Responsible Business Climate and Nature Manager

We’re Kingfisher. You might know us as B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama, Brico Depot or Koçtaş. We’re made up of over 78,000 passionate people, call over 1,300 stores home, and operate in 8 countries. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate sustainability professional to join our Group Responsible Business team, to help develop and ensuring delivery of Kingfisher’s climate change and nature commitments.

• Lead all aspects of GHG emission data management and reporting on climate change as well as KPI tracking (e.g. on scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions).
• Work closely with support of the Kingfisher Climate & Nature lead on the development and delivery of Kingfisher’s group climate change and nature commitments, programmes and policies (e.g. GHG emissions targets, climate transition planning, forest positive agenda).
• Work closely with the Responsible Business reporting manager to lead on the annual collation, calculation and reporting of carbon data across the group, analysing data trends and ensuring data passes internal and external audit, working to improve data collection systems, ensuring our data and reporting meet legislative requirements.
• Support the delivery of climate and nature-related disclosure, including TCFD, Climate Transition Plan, and any forthcoming nature-related disclosures (e.g. TNFD).
• Work with the Investor Relations team to provide responses to investors on climate change and nature queries and lead on relevant investor indices including annual Climate Change and Forests CDP responses.
• Support the climate and nature risk management process, including scenario modelling and risk reporting processes.

• Technical knowledge and experience of energy, carbon accounting and modelling, emissions calculations, including knowledge of the GHG protocol.
• Experience working on climate change and nature agendas in a corporate setting. Experience in completing disclosures such as CDP preferable
• Knowledge of scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, and experience working towards emissions-reduction KPIs.
• Experienced in working with data and comfortable using excel spreadsheets as well as online data capture and reporting tools.
• Knowledge of certification schemes and industry standards such as FSC, PEFC, TNFD, SBTN a bonus
• Ability to closely partner and manage internal & external relationships at all levels including executives, with the skill to bring people with opposing agendas together towards a common goal.

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible