Sustainability Manager

Brook Green Supply (BGS) is a leading independent B2B energy supplier, delivering tailored energy supply and Net-Zero solutions to industrial and commercial consumers.

Reporting to the Head of Policy & Regulation, the Sustainability Manager will own sustainability across the business. The role combines operational and reporting discipline with customer-facing thought leadership, policy insight and commercial product development.

Brook Green’s direct operational footprint is relatively modest, but its greatest impact is through the energy it sources, manages and delivers for industrial and commercial customers. This role will help Brook Green move beyond supply by supporting customers to decarbonise, reduce emissions and consume greener energy.

The Sustainability Manager will work closely with Policy & Regulation, Trading, Commercial, Business Development and Marketing teams to shape Brook Green’s sustainability strategy, strengthen its market voice and turn operational learning into practical customer insight.

Essential Functions of the Job:
Policy insight and thought leadership:

• Develop and lead Brook Green’s internal and external sustainability strategy, aligned to business priorities, customer needs and market developments.
• Establish Brook Green as a credible sustainability thought leader through policy insight, customer content, webinars and external engagement.
• Monitor sustainability policy developments and identify opportunities for Brook Green to influence policy in line with the interests of the business and its customers.
• Work with Commercial, Business Development and Trading teams to develop sustainability propositions that help customers decarbonise, reduce emissions and consume greener energy.
• Translate sustainability trends, regulation and market signals into clear, practical insight for customers and internal stakeholders.

Operational reporting and accreditations:

• Own Scope 1 and Scope 2 reporting, ensuring emissions are accurately accounted for and reported.
• Lead Brook Green’s own decarbonisation activity, including opportunities to improve office operations through smart technologies and better working practices.
• Own and improve EcoVadis certification and other relevant accreditations, including ISO standards where applicable.
• Lead the Sustainability Policy and sustainability reporting content for internal and external reporting, including the annual report.
• Own regulatory sustainability reporting linked to REGOs, ROCs and carbon markets.

Commercial and customer value:

• Act as a commercial asset to the business by identifying sustainability trends, policy changes and product opportunities that support customer value.
• Support pitches, customer discussions and thought leadership activity where sustainability insight is central to the proposition.
• Use Brook Green’s own operational sustainability learning to create relevant customer-facing content and practical examples.
• Work with Marketing to produce regular, insightful sustainability content for customers, brokers and market stakeholders.

Leadership and stakeholder management:

• Work with senior leadership to develop and maintain the sustainability roadmap.
• Build and lead a small sustainability team, ensuring operational, policy and commercial sustainability activity works as one joined-up function.
• Partner closely with Policy & Regulation, Business Development, Trading, Commercial and Marketing colleagues to hand over and scale proven propositions.
• Represent Brook Green externally with credibility, including through webinars, customer events and industry discussions.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Strong understanding of the UK energy market, sustainability policy and the drivers of decarbonisation and flexibility.
• Experience developing sustainability strategy, reporting and accreditations, including Scope 1 and Scope 2 reporting.
• Experience with EcoVadis is desirable. Experience with SECR, ISO standards or SBTi is advantageous.
• Commercially astute, with the ability to translate sustainability into customer value, product opportunities and business impact.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence creating content and delivering webinars or customer-facing presentations.
• Credible and senior enough to represent Brook Green externally with customers, brokers and industry stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across Policy & Regulation, Trading, Commercial, Business Development and Marketing teams.
• Able to build structure, improve reporting discipline and lead a small team in a fast-paced, growing business.

Brook Green Supply is committed to ensuring equal opportunities, fairness of treatment, dignity and respect, and the elimination of all forms of discrimination in the workplace for all employees/contractors and job applicants. We will never ask if you have a disability at any point in the recruitment process. However, if you require any specific accommodations during the interview process, please let us know and we will do our best to support you.