
Chief Sustainability Officers
Also called: Corporate Sustainability Process Manager, Director of Sustainability, Director of Sustainable Design, Sustainability Director
What they do:
Communicate and coordinate with management, shareholders, customers, and employees to address sustainability issues. Enact or oversee a corporate sustainability strategy.
On the job, you would:
- Develop or execute strategies to address issues such as energy use, resource conservation, recycling, pollution reduction, waste elimination, transportation, education, and building design.
- Supervise employees or volunteers working on sustainability projects.
- Research environmental sustainability issues, concerns, or stakeholder interests.
Knowledge
Business
- management
- customer service
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Engineering and Technology
- design
- building and construction
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Skills
Basic Skills
- reading work related information
- talking to others
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- use rules to solve problems
Personality
People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Leadership
- Initiative
- Integrity
- Innovation
- Analytical Thinking
- Cooperation
Technology
You might use software like this on the job:
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Presentation software
Data base user interface and query software
Education
Job Outlook
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