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United Kingdom · Investor Relations · Senior (5-8 years)

Senior ESG Investor Relations Associate

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

  • Experience bandSenior (5-8 years)
  • Direct reportsNo direct reports
  • Reports toESG Investor Relations Manager
  • UK framework levelUsually a professional owning their own work, or leading a small team

Also advertised as Senior Sustainability Reporting Specialist · ESG Engagement Lead · Investor Relations Manager (ESG Focus)

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1What this role really is

This isn't just about crunching numbers; it's about translating complex environmental, social, and governance data into a compelling story for investors. You'll be the person making sure our ESG narrative holds up to serious scrutiny, both internally and from the outside world. Think of yourself as a bridge-builder, connecting our sustainability efforts with the financial community's expectations.

2What you'd actually use

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

MSCI ESG Manager / Sustainalytics PlatformAdvanced

Managing data submission cycles, running gap analysis against peers, modelling the impact of initiatives on scores, and responding to agency queries.

Nasdaq IR Insight / Q4 Platform / IrwinAdvanced

Building targeted investor engagement lists based on ESG voting records, analysing engagement history for trends, and preparing detailed investor profiles.

OneTrust ESG / Workiva / Diligent BoardsAdvanced

Configuring data collection workflows, building custom dashboards for internal stakeholders, and preparing board materials related to ESG performance.

Excel (Power Query, Pivot Tables, Scenario Analysis)Expert

Building complex financial models integrating ESG variables, automating data flows with Power Query, and creating dynamic dashboards for ad-hoc analysis.

Tableau / Power BIAdvanced

Connecting to multiple data sources, building interactive dashboards for tracking key ESG performance indicators (e.g., emissions, DEI stats), and visualising trends for reports.

MS PowerPoint / Slack / MS TeamsExpert

Owning the creation of quarterly ESG investor presentations from start to finish, crafting the narrative and data story, and collaborating seamlessly with internal teams.

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
ESG Data Disclosure ContentPrepares initial drafts for review; flags potential issues.Drafts and proposes content for specific sections; identifies and resolves minor data discrepancies.Leads the content development for major sections (e.g., TCFD, SASB); makes technical decisions on data presentation; consults Legal on sensitive disclosures.
Ratings Agency Engagement StrategyLogs agency queries; helps gather requested data.Responds to routine agency queries; helps prepare data submissions.Manages the relationship with one or more agencies; develops action plans to address rating gaps; proposes engagement strategy to manager.
Internal Process Improvement (ESG Data)Identifies inefficiencies; suggests minor improvements.Proposes and implements small-scale process improvements for specific data points.Designs and leads the implementation of new data collection workflows for major reporting areas; gets buy-in from relevant internal teams.
Vendor Selection (ESG Tools)Researches potential tools; gathers basic information.Evaluates tools against defined criteria; provides recommendations to manager.Leads the technical evaluation of new ESG data platforms or reporting software; makes recommendations for procurement up to £10K; consults manager on larger investments.

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 Reporting Project Delivery
Timely and accurate completion of major ESG reporting workstreams.
Target · 95% of assigned reporting projects delivered on schedule and within scope, with minimal revisions post-submission.

Leading the TCFD report submission: all sections completed, reviewed by Legal, and published by the deadline, with no material restatements required later.

ESG Ratings Data Accuracy & Gap Closure
Identifying and addressing data discrepancies flagged by ESG ratings agencies.
Target · Reduce identified 'ratings gaps' (discrepancies between our data and agency records) by 75% for your assigned agency relationships within 12 months.

After a Sustainalytics report, you identify 10 data points where our internal numbers differ. Your goal is to get 8 of those corrected or clarified with Sustainalytics within the next six months.

Internal Data Collection Efficiency
Streamlining the process of gathering ESG data from internal teams.
Target · Reduce the average time spent chasing data for key reporting areas by 20% through process improvements or template standardisation.

You implement a new, clearer data request template for the HR team regarding DEI metrics, cutting their response time by a third and reducing follow-up questions.

Stakeholder Trust & Collaboration
How effectively you build relationships and get buy-in from internal teams for ESG initiatives and data requests.
  • Internal teams proactively reach out to you for guidance on ESG matters
  • you're seen as a helpful partner, not just someone making demands. You're invited to relevant planning meetings before data is 'finalised'. Feedback from internal partners is consistently positive regarding your approach and clarity.
Clarity & Credibility of ESG Narrative
The ability to articulate our ESG story in a way that is both compelling and rigorously defensible.
  • Investor feedback consistently praises the clarity of our ESG disclosures. Your presentations are well-received by senior internal stakeholders. There are no significant challenges or questions from Legal/Compliance regarding the accuracy or defensibility of your content.
Mentorship & Knowledge Sharing
Your contribution to developing junior team members and sharing your expertise.
  • Junior analysts seek your advice and guidance. You run informal training sessions or create helpful guides for the team. Your code reviews or document edits for juniors are constructive and lead to noticeable improvement in their work.

5Would you like it

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

What people enjoy
Making a Tangible Impact

You'll feel a real sense of accomplishment when you see our ESG rating improve because of your work, or when an investor praises our climate disclosure. You're driven by the idea that your efforts contribute to a more sustainable business.

Successfully getting a key data point updated with MSCI, which directly contributes to an improved score, gives you a buzz.

Solving Complex Puzzles

The challenge of deconstructing an opaque ESG rating methodology or figuring out how to quantify a tricky social impact excites you. You enjoy digging into complex data and making sense of it.

Spending a week unpicking why our Scope 3 emissions data looks off, then finding the root cause in a supplier's reporting, is your idea of a good time.

Being a Trusted Advisor

You'll enjoy being the go-to person for ESG investor questions, both internally and externally. You like being seen as an expert and helping others understand complex topics.

When the Head of Sustainability asks for your advice on how to frame a new initiative for investors, you feel valued and engaged.

What frustrates people
  • The constant internal data scavenger hunt: chasing data from disparate teams who don't always prioritise your requests.
  • Ratings agency whack-a-mole: fixing one agency's issues only to find new ones with another, often contradictory.
  • Framework fatigue: the never-ending stream of new ESG reporting standards and regulations.
  • The greenwashing tightrope: balancing Marketing's desire for positive PR with Legal's fear of unsubstantiated claims.
  • The ROI interrogation: constantly having to justify long-term, hard-to-quantify ESG benefits with short-term financial metrics.
  • Being the 'corporate conscience': often being the lone voice flagging long-term ESG risks in financially focused meetings.
What this role does not give you
  • A purely analytical, heads-down role with minimal external interaction.
  • A static environment where reporting frameworks and investor expectations remain consistent year-on-year.
  • Immediate, short-term gratification for every project; many ESG initiatives have long lead times for impact.
  • A role where you can avoid internal politics or the need to influence without direct authority.

6Who you work with

This role directly influences the company's ESG reputation and its standing with the investment community. Your work helps ensure we meet regulatory requirements, attract ESG-mandated capital, and ultimately, supports our long-term valuation. A strong ESG narrative, backed by solid data, can reduce our cost of capital and enhance brand trust. Conversely, errors or omissions can lead to significant reputational and financial risks.

Inside the business
  • Head of Sustainability
  • CFO and Finance Leadership
  • Legal & Compliance Team
  • Corporate Communications & Marketing
  • HR & DEI Leads
  • Operations Directors (for data gathering)
Outside the business
  • ESG Ratings Agencies (MSCI, Sustainalytics)
  • Proxy Advisory Firms (ISS, Glass Lewis)
  • Institutional Investors (ESG funds)
  • Sell-side Research Analysts
  • Industry Bodies & Standard Setters (SASB, GRI, TCFD, ISSB)

7What you need before you start

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

  • A proven track record (at least 5 years) in Investor Relations, Sustainability Reporting, or a related analytical role within a publicly listed company or financial institution.
  • Demonstrable experience in managing complex data sets and translating them into clear, concise reports and presentations.
  • Experience engaging directly with internal and external stakeholders, including senior management and financial professionals.
  • A solid understanding of financial statements and basic valuation principles.
  • Strong project management skills, with experience leading workstreams from start to finish.

8What to practise next

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

Advanced Data Governance & Quality Assurance

With increasing regulatory scrutiny and the sheer volume of ESG data, ensuring data quality, auditability, and consistent governance across the organisation is becoming paramount. We can't afford errors.

Data Lineage & Audit Trails · Data Validation Rules · Master Data Management (MDM) for ESG · Blockchain for ESG Traceability

  • This week: Review our current data collection processes and identify 2-3 key points where data quality could be improved or better documented.
  • This month: Research best practices in data governance specific to ESG reporting and present a summary to your manager.
  • Month 2: Work with IT or data teams to implement one new data validation rule for a critical ESG metric.
  • Month 3: Propose a pilot project for a small-scale data lineage mapping for a key Scope 1 emissions data point.

Quick win: Start by meticulously documenting the source and transformation steps for every piece of data you use in your reports. It's simple, but massively improves auditability.

Integrated Reporting & Value Creation Storytelling

Investors are increasingly looking beyond standalone ESG reports to understand how sustainability is integrated into core business strategy and financial performance. The focus is shifting to how ESG creates long-term value.

Integrated Reporting Framework (IIRC) · Value Creation Model · Scenario-Based Financial Impact Analysis · Non-Financial Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • This week: Read a few integrated reports from leading companies and note how they connect ESG to financial performance.
  • This month: Identify one key ESG initiative within our company and start to map out its potential impact across different capitals.
  • Month 2: Work with the Finance team to explore how a specific ESG factor (e.g., carbon price) could be incorporated into a basic financial model.
  • Month 3: Draft a short internal memo outlining how we could better integrate ESG into our quarterly investor calls, beyond just the sustainability report.

Quick win: When drafting any ESG communication, always ask: 'How does this connect to our long-term value creation story?' and try to explicitly state it.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Regularly attending webinars and conferences on ESG investing, sustainability reporting, and corporate governance.
  • Subscribing to industry newsletters and research from proxy advisors and ratings agencies.
  • Taking online courses on climate science, carbon accounting, or advanced data visualisation.
  • Networking with peers in other companies to understand best practices and emerging challenges.
  • Actively participating in internal working groups focused on data quality or new ESG initiatives.

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: Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration for Reporting

Competitors are already using Large Language Models (LLMs) to draft sections of reports, summarise complex regulations, and even generate initial investor Q&A responses in minutes. Analysts who figure this out will outproduce their peers significantly.

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

The rising capability

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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.

Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration for Reporting

Competitors are already using Large Language Models (LLMs) to draft sections of reports, summarise complex regulations, and even generate initial investor Q&A responses in minutes. Analysts who figure this out will outproduce their peers significantly.

  • Effective Prompting Strategies
  • Context Windows & Token Limits
  • RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
  • Output Validation & Hallucination Detection

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • ESG Reporting Frameworks
  • Materiality Assessment (Single & Double)
  • ESG Ratings Deconstruction & Optimisation
  • Proxy Advisory Analysis & Engagement
  • Climate Scenario Analysis (TCFD)
  • ESG Integration in Valuation

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 Investor Relations Associate (L2)

    2-3 years

    Skills to master

    • Mastering specific data streams (e.g., carbon, DEI), drafting full sections of reports, handling basic investor queries independently, and becoming proficient with our core ESG platforms.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Consistently delivering accurate data and report sections on time.
    • Successfully managing relationships with a specific set of internal data providers.
    • Proactively identifying and proposing solutions for minor data or reporting issues.
    • Demonstrating a solid understanding of our core ESG strategy and reporting frameworks.
  2. 2

    Sustainability Reporting Specialist (from Corporate Sustainability)

    3-5 years

    Skills to master

    • Deep expertise in ESG data collection, reporting frameworks (SASB, GRI, TCFD), and internal stakeholder management for data gathering. You'd need to pick up the investor-facing communication nuances.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Proven ability to manage and deliver complex sustainability reports.
    • Strong understanding of ESG data integrity and auditability.
    • Excellent project management skills for reporting cycles.
    • A keen interest in financial markets and investor perspectives on ESG.
  3. 3

    Financial Analyst (with ESG interest)

    3-5 years

    Skills to master

    • Strong financial modelling, data analysis, and communication skills. You'd need to rapidly acquire deep knowledge of ESG frameworks, ratings agencies, and the specific language of sustainability.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Demonstrated analytical rigour and attention to detail in financial reporting.
    • Ability to translate complex financial concepts into clear communications.
    • A genuine passion for sustainability and a proactive approach to learning ESG specifics.
    • Experience working with senior financial stakeholders.

11Where this role leads

The long view:Your journey here is really about becoming a critical voice at the intersection of finance and sustainability. Whether you aim for executive leadership or deep technical specialisation, this role sets you up for a future where your expertise will be in high demand, making a real difference to our business and the wider world.

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 Senior ESG Investor Relations Associate 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

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:

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Applied to your work in Senior ESG Investor Relations Associate

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
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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.

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Evidenced on your work in Senior ESG Investor Relations Associate

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 Reporting Project DeliveryTimely and accurate completion of major ESG reporting workstreams.Leading the TCFD report submission: all sections completed, reviewed by Legal, and published by the deadline, with no material restatements required later.95% of assigned reporting projects delivered on schedule and within scope, with minimal revisions post-submission.
  • ESG Ratings Data Accuracy & Gap ClosureIdentifying and addressing data discrepancies flagged by ESG ratings agencies.After a Sustainalytics report, you identify 10 data points where our internal numbers differ. Your goal is to get 8 of those corrected or clarified with Sustainalytics within the next six months.Reduce identified 'ratings gaps' (discrepancies between our data and agency records) by 75% for your assigned agency relationships within 12 months.
  • Internal Data Collection EfficiencyStreamlining the process of gathering ESG data from internal teams.You implement a new, clearer data request template for the HR team regarding DEI metrics, cutting their response time by a third and reducing follow-up questions.Reduce the average time spent chasing data for key reporting areas by 20% through process improvements or template standardisation.
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 Senior ESG Investor Relations Associate to ESG Investor Relations Manager (L4), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 4 · in progressAI Fluency→ ESG Investor Relations Manager (L4)→ your design
Where this takes you

Your journey here is really about becoming a critical voice at the intersection of finance and sustainability. Whether you aim for executive leadership or deep technical specialisation, this role sets you up for a future where your expertise will be in high demand, making a real difference to our business and the wider world.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration
Senior ESG Investor Relations Associate
  • ESG Reporting Frameworks
  • Materiality Assessment (Single & Double)
  • ESG Ratings Deconstruction & Optimisation
  • Proxy Advisory Analysis & Engagement
  • Climate Scenario Analysis (TCFD)
  • ESG Integration in Valuation
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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

Senior ESG Investor Relations Associate is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. ESG Investor Relations Manager (L4)

    3-5 years

    You'll move from leading specific workstreams to architecting the entire annual ESG reporting strategy. You'll manage relationships with multiple, critical internal and external stakeholders, and start presenting to internal directors.

    • Designing and implementing enterprise-wide ESG data governance frameworks.
    • Leading complex materiality assessments and integrating findings into strategy.
    • Developing comprehensive investor engagement strategies for proxy season.
    • Advanced financial modelling with integrated ESG risk/opportunity analysis.

  2. Senior Manager, ESG Investor Relations (L5)

    5-8 years

    This is where you'll direct the overall ESG disclosure and engagement programme, becoming the primary point of contact for ESG-focused investors. You'll have significant influence over the company's external ESG narrative.

    • Leading the integration of ESG into corporate strategy and capital allocation decisions.
    • Owning the narrative for major ESG-related corporate announcements.
    • Developing and overseeing the company's response to shareholder proposals.
    • Benchmarking our ESG performance against global leaders and identifying areas for competitive advantage.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be honest, a big chunk of ESG Investor Relations work involves sifting through mountains of data, reports, and regulations. It's essential, but it can be a massive time sink. Imagine if you could cut down on that grunt work and focus on the strategic stuff – the actual storytelling and relationship building. Well, with AI, you can.

We're not talking about replacing your brain; we're talking about giving you a seriously powerful assistant. Our AI Hub is designed to take the tedious, repetitive tasks off your plate, freeing you up to do what you do best: analyse, strategise, and communicate. Think of it as a force multiplier for your expertise.

ESG Data Aggregation Bot

This clever bot automatically pulls structured and unstructured ESG data – things like utility bills for emissions, HRIS data for DEI, or supplier reports for Scope 3 – from all our internal systems. It drops it into a central, analysis-ready repository, saving you from that endless data scavenger hunt. No more chasing spreadsheets!

Peer Disclosure Analyzer

Use NLP to scan and analyse the sustainability reports, 10-Ks, and proxy statements of our key competitors. It'll flag differences in language, metrics, and strategic priorities, giving you an instant, comprehensive competitive landscape view. You'll spot trends and gaps in minutes, not days.

Regulatory Summariser

Got a new, incredibly dense regulatory proposal from the SEC or EFRAG? Just feed it to this tool. It'll generate a concise summary of the key requirements, deadlines, and potential impacts on our current reporting. No more slogging through hundreds of pages of legal jargon just to get the gist.

Investor Q&A Drafter

This AI assistant is trained on all our past investor communications and public reports. When a new investor query arrives, it drafts a factually accurate, consistent initial response. You can then review, refine, and personalise it, cutting down your response time significantly during peak seasons.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become a Senior ESG Investor Relations Associate?

Common routes in include ESG Investor Relations Associate (L2) (2-3 years), Sustainability Reporting Specialist (from Corporate Sustainability) (3-5 years) and Financial Analyst (with ESG interest) (3-5 years). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Senior ESG Investor Relations Associate progress to?

This role can lead on to ESG Investor Relations Manager (L4) (3-5 years) and Senior Manager, ESG Investor Relations (L5) (5-8 years), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Senior ESG Investor Relations Associate in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 4 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 a Senior ESG Investor Relations Associate?

Increasingly, Prompt Engineering & LLM Integration for 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 a Senior ESG Investor Relations Associate, 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 1 national skill standard. 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 a Senior ESG Investor Relations Associate: 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 4

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 gain here are highly transferable. You could move into ESG consulting, work for an asset manager focusing on sustainable investing, join a ratings agency, or even move into a dedicated sustainability role within another large corporation. The demand for ESG expertise is only growing.

Not sure this is the right direction?

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