Textile Sustainability Co-ordinator

ASDA; Lutterworth; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company is looking for a Textile Sustainability Co-ordinator in Lutterworth. In this role, you'll ensure compliance with sustainability commitments, coordinate reporting initiatives, and advise trading teams on sustainability practices. The position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working conditions, and a comprehensive benefits package including a company bonus, pension, and wellness services. Ideal candidates will have strong organisational and project management skills, as well as a solid understanding of textile sustainability impacts.

Benefits

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

15% colleague discount

Access to wellbeing services

Parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Good understanding of textile sustainability impacts and commitments.
• Ability to work as a self-starter in a dynamic environment.
• Inquisitive with an appetite to learn about unfamiliar fields.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with Green Claims Code.
• Coordinate reporting for sustainability initiatives.
• Lead data improvement projects across non-food.

Skills

Organisation and project management

Understanding of key textile sustainability impacts

Exceptional stakeholder engagement

Pro-active approach supporting trading teams

Strong organisational skills

Good IT and data skills

Ability to multitask and prioritise

Tools

SharePoint

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Title

Textile Sustainability Co-ordinator

Location

George House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits.

Category

Environmental Health (HEA)

Closing Date

15 December 2025

Within our George team, we have an exciting opportunity as a Sustainability Co-ordinator for our non-food sourcing activity- predominantly Textiles (with some General Merchandise responsibility). It's a great role for an inquisitive individual who has a good level of understanding of key textile sustainability impacts and commitments that Asda must be compliant towards.

Your Role

• Ensure George Clothing compliance with CMA undertaking, ensuring adherence to the Green Claims Code where applicable.
• Co-ordinate reporting for Sustainability Initiatives such as Textiles 2030, Better Cotton, Carbon Trust, Asda ESG report.
• Liaise with trading teams to ensure accuracy of data in range plan.
• Actions related to our carbon & water reduction strategy, in line with the Asda company strategy and commitments.
• Lead data improvements projects across non-food.
• Participate in relevant company squads such as the Change Squad to champion sustainability in decision making across the trading floors.
• Ensure sustainability training is kept relevant and accessible for George colleagues.
• Manage the EAF’s programme, driving supplier self approvals and monitoring through spot checks and co-ordinating across offices.
• Keep updated with industry and economic developments from a Sustainability viewpoint, highlighting risks and opportunities to the business.
• Consolidate data from an array of systems and stakeholders for annual sustainability reports, including the UK Textiles Pact Report, Better Cotton’s Cotton Consumption Report, the Carbon Trust Report and Asda’s central ESG Report.

Let's find out about you

• Organisation and project management.
• Understanding of key textile sustainability impacts and commitments.
• The ability to understand how sustainability impacts different aspects of the ASDA business.
• Pro- active approach to supporting trading teams.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement, internally and externally.
• You’ll be inquisitive with an appetite to learn about unfamiliar fields
• The ability to work as a self-starter, working in a dynamic work environment
• Strong organisational skills
• The ability to multitask and prioritise
• Good IT and data skills and competent working with software like SharePoint, Excel and PowerPoint

Everything you’ll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves