Sustainability Advisor

As the UK’s leading integrated health and safety experts, Arco combine multi-channel distribution of 170,000+ products with specialist training, consultancy, and site services. Arco’s history spans over 100 years, and following the recent appointment of a new CEO, the business is now transitioning to a high-performance culture, driven by the ambition to grow and become even more sustainable into the future.

Our core purpose is to keep people safe at work, it's a complex challenge that we rise to every day. By putting sustainability at the heart of our strategy, and embedding it into our day-to-day operational activity across the business, we're demonstrating the same level of practical innovation and commitment to achieve our sustainability goal to minimise our business' impact on the environment and Earth's resources.

In our ongoing investment in our people, we are looking for a Sustainability Advisor, that shares our core values; respect for people, hard work and enterprise, excellence in reputation and to make the world a safer place for everyone.

About the role

'A Safe Tomorrow' is our strategic plan to help secure a safer future by being more sustainable in how we develop and deliver products/ services, and how we work with customers and partners.

As a Sustainability Advisor, you'll join our recently formed Sustainability team, reporting in to our Head of Sustainability. You will be responsible for the coordination of projects and activities relating to the development and delivery of the sustainability agenda aligned with Arco’s purpose and the business strategy.

Key responsibilities include:

- Contributing towards the review and development of the sustainability strategy and establishing environmental. Social and governance (ESG) targets
- Facilitating the implementation of the sustainability strategy by project managing activities and the activities of project groups with sustainability linked actions
- Tracking progress towards our strategic aims, objectives and targets through collation and analysis of data relevant to sustainability
- Preparing and presenting reports (including externally) in relation to progress towards our sustainability objectives and targets
- Working with external partners to develop robust life-cycle models and data to populate life-cycle models of the processes and products important to our sustainability performance
- Maintaining an overview of sustainability requirements in public and private procurement, regulatory change in relation to sustainability and climate related risks and opportunities which will shape our strategy
- Providing sustainability input into business tenders to support commercial teams and maintaining a ‘library’ of bid collateral
- Acting as the go-to person for sustainability related queries escalating as appropriate

About you:

- An understanding of key sustainability challenges facing businesses and a personal passion for sustainability and commitment to continuing professional development.
- A relevant sustainability and/or project management qualification or willingness to work towards Chartered Environmentalist Status (CEnv) over time.
- Ability to communicate and influence effectively across stakeholder groups at all levels within the organisation and with external partners
- Strong skills in data management, analysis, and presentation

On top of working for the UK’s leading health and safety expert, you’ll also receive:

- Up to £37,000 starting salary and a discretionary company bonus scheme
- 32 days holiday (pro rata) inclusive of bank holidays, plus the option to purchase more
- 2 paid Community Volunteering days every year
- An excellent pension and life assurance scheme
- A huge range of high street retailer discounts to help with cost of living via MyArco Perks
- Access to our brilliant Learning Management System, to support your personal development

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy, please reach out to our recruitment team at