Sustainability Engagement Executive

As a Sustainability Engagement Executive, you will use your passion, curiosity and drive to embed sustainability throughout our activities in the Benelux & Brussels affiliate and Bergen op Zoom (BoZ) factory. This is your entry point in External Affairs team, with plenty of other exciting areas to explore in both Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg! In this exciting role you will have the opportunity to align with internal and external stakeholders to drive forward the Benelux affiliate’s path towards a sustainable smoke-free future. Your key projects will be linked to leading internal engagement and activation of Benelux and BoZ employees and supporting the deployment of global sustainability focus areas.

Together with the rest of the sustainability and EA team, and the support of the cross functional sustainability group, you will play a key role in embedding sustainability in the day-to-day activities of all departments and raise the awareness & increase knowledge in the affiliate on sustainability topics in general. This experience and knowledge build-up will prepare you to further grow in External Affairs team, in areas such as communication and external engagement.

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Responsibilities of the role:

• Lead the development and rollout for all elements of the internal sustainability engagement yearly strategy; drive the alignment with EA comms & P&C Internal Engagement colleague to proactively identify & assess external opportunities on sustainability topics
• Educate – ensure ongoing upskilling of all employees, tailored to department relevant needs; assist with the coordination and facilitation of the Benelux & BoZ cross functional working group
• Communicate – ensure engaging and relevant content is provided to all internal stakeholders on relevant sustainability developments
• Empower – plan events to engage and activate employees on topics related to local sustainability strategic pillars
• Support on sustainability project coordination and deployment
• Support scale up and roll out of global focus areas including anti-cigarette butt littering & take back programs across BeNeLux
• Assist on sustainability strategic projects, including ANTI-CBL campaign, low-carbon transition plan in BoZ and Benelux, Certifications follow-up & AWS (Alliance for Water Stewardship), scorecard processes and drafting local market stories.