Group Carbon & Environment Manager

Currys plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology retailer in the UK is seeking a Group Environment Manager to spearhead efforts in reducing environmental impact. This role involves implementing sustainability strategies, managing significant environmental risks, and collaborating with multiple stakeholders across the business. The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of relevant experience and be skilled in project and stakeholder management. This fixed-term hybrid position offers competitive benefits including pension and health insurance.

Benefits

Company Pension Scheme

Discretionary/Performance based bonus

Private Health Insurance

Colleague Discounts

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and drive implementation of sustainability strategy.
• Define and monitor significant environmental risks and proposed mitigations.
• Influence stakeholders to deliver against environmental commitments.
• Work cross-functionally, leading environmental projects and implementation.
• Support and develop customer propositions promoting recycling and sustainable purchases.
• Report to Group Sustainability Leadership Team on strategy progress.
• Support external reporting requirements like TCFD and annual reports.
• Ensure accurate information for internal and external use.
• Support employee understanding of reducing environmental impact.
• Protect company reputation in relation to best practice and compliance.
• Amplify communication around important events.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Accounting and Financial Management

Written and Verbal Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Results Focused

Education

5-10 years’ experience in relevant environmental roles

Formal qualifications & training relating to environmental issues

Job description

Vacancy ID: 47482

Role overview

Fixed Term Contract for 3-6 months

Must be available to start January 2026

Hybrid - London Waterloo

At Currys we’re united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK’s best-known retailer of tech, we’re proud of the service our customers receive – and it’s all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. Working as one team, we learn and grow together, celebrating the big and small moments that make every day amazing.

The role of the Group Environment Manager is to, measure and facilitate the reduction Currys’ impact on the environment, specifically in relation to climate change and the circular economy. The role will coordinate and work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders across upstream and downstream activities within the group to focus the environment within their strategies, to embed best practice and behaviour change and improve colleague and customer engagement through designated environmental awareness programmes and communications. Other impact areas include natural capital and resources consumption.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and drive implementation of Currys sustainability strategy.
• Define and monitor Currys’ significant environmental risks and proposed mitigations such as climate change, waste and pollution.
• Proactively influence key stakeholders across the business to deliver against Currys’ ambitious environment commitments, including its science-based climate targets, the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) Net-Zero roadmap and creating circular business models for electronics.
• Work cross-functionally, leading specific environmental projects and their implementation, as well as monitoring and reporting of results for use in Product, Finance, Property, Marketing and Brand.
• Support and develop with Services, Brand, Marketing and Go To Market teams on new and existing customer propositions to promote recycling, sustainable purchases and encouraging behaviour change.
• Regular reporting to Group Sustainability Leadership Team on progress against strategy and input into monthly Board papers where required.
• Support and collate Currys’ external reporting requirements such as TCFD, CDP, BRC’s Better Retail Better World initiative and Currys’ annual report.
• Provide accurate information for internal and external use through platforms and investor ratings such as Ecovadis, MSCI and Sustainalytics.
• Support learning and understanding for all employees as to how they can help reduce environmental impact and deliver our environmental commitments.
• Work with internal stakeholders and external parties to protect Currys’ reputation in relation to best practice and legislative compliance such that its position continues to reflect the requirements of our customers, colleagues and stakeholders.
• Work closely with Corporate Affairs and Communications to ensure that Group communication around important events is amplified.

Qualifications

• Project Management – Deliver key projects and programmes (Advanced)
• Stakeholder Management – Manage and influence stakeholders (Advanced)
• Accounting and Financial Management - Apply financial knowledge to commercial and operational areas and explain clearly to others (Advanced)
• Written and Verbal Communication Skills – able to tell a complex story in a compelling manner via all means of communication (Advanced)
• Problem Solving – Analyse and understand complex data and situations to recommend the optimal solution (Advanced)
• Results Focused – Delivers work end to end to conclusion in a planned and controlled manner (Advanced)
• Required: 5-10 years’ experience in relevant environmental role(s) in industry
• Preferred: formal qualifications & training relating to environmental issues/ management

We know our people are the magic ingredient in our success. That’s why we reward you with benefits that go deeper than just the day-to-day. Benefits that work for you, your lifestyle and your career. They include Company Pension Scheme, Discretionary/Performance based bonus, Private Health Insurance and Colleague Discounts.

Beyond that, we’ll be with you every step of the way, enabling you to get the most out of your role, grow your skills your way, and see your career develop in the way you want. Be part of our talented People, Communications and Sustainability team and unbox your passion at the UK’s best-known retailer in tech.

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Why join us

Join our team and we'll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, on-going training and skills for life.

Not only can you shape your own future, but you can help take charge of ours too. As the biggest recycler and repairer of tech in the UK, we’re in a position to make a real impact on people and the planet.

Every voice has a space at our table and we're committed to making inclusion and diversity part of everything we do, including how we strengthen our workforce. We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process, so if you need any additional assistance with your application please email [e-mail] and we'll do our best to help.