Sustainability Partner

Company Description

We're ASOS. We blend our flair for fashion with our love of cutting
- edge technology, but more importantly were interested in how we can bring the best out of you.

We exist to give people the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you're free to be your true self without judgment, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.

Through our Fashion with Integrity strategy we are driving diversity, equity and inclusion across every aspect of ASOS and ensuring every ASOSer can be their authentic self at work. We want our people to be whoever they want to be, because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work.

**Job Description**:
The Senior Sustainability Partner at ASOS sits within the Sustainability team as part of the Commercial ESG Sustainability function. You are critical to driving our Own-Buy Net Zero strategy to reduce our products carbon footprint by 58%. Working in the Sustainability Team is all about driving the ‘Fashion with Integrity’ element of the ASOS business strategy; from managing our suppliers sustainability journey, working with wider ASOS teams to reduce ASOS products carbon footprint, collaborating with our peers in the industry to drive collective change, and calculating our businesses scope 3 carbon footprint to continue to review and develop the OB strategy.

You will be working with a diverse and broad set of stakeholders to deliver our Fashion with Integrity goals. Working with a team of internal sustainability experts, while building relationships at a business, industry and supplier level to drive change and reduce the environmental impacts of our supply chain, from product manufacturers down to raw material producers.

Our offices are based in Mornington Crescent, Camden. You will be hybrid working, coming into the office 3 times per week.

**What you’ll be doing**

**Industry collaboration and stakeholder management**
- Leading the agenda of the UK SAC Brand Forum with 12+ other brands, championing change and industry alignment to enable a quicker transition to a more sustainable supply chain.
- Managing relationships with ASOS suppliers and factories to identify carbon and water reduction opportunities, manage out Higg FEM risks, and offer a feedback loop to suppliers on our processes and policies to understand their needs.
- Championing alignment with industry peers in the methodology of calculate scope 3 emissions, including trialling the Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s SBT proof-of-concept.
- Active member of Textile 2030, Metrics Group. Advising on new quantifiable improvement actions and reporting against their footprint tool.
- Employing the Apparel Impact Institute to install capabilities in ASOS T1 and T4 factories in carbon and water reduction strategies, capture learnings, and share best practice in the development of Green Factories Guidelines and Supplier Webinar series.
- Managing ASOS relationships with man-made cellulosic producers, signposting to different team members, monitoring their achievements and commitments against the Canopy Hot Button report, Changing Markets roadmap, and investment in Next Gen materials.
- Active Member of the Brand MMCF Round Table, driving change in the man-made cellulosic industry alongside industry peers and fellow signatories of the Changing Markets roadmap.
- Managing external relationships such as Canopy, Changing Markets Foundation, MMCF Round Table, Sustainable Apparel Coalition, Apparel Impact Institute, Textile 2030.

**Internal programmes of work and collaboration**
- Design and lead ASOS net zero strategy for supply chain scope 3: utilising Higg FEM data and building country and supplier profiles to advise the business on reduction strategies, exploring fibre switching, regional energy sources, and supplier strategies.
- Supporting the Junior Sustainability Partner, maintain an environment where they can thrive and grow.
- Calculate ASOS Scope 3 emissions using ASOS internal carbon calculator, championing data accuracy and replacement of data assumptions with real supply chain data.
- Working with commercial team to utilise Higg FEM data to build product level strategies to significantly reduce ASOS products carbon and water impacts.
- Work alongside the Head of Sustainability, Sustainable Product and Circular teams to deliver ambitious Net Zero targets, meet Transparency goals, and other public commitments.
- Work with Sourcing and Fabric teams to deploy Higg FEM at 80% T1 and 30% T4 by business volume.
- Continue the Supplier Webinar series to support factories to reduce their carbon, water and waste usage, encourage a culture of shared learning and staying curious.
- Working closely with Sourcing to manage existing supply base and newly onboarded suppliers against ASOS Fashion With Integrity goals.
- Achieving full visibility of the man-made cellulosic supply chain with 100% from Canopy Green Shir