Sustainability Director

WA3RM

WA3RM develops and finances circular and biobased operations that reuse residual flows from major industries. WA3RM regenerates industrial waste streams and turns them to life, typically in greenhouses, fish farms, water treatment or biofuel.

WA3RM focuses on large, energy-intensive, industries with well-developed and efficient operations. These produce a steady flow of surplus streams that represent challenges in terms of sustainability and that are often costly for the industry to handle. These flows can represent important resources for external actors, which is one of the core aspects of WA3RM’s offering.

WA3RM connect players who would never have come into contact with each other to create a new business that offers many positive effects, including:

an opportunity for heavy industry to achieve climate neutrality or even climate positivity (“beyond zero”) before 2030
 a new green investment instrument for investors (our concept has attracted a great deal of interest from institutional actors)
  an opportunity for Sweden to turn a comparative disadvantage (cold climate and darkness) into a comparative advantage (heating and access to CO2 at low cost combined with relatively low electricity prices) which allows us to strengthen our degree of self-sufficiency in fruit and vegetables (today we according to LRF at 50% compared to eg Finland which is at 80%) – of all the tomatoes we eat in Sweden today, 85% are importeda local and “smartly produced” food that is not “weighed down” by long transports before they reach Swedish consumers

Job description

WA3RM needs to quantify its contribution to sustainability. The Sustainability Director will need to create tools to credibly communicate WA3RM’s contribution, set targets and monitor effects. Obviously, selection and aggregation of indicators will require WA3RM to adopt positions on priorities and methodologies. These positions must be well founded and transparent.

Work closely the Communications Director to effectively communicate to various stakeholders.

       Investors
      Government on all levels
      Industry
      Customer growers and farmers
      Local population at sites

Experience

The successful candidate will be well versed in the full range of tools to evaluate environmental and sustainability impact, their strengths, and their weaknesses. Further, the candidate will be equipped with:

        A sense of urgency in sustainability issues, such as climate, biodiversity and democracy
        Be convinced that disruptive business ventures are a necessary ingredient to achieve a sustainable society, as incremental change is clearly insufficient, business innovation is where step-changes are made
         Hold at least one relevant post-graduate degree

Education

Post-graduate degree (for example in Environmental Science)

Personal traits
We are looking for someone who is committed and passionate about working with sustainability. You have a good ability to work strategically, systematically and proactive.

You are a good communicator with the ability to push the issue of sustainability within both your own organization and with stakeholders.

WA3RM offers
At WA3RM, you are offered the opportunity to work with solutions in sustainability and energy that are at the forefront in the industry. You get a great opportunity to be a part of development projects and innovative solutions.

You are offered the opportunity to be part of an expansive company and work with colleagues who are passionate about what they do.

Within WA3RM, there are great development opportunities as the company has clear strategies and goals to grow.

Application
If you have questions you’re welcome to contact A-Talent Search recruiter Maria Lindahl, 070- 9176757 or maria.lindahl@asearch.se.