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HKS INC Chief Sustainability Officer in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
Overview:
Plans, develops and leads HKS Enterprise Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts. Works with Enterprise leadership to embed sustainability principles across the enterprise and into all HKS projects. Works with CEO, design and innovation leadership and relevant Enterprise teams to strengthen the firm's integrative, high-performance and regenerative design and implementation through the firm's mission and strategic goals.
Possesses strong leadership and communication skills, a flexible attitude, ability to solve problems creatively and foster and manage effective client relationships. Leads with generosity, creativity, deliberation, vision and joy. Responsible for high-impact decisions across HKS globally and on multiple projects. Endorses the firm's values by personally influencing resources, innovation and communication.
Responsibilities:
Works with Enterprise leadership to establish and manage annual Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) objectives, key results and actions
Creates annual Communication on Progress to the United Nations Global Compact.
Represents ESG at HKS Enterprise to support Sector, Practice, design, research and enterprise objectives
Collaborates with HKS Enterprise Research, Design, and Process leadership to promote integrative sustainable strategies, develop and leverage complex data sets and analytics to support project design decisions, enterprise objectives and research goals
Responsible for the annual HKS carbon footprint assessment and carbon neutrality efforts; including implementation of reduction programs and the purchase of carbon offsets
Works with Enterprise to create data systems to support design quality and continuous improvement
Initiates and deploys creative solutions advancing ESG objectives within the firm
Represents and reports on ESG efforts to the HKS Board
Works with Enterprise leadership to ensure sustainability is fully embedded into HKS research objectives
Supports and/or leads engagement with project teams as HKS Chief Sustainability Officer
Coordinates strategic direction with the Chief Design Officer, Innovation Sector Director, Director of Sustainability, and Director of Integrated Energy Engineering
Identifies and coordinates process and technical improvements in concert with Enterprise leadership
Leads and/or assists with specialized research activities
Ensures DesignGreen team has the resources... For full info follow application link.
HKS is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and committed to a policy of non-discrimination in all employment practices including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, advancement, compensation, and termination. HKS' policies, including its Affirmative Action Programs, are designed to not only ensure legal compliance with state and federal anti-discrimination and retaliation laws, but to carry out the principles of equal employment opportunities in all job categories. Deliberate and conscious effort is made to make employment decisions that are consistent with these equal employment opportunity principles. HKS will recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status or disability; and ensure that all employment decisions are based only on valid job requirements. Employees and applicants will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination for filing a complaint, assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance evaluation or hearing, opposing and/or exercising any other right made unlawful by Executive Order 11246, Sections 503 and 38 USC 4212, as amended, or their implementing regulations, or any other Federal , State or local laws requiring equal opportunity.