Corporate Governance, Senior Manager or Associate Director

Acre is proud to be partnering with the IIGCC to appoint a Corporate Governance professional to join this highly respected and collaborative organisation on a 2-year fixed term contract.

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About IIGCC

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The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) is a forum for collaboration on climate change for European investors. There are currently over 230 members, including some of the largest pension funds and asset managers across 15 countries, representing over €30 trillion in assets under management. IIGCC's mission is to mobilise capital for the low carbon transition and to ensure resilience to the impacts of a changing climate by collaborating with business, policy makers and fellow investors.

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IIGCC is a co-founder of the Climate Action 100+ initiative. Climate Action 100+ is an investor initiative launched in 2017 to ensure the world's 160 largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters take necessary action on climate change. More than 450 investors with over $40 trillion in assets collectively under management are engaging companies to curb emissions, improve governance and strengthen climate- related financial disclosures. IIGCC supports investors with their corporate engagement in Europe carried out as part of Climate Action 100+.

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The Role

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The Corporate Governance professional will lead on the Investor workstream, of the corporate programme, to help ensure the success of Climate Action 100+ at a European and global level, plus IIGCC's wider corporate programme.

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Through its corporate programme, IIGCC supports investors with engagement and assessment with companies on how they are managing climate risks and supporting the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Responsibilities Include:

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• Investor strategies and tools - supporting investors in developing and implementing best practice stewardship strategies including design of policies, use of proxy voting and shareholder resolutions.
• Supporting investor signatories to Climate Action 100+ with the company engagements they are carrying out and providing supporting analysis and updates on progress.
• Developing research papers for investors on a range of themes
• Group webinars and workshops- convening and leading the working groups and members' events
• International collaboration- contributing to the four other Climate Action 100+ partner networks in the global management of Climate Action 100+
• Working with the communications team to develop materials to promote the activities of the corporate programme and Climate Action 100+ and support uptake of the programme outputs.
• Ad hoc collaboration and contribution to other IIGCC initiatives and programmes

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Skills and Experience Sought:

• Expertise or knowledge of proxy voting, stewardship, and corporate governance best practices
• Understanding of carbon footprinting, corporate climate target setting (such as Science Based Targets) and climate reporting systems (such as CDP orTCFD)
• Excellent writing and report writing skills including demonstrable experience editing and coordinating public reports
• Strong interpersonal, relationship building and influencing skills

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This is an excellent career opportunity to join a friendly and rapidly growing organisation that is making a significant contribution to the transition to a low carbon economy.

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Please apply as soon as possible. Deadline 22nd June 2020. We can only accept applicants with the legal right to work in the UK.