Carbon and Climate Lead

As the home of iconic brands such as Baileys, Guinness, Smirnoff, and Johnnie Walker, at Diageo we source, produce and deliver 6.5 billion litres of world-leading products every year across 180 markets globally. Because of this huge undertaking, we rely on highly advanced systems as well as the very best talent to make sure our businesses continue to run smoothly.

To give you some idea of the scale of our operation, over half of our 30,000 employees work in our supply chains. We have teams in over 100 sites across more than 30 countries, but what matters is that wherever you work, you’re part of a diverse, inclusive team where there are opportunities for everyone. Whether you work in planning, logistics, technical teams or manufacturing, you’ll be part of an innovative, dynamic organisation. We set ourselves the highest standards, and our practices have earned us international recognition. And it’s people with energy, dedication and problem-solving skills who’ll help us get even better. In return, we offer a world of opportunities for you to explore, to shape and progress your career.

Role Summary

This role will lead our climate risk assessment and adaptation work, and partner with finance to conduct refreshed climate scenario analysis for strategic decision making and reporting purposes. It will become expert and provide subject matter expertise on climate risk adaptation to the organisation.

The role is also a key support to the carbon and energy manager role, to support the development of decarbonisation strategy and provide subject matter expertise on decarbonisation and carbon reporting to markets and categories.

Climate

Responsibilities and accountabilities

• Lead the programme of climate risk adaptation (project Hypatia) working in partnership with consultants and markets to deliver a value-optimised climate risk adaptation approach for priority sites.
• Develop Diageo standard for climate risk adaptation.
• Consolidate and catalogue our climate risk assessments and scenario analyses to improve accessibility and applicability to markets and categories, supporting best in class adaptation plans.
• Conduct refreshed climate risk assessment and work in partnership with finance to refresh climate risk scenario analysis and identify risks and opportunities for climate adaptation action.

Carbon

• Build expertise in insets, offsets and energy certificates to support Carbon and Energy Manager
• Become subject matter expert on specific areas of carbon accounting, reporting and decarbonisation levers, supporting the delivery of our mitigation strategy.
• Lead development of sections of Diageo’s Net Zero Transition Plan
• Provide subject matter expertise to support the Carbon and Energy Manager and market partnership teams to build robust roadmaps and plans to achieve our net zero goals.