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Chief Sustainability Officer
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Chief Sustainability Officer

industrial_energy_operationsSustainability (Energy / Mining) · E3 — E3 — Vice President · Executive

Executive who sets and owns the enterprise-wide sustainability strategy for energy or mining operations.

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$352,063 USD

+107.8% vs E1 on this ladder

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What this role is

Executive who sets and owns the enterprise-wide sustainability strategy for energy or mining operations. At the Vice President (E3) level, the role owns a division, market and competitive strategy, and drives division-wide. Leads a division's leadership team.

What this level does

  • Lead a large division or regional business's entire sustainability and energy agenda through senior executives, carrying enterprise-level risk for framework compliance and Social Performance delivery
  • Shape corporate sustainability strategy for major business areas, setting the multi-year direction for emissions, energy intensity, tailings governance (GISTM) and National Content that defines the company's operating position
  • Represent the company externally in industry framework bodies (ICMM, TSM) and standard-setting forums, participating in strategy that influences how sustainability performance is measured across the sector
  • Bear accountability for enterprise-level sustainability risks — regulatory, reputational and license-to-operate — ensuring the governance cycle and disclosure withstand external and regulatory scrutiny
  • Drive critical strategic decisions linking sustainability commitments to capital allocation, decarbonization investment and community/National Content obligations across the regional portfolio
Knowledge applied
Shapes corporate sustainability strategy for large divisions or regional mining businesses, bringing enterprise-impact judgment on frameworks, tailings governance and license-to-operate.
Complexity & problem solving
Addresses enterprise-level risks with critical strategic impact, linking sustainability commitments to capital, decarbonization and community obligations across a regional portfolio.
Collaboration & interaction
Represents the company externally in industry framework bodies and standard-setting forums and participates in corporate strategy.
Typical experience
15–20+ years with demonstrated enterprise-impact experience in sustainability/energy leadership within energy or mining.

Skills at this level

Sustainability frameworks and standards fluency
Directs enterprise alignment to responsible-mining and climate frameworks — GRI, SASB, ICMM, TSM, GISTM, TCFD and TNFD — and sets the standard for how the organization measures and discloses against them.
Sustainability disclosure governance
Governs the sustainability governance cycle through performance updates, action tracking, decision papers and issue escalation, ensuring delivery aligns with governance requirements, Mining Development Contract commitments and National Content obligations.
Enterprise energy management strategy
Owns the whole-of-organization energy management strategy, directing energy conservation programs and portfolio analysis of consumption trends and anomalies across operating properties.
Sustainability data systems and reporting architecture
Directs sustainability data reporting and management systems (e.g., Intelex, Datamine ESG, Cority) and the indicators, metrics, dashboards and reporting tools used to track progress against corporate targets and validate disclosure data.
Social Performance and National Content leadership
Improves how the company manages Social Performance including delivery of National Content in the mining context, ensuring community and local-content commitments are met and evidenced to regulators.
Techno-economic decarbonization assessment
Directs research and techno-economic analysis of decarbonization pathways — carbon-intensity assessment, methane quantification, carbon economics and hydrogen/e-fuel options — to inform enterprise energy-transition strategy.
Sustainability reporting process improvement
Drives business improvement across sustainability operations — simplifying processes, strengthening data flows, improving reporting routines and raising data quality and governance across sites.
External sustainability representation
Represents the company in industry framework bodies (ICMM, TSM) and standard-setting forums, and engages boards, investors and regulators on the corporation's sustainability and climate position.
Sustainability risk and license-to-operate stewardship
Bears accountability for enterprise sustainability risks — regulatory, reputational, tailings (GISTM) and license-to-operate — ensuring governance and disclosure withstand external and regulatory scrutiny.

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As of · 2026-07-30

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