Sustainability & External Reporting Director at Tiger Brands

Job Description
THE JOB AT A GLANCE:

• The Group Sustainability and External Reporting Director will drive and coordinate corporate sustainability (environmental, social and governance issues) with measurable outcomes in all areas of corporate sustainability reporting to contribute to securing the company’s corporate licence to trade and position Tiger Brands as a champion for food security.

Responsibilities

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Develop, implement and manage an integrated, cross-divisional, multi-site group sustainability and external reporting strategy.
• Conduct group-wide annual materiality assessment to support the business in identifying material ESG risks and opportunities.
• Develop, implement and manage a comprehensive sustainability reporting framework to guide the documentation and disclosure of ESG factors.
• Support the organization in developing and implementing strategies that address climate change impacts on operations and supply chains.
• Work collaboratively to build awareness and understanding of Tiger Brands’ sustainability strategy   among employees and key external audiences.
• Drive the undertaking of ongoing tracking and improvement of a comprehensive performance metrics for all Tiger Brands operations. This also includes conducting socio-economic and environmental evaluations of potential investments.
• Aggregate all environmental performance data from all of Tiger Brands’ operations, systems and sources into a master scorecard of environmental metrics
• Convert aggregated metrics as necessary to align with the exact metrics required by various external reporting surveys including but not limited to: MSCI, Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), Dow Jones Sustainability Index and FTSE4Good.
• Manage Tiger Brands’ submissions to sustainability survey requests from investors, rating agencies, customers, regulators and NGOs
• Lead the planning, development and delivery of the sustainability annual report and sustainability reporting in different reporting mediums, including company intranet, corporate website and digital channels- internally and externally- in collaboration with the group’s communications and stakeholder relations teams.
• Work collaboratively with Investor Relations in ensuring alignment of the Tiger Brands suite of reports, The sustainability report, the Integrated Report and the Audited Financial Statements.
• In partnership with the Group Risk and Internal Audit Function identify Climate Risks and Opportunities to inform the overall Group Risk register
• Identify environmental hotspots where focus on environmental improvement will accelerate achievement of Tiger Brand's environmental goals
• Continuously evaluate new products, services, technologies and processes to ensure maximum improvement in environmental performance.
• Provide thought leadership on emerging global sustainability developments and nurture and coordinate a cohesive, effective cross-functional sustainability team to keep Tiger Brands abreast of these developments.
• Report progress of the Tiger sustainability journey to EXCO, Social Ethics and Transformation Committee and the Risk and Sustainability Committee.

WHAT YOU WILL BE MEASURED ON

• The quality and robustness of the company strategy and how it responds to the material risks and opportunities
• Reporting to the various indices and rating agency requirements
• The completeness of the company’s disclosures and the quality of reporting.
• Alignment of the company’s disclosures with international frameworks such as IFRS s1 and s2 and the JSE 
• Reporting Guidelines

Qualifications
WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE TABLE

Key attributes and competencies

• Systems thinking: Understanding the interconnectedness of different elements
• Foresight: identify ahead of time the social and environmental risks or opportunities that may be relevant in the 
• near, medium and long term
• Leadership: demonstrated people management skill, excellent communication skills, and prior success in building and fostering stakeholder relationships at all levels
• Strategic counsel and thought leadership in ESG: ability to influence and become a trusted advisor
• Strong collaborator who can work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Proven project management capabilities
• Self-starter who stays current on sustainability trends and applies knowledge to improve the business
• Subject matter expertise of relevant policy, environmental, economic development, innovation principles or other factors impacting an organisation's ability to pursue sustainable business practices

Experience

• A business relevant degree
• A minimum of 8-10 years prior experience in Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) aspects of    sustainability
• Prior experience in sustainability data management
• Prior experience with sustainability reporting standards such as CDP, GRI, etc