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United Kingdom · Investor Relations · Mid-Level (2-5 years)

ESG Communications Specialist (Investor Relations)

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  • Experience bandMid-Level (2-5 years)
  • Direct reportsNo direct reports
  • Reports toESG Communications Manager (IR Focus)
  • UK framework levelUsually a coordinator, or early in a professional job

Also advertised as ESG Reporting Analyst · Investor Relations Specialist (ESG Focus) · Sustainability Communications Officer · Corporate Affairs Analyst (ESG)

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1What this role really is

You'll be the person making sure our ESG story is clear and accurate for investors. This means digging into the data, drafting bits of reports, and getting all the facts straight before they go out. It's about being the bridge between our company's sustainability efforts and what the market needs to hear.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Microsoft ExcelAdvanced

Cleaning, analysing, and validating large ESG datasets; building pivot tables and basic charts for internal reporting; managing data collection trackers.

Microsoft PowerPointIntermediate

Creating clear and visually appealing slides for investor briefings and internal presentations; ensuring brand consistency in all visual communications.

ESG Data Platforms (e.g., Workiva, OneTrust, Sphera)Intermediate

Entering and validating ESG data; pulling pre-configured reports; navigating the platform to find specific data points for peer benchmarking; performing data validation checks against source documents.

IR Platforms (e.g., Nasdaq IR Insight, Q4 Platform, Irwin)Intermediate

Updating investor contact lists; distributing press releases; pulling shareholder activity reports; tracking investor engagement metrics.

ESG Rating & Research Platforms (e.g., MSCI ESG Manager, Sustainalytics, ISS ESG)Basic

Navigating platforms to download company ratings reports; finding specific data points for peer benchmarking; monitoring our company's rating changes and basic methodology.

Media Monitoring/NLP (e.g., Cision, Meltwater)Intermediate

Running keyword searches related to company and peer ESG topics; compiling daily media clips reports; identifying relevant news articles and basic sentiment.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing inWhere you are nowThe step above
Data Collection ApproachFollows pre-defined instructions; escalates any deviation or difficulty.Chooses the most efficient internal contacts and methods for routine data collection; proposes new approaches for manager review.Designs and implements new data collection workflows for entire workstreams; consults with Legal/Compliance on data privacy implications.
Drafting Report ContentPopulates templates with provided data and text; manager reviews all content.Independently drafts sections of reports based on data and guidelines; manager reviews for accuracy and strategic alignment.Owns the end-to-end drafting of major report sections or entire investor presentations; provides strategic recommendations on messaging.
External Communication (Direct)No direct external communication; all interactions are through supervisor.May respond to routine data requests from rating agencies or investors after manager approval; does not initiate outbound communications.Leads discussions with rating agencies; may present specific ESG sections to investors under manager supervision.
Process ImprovementIdentifies minor inefficiencies and reports them to supervisor.Proposes and, with manager approval, implements improvements to existing data collection or reporting processes.Designs and champions significant process overhauls, potentially involving new tools or cross-departmental changes.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

ESG Data Accuracy
Percentage of ESG data points in investor materials (reports, presentations) that are free from errors or inconsistencies when cross-referenced with source data.
Target · >99.5% accuracy

In Q2, out of 500 data points reviewed across our annual report and investor deck, only 2 minor discrepancies were found, resulting in 99.6% accuracy.

Reporting Deadline Adherence
Percentage of assigned tasks and sections for key ESG reports (e.g., Annual Report, Sustainability Report) completed by the internal deadlines.
Target · 95% on-time completion

For the annual sustainability report, you delivered 19 out of 20 assigned sections on or before the internal due date, hitting 95%.

Investor Inquiry Response Support
Average time taken to provide accurate, draft responses or gather information for investor ESG inquiries, once assigned.
Target · <24 hours for routine, <48 hours for complex

An investor asked for detail on our Scope 1 emissions. You pulled the data and drafted a response for review within 18 hours, well within target.

Peer Benchmarking Completion
Number of comprehensive peer ESG analyses completed and summarised for the team each quarter.
Target · At least 3-4 detailed analyses per quarter

This quarter, you delivered analyses on three key competitors, highlighting their climate targets, DE&I metrics, and governance structures, giving us valuable insights.

Internal Stakeholder Support Quality
How effectively you support internal teams (e.g., Sustainability, HR, Legal) by clearly communicating data needs and helping them understand reporting requirements.
  • Feedback from internal teams on your clarity and helpfulness
  • proactive identification of data gaps
  • smooth data collection processes without constant chasing
  • your manager trusts you to handle routine data requests independently.
Narrative Cohesion Contribution
Your ability to help weave our ESG data into a consistent, compelling story for investor documents and presentations, ensuring it aligns with our broader corporate message.
  • Drafted sections of reports requiring minimal edits for tone and message
  • positive feedback on your ability to connect data points to the overall ESG strategy
  • your manager relies on you to ensure consistency across different documents.
Proactive Issue Identification
Your knack for spotting potential issues in our ESG data or disclosures before they become a problem for investors or ratings agencies.
  • You flag an inconsistency in our carbon data before it goes to Legal
  • you spot a new reporting requirement from SASB that we haven't addressed
  • you bring up a potential 'greenwashing' risk in a draft communication.
Learning & Development Application
How quickly and effectively you pick up new ESG reporting standards, market trends, and internal processes, then apply them to your daily work.
  • You start using the new ISSB framework in your drafts without being prompted
  • you bring up insights from a recent webinar on TCFD
  • you're able to independently use new features in our ESG data platform after a quick training.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Making an Impact on Corporate Responsibility

You'll feel a sense of purpose knowing your work helps our company be more transparent and accountable on environmental and social issues. This shows up when you're meticulously checking data, knowing it contributes to a better, more honest report.

Spending an extra hour to verify a carbon emissions figure, knowing that accuracy builds trust with investors who care deeply about climate action.

Solving Complex Information Puzzles

You enjoy the challenge of taking disparate pieces of data from different departments and weaving them into a coherent, compelling story. This is evident when you're mapping internal data to a new reporting framework or figuring out how to explain a complex ESG initiative simply.

Successfully consolidating water usage data from five different factory sites into a single, consistent metric for the annual report, despite varying measurement methods.

Learning & Growing in a Niche Field

You're keen to become an expert in ESG communications and Investor Relations. You'll actively seek out training, read industry news, and ask questions to deepen your understanding. You'll see every new framework or investor question as a chance to learn something new.

Voluntarily attending a webinar on the new ISSB standards and then sharing key takeaways with the team, showing you're eager to stay ahead.

What frustrates people
  • The Data Scavenger Hunt: You'll spend 40% of your time chasing down operational data (energy, water, waste, HR) from business units that don't track it consistently and see your requests as a bureaucratic burden.
  • The Moving Goalposts: A ratings agency might downgrade us for a lack of disclosure on a niche topic (e.g., biodiversity impact) that wasn't even on their radar 12 months ago, meaning you have to scramble to address it.
  • The Internal Squeeze: Being caught between the Legal team's fear of litigation ('Don't say anything we can't prove in court!'), the CFO's focus on cost ('What's the ROI on this?'), and Marketing's desire to make bold, headline-grabbing claims.
  • Framework Fatigue: The endless task of mapping the same dataset to five different reporting frameworks (GRI, SASB, TCFD, ISSB), each with slightly different definitions and boundaries.
What this role does not give you
  • Daily, direct interaction with external investors or the C-suite (that's more for your manager).
  • Full autonomy over strategic decisions or communication strategy (you'll contribute, not dictate).
  • A purely creative role with no data or compliance constraints (this is highly regulated and data-driven).
  • A predictable, unchanging workload – expect some curveballs, especially around reporting cycles.

6Who you work with

This role directly influences our company's reputation and financial standing in the capital markets. By ensuring our ESG disclosures are clear, consistent, and credible, you help maintain investor confidence, potentially lowering our cost of capital and attracting more long-term, responsible investors. Get it wrong, and we could face reputational damage and a tougher time raising money.

Inside the business
  • ESG Communications Manager
  • Head of Investor Relations
  • Sustainability Team
  • Legal & Compliance
  • Finance Department
  • HR Team (for social data)
Outside the business
  • Institutional Investors
  • ESG Rating Agencies (MSCI, Sustainalytics)
  • Proxy Advisors (ISS, Glass Lewis)
  • Financial Analysts
  • Industry Associations

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • Proven experience (2-5 years) in a data-heavy role, ideally within corporate communications, investor relations, sustainability, or finance.
  • Demonstrable experience in drafting reports, presentations, or other communications for a professional audience.
  • Solid understanding of at least one major ESG reporting framework (e.g., GRI, SASB) and how to apply it.
  • Strong analytical skills, particularly with data validation and interpretation.
  • Excellent written English, with a keen eye for detail and accuracy.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint to an intermediate or advanced level.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced Data Visualisation for ESG

Investors are swamped with data. Simple tables aren't enough. You'll need to present complex ESG information in clear, compelling visual formats that tell a story quickly and effectively. This means going beyond basic Excel charts.

Choosing the right chart type for ESG data · Infographic design principles · Interactive dashboards (basic) · Accessibility in data visualisation

  • This month: Look critically at our current ESG presentations. What could be clearer? What story isn't being told visually?
  • Next quarter: Take an online course on data visualisation best practices (e.g., from Coursera or LinkedIn Learning).
  • Month 3-6: Experiment with building more complex charts and infographics in PowerPoint or a dedicated design tool.
  • Month 6-12: Propose and implement a new visual approach for a recurring ESG data presentation, measuring its impact on clarity.

Quick win: Improve one existing chart in a recurring report to make it more impactful and easier to understand. Focus on clarity and simplicity.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Attend industry webinars and conferences on ESG reporting and investor relations. Keep up to date with what's new and what's coming.
  • Subscribe to key ESG and IR newsletters and publications (e.g., ESG Today, IR Magazine) to stay informed on market developments.
  • Actively participate in internal training sessions on new data systems, reporting tools, or communication best practices.
  • Seek out opportunities to shadow senior colleagues in investor meetings or rating agency calls to learn how they handle direct engagement.
  • Take online courses or certifications in advanced Excel, data visualisation, or specific ESG topics that interest you.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: AI-Powered Data Validation & Reporting

Frankly, manual data validation and mapping across 'the Alphabet Soup' of frameworks is incredibly time-consuming. AI tools are getting incredibly good at spotting inconsistencies and automating these repetitive tasks. If you don't use them, you'll be left behind.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

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3 units that map to this job, from the qualifications that cover it.

  1. Manage the environmental impact of work activitiesIndustry Qualifications · covers 2 of 3 standardsLevel 4
  2. Prepare and issue domestic Green Deal Advice ReportsPearson EDI · covers 1 of 3 standardsLevel 3
  3. Prepare and issue non-domestic Green Deal Advice ReportsAwarding Body for the Built Environment · covers 1 of 3 standardsLevel 4
These are the real units behind this job, in the order they rank for it. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

AI-Powered Data Validation & Reporting

Frankly, manual data validation and mapping across 'the Alphabet Soup' of frameworks is incredibly time-consuming. AI tools are getting incredibly good at spotting inconsistencies and automating these repetitive tasks. If you don't use them, you'll be left behind.

  • Natural Language Processing (NLP) for report analysis
  • Automated data mapping to frameworks
  • Anomaly detection in ESG datasets
  • Generative AI for first-draft content

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • ESG Reporting Frameworks (SASB, TCFD, GRI, ISSB)
  • Materiality Assessment (Basic 'Double Materiality')
  • Capital Markets & ESG Integration (Foundational)
  • Corporate Governance (Basic 'G' factors)
  • Data Management & Validation

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    ESG Analyst / Specialist (Non-IR Focus)

    2-4 years

    Skills to master

    • Deep understanding of ESG data collection and reporting, familiarity with various frameworks, ability to work with cross-functional teams to gather information.

    You're ready to move on when

    • You've successfully managed at least one full ESG reporting cycle.
    • You're comfortable presenting ESG data and insights to internal stakeholders.
    • You've taken initiative to improve data quality or reporting processes in your previous role.
  2. 2

    Junior Investor Relations Analyst

    2-3 years

    Skills to master

    • Understanding of capital markets, financial reporting cycles, investor communication principles, experience with IR platforms.

    You're ready to move on when

    • You can confidently explain basic financial statements and market dynamics.
    • You've supported earnings calls or investor roadshows.
    • You have a good grasp of what investors look for in corporate disclosures.
  3. 3

    Corporate Communications Specialist (with ESG exposure)

    3-5 years

    Skills to master

    • Strong written and verbal communication, media relations, crafting corporate narratives, some exposure to sustainability messaging.

    You're ready to move on when

    • You've drafted press releases, corporate statements, or website content.
    • You understand how to tailor messages for different audiences.
    • You've had some involvement in communicating sustainability initiatives.

11Where this role leads

The long view:Your journey here starts with becoming an expert in telling our ESG story. From there, the path is wide open, whether you want to lead teams, become a deep technical specialist, or even take your expertise to a different industry. We're here to help you build a truly impactful career.

Pay & demand

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The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how ESG Communications Specialist (Investor Relations) is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

Where it leads

Roles this leads to

The record names a next step, but the catalogue has no page for it yet:

  • Senior ESG Communications Specialist (IR)

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

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13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Manage the environmental impact of work activitiesLevel 4

Applied to your work in ESG Communications Specialist (Investor Relations)

This unit aims to provide learners with an understanding of environmental policies and impact assessment. Learners will be able to assess, report on, and organise work activities to minimise environmental impact.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
  5. Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

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Evidenced on your work in ESG Communications Specialist (Investor Relations)

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

  • ESG Data AccuracyPercentage of ESG data points in investor materials (reports, presentations) that are free from errors or inconsistencies when cross-referenced with source data.In Q2, out of 500 data points reviewed across our annual report and investor deck, only 2 minor discrepancies were found, resulting in 99.6% accuracy.>99.5% accuracy
  • Reporting Deadline AdherencePercentage of assigned tasks and sections for key ESG reports (e.g., Annual Report, Sustainability Report) completed by the internal deadlines.For the annual sustainability report, you delivered 19 out of 20 assigned sections on or before the internal due date, hitting 95%.95% on-time completion
  • Investor Inquiry Response SupportAverage time taken to provide accurate, draft responses or gather information for investor ESG inquiries, once assigned.An investor asked for detail on our Scope 1 emissions. You pulled the data and drafted a response for review within 18 hours, well within target.<24 hours for routine, <48 hours for complex
  • Peer Benchmarking CompletionNumber of comprehensive peer ESG analyses completed and summarised for the team each quarter.This quarter, you delivered analyses on three key competitors, highlighting their climate targets, DE&I metrics, and governance structures, giving us valuable insights.At least 3-4 detailed analyses per quarter
These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From ESG Communications Specialist (Investor Relations) to Senior ESG Communications Specialist (IR), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 3 · in progressAI Fluency→ Senior ESG Communications Specialist (IR)→ your design
Where this takes you

Your journey here starts with becoming an expert in telling our ESG story. From there, the path is wide open, whether you want to lead teams, become a deep technical specialist, or even take your expertise to a different industry. We're here to help you build a truly impactful career.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration
ESG Communications Specialist (Investor Relations)
  • ESG Reporting Frameworks (SASB, TCFD, GRI, ISSB)
  • Materiality Assessment (Basic 'Double Materiality')
  • Capital Markets & ESG Integration (Foundational)
  • Corporate Governance (Basic 'G' factors)
  • Data Management & Validation
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14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

ESG Communications Specialist (Investor Relations) is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Senior ESG Communications Specialist (IR)

    2-3 years from this role

    Level 3 (Senior)

    • Advanced ESG Framework Application: Designing and implementing new reporting sections.
    • Ratings Agency Engagement: Directly managing relationships and responses with key agencies.
    • Narrative Development: Crafting the overarching ESG story for the company.
    • Crisis Communications (ESG focus): Supporting responses to ESG-related controversies.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be honest, a big chunk of ESG communications is about sifting through mountains of data and then trying to make sense of 'the Alphabet Soup' of reporting frameworks. What if you could cut down on the tedious bits and focus on the really interesting work? That's where AI comes in.

We're building an AI-first culture here. We want you to use smart tools to automate the repetitive parts of your job, giving you more time to dig deeper, analyse trends, and craft even more compelling stories for our investors. Think of AI as your super-efficient assistant, not a replacement. We'll give you access to our AI Productivity Hub, specifically tailored for Investor Relations, to help you get started.

Framework Harmoniser

Imagine feeding your internal water usage data into an AI tool, and it automatically maps it to the specific disclosure requirements of GRI 303-1, SASB CG-HP-140a.1, and the new ISSB standards. It'll even flag any gaps or inconsistencies for you. This saves you from the mind-numbing task of manual cross-referencing.

Peer Strategy Synthesiser

Instead of spending days poring over competitors' sustainability reports, use a large language model to ingest the last three reports from five key rivals. It can then generate a summarised report for you, highlighting emerging disclosure trends, new targets, and potential strategic weaknesses. You get the insights in a fraction of the time.

Inquiry First-Drafter

Train a generative AI model on our past sustainability reports and investor Q&As. When a common investor inquiry comes in, the AI can produce an instant, fact-based first draft of a response. You then review, personalise, and add your expert touch, cutting down your drafting time significantly.

Data Validation Assistant

Use AI to quickly cross-reference figures in your draft reports against source spreadsheets, identifying potential transcription errors or inconsistencies before they get to your manager. It's like having an extra pair of super-fast, super-accurate eyes on your data.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become an ESG Communications Specialist (Investor Relations)?

Common routes in include ESG Analyst / Specialist (Non-IR Focus) (2-4 years), Junior Investor Relations Analyst (2-3 years) and Corporate Communications Specialist (with ESG exposure) (3-5 years). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can an ESG Communications Specialist (Investor Relations) progress to?

This role can lead on to Senior ESG Communications Specialist (IR) (2-3 years from this role), depending on the skills you build.

What level is an ESG Communications Specialist (Investor Relations) in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 3 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for an ESG Communications Specialist (Investor Relations)?

Increasingly, AI-Powered Data Validation & Reporting. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows an ESG Communications Specialist (Investor Relations), works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

  • Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
  • Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
  • Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 3 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming an ESG Communications Specialist (Investor Relations): personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

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15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 3

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Investor Relations

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll build here are highly transferable. You could move into broader corporate communications, sustainability consulting, ESG investing roles at asset managers, or even roles within ESG rating agencies. The demand for ESG expertise is only growing across all sectors.

Not sure this is the right direction?

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