Social and Governance Specialist

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree (minimum), with preferably a masters, in topics such as environmental science, corporate sustainability and business management
• Minimum of 7+ years’ work experience including sustainability program development and execution, ESG reporting and communications
• Experience assembling highly effective and motivated, interdisciplinary teams in support of common purpose.
• Experience with the investor rating organizations including MSCI, Sustainalytics, ISS, Moody’s and S&P
• Familiarity with the global ESG regulatory landscape preferred.
• Significant Project Management experience
• Strategic and analytical mindset
• Management and motivational experience/ skills
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written along with professional presentations skill