Sustainability Analyst

at  AAK

Our story goes back more than 150 years, to the chilly southern coast of Scandinavia. From our early success in Sweden and Denmark, we’ve grown into the world’s leading specialist producer of plant-based oils, employing more than 4,000 people across the globe.
We work with our customers to make the products you love even better. The oils we produce go into making your chocolate extra-creamy or putting the crunch into your croissant. And it’s not just food — we work across industries to make products that are higher quality, healthier and better for the planet.
Everything we do is about Making Better Happen™.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Sustainability Analyst plays a key role in supporting AAK’s investors, analysts, and external stakeholders by providing clear, concise, and actionable ESG-related information. This position also contributes to the ongoing development and advancement of AAK’s sustainability agenda.
A core responsibility of the Sustainability Analyst is to establish a robust process for analyzing and communicating AAK’s ESG performance to external audiences, primarily through sustainability reports and various rating platforms. As part of the Corporate Investor Relations, Communication, and Brand team, the Sustainability Analyst will play a pivotal role in enhancing AAK’s visibility and recognition for its sustainability efforts.
In addition, the Sustainability Analyst will identify opportunities to improve AAK’s sustainability performance in relation to evolving reporting standards, rating methodologies, industry trends, and investor expectations.
The job is essential to AAK’s journey towards Making Better Happen from plant to brand, ensuring that we drive and share our Sustainability progress in the best possible way with our stakeholders.

RESPONSIBILITIES

As Sustainability Analyst your main tasks and responsibilities will be:

• Lead the development and execution of AAK’s sustainability disclosure and collaborate closely with the Compliance & Reporting Manager to ensure alignment with relevant frameworks such as GRI, CSRD, CDP, TCFD, and EU Taxonomy.
• Manage and coordinate data reporting for AAK’s sustainability initiatives across relevant standards and platforms (e.g., TCFD, CDP, Sustainalytics, SPOTT, Ecovadis), ensuring timely and accurate data submission.
• Continuously monitor, map and analyze stakeholder expectations related to ESG information and Sustainability disclosures.
• Proactively engage with shareholders, analysts, and ESG rating agencies to address their inquiries and ensure they receive up-to-date and accurate sustainability disclosures.
• Ensure AAK maintain strong ESG progress and reporting by identifying specific opportunities for improvements and driving delivery of the opportunities.
• Measure AAK’s ESG efforts and results regularly and benchmark them both internally and externally.
• Define, develop or improve key tools needed to ensure AAK has strong ESG data management and reporting in collaboration with functions across the organization.
• Ensure traceability and validation of data and information.
• Support with various analytics of sustainability data, content production, corporate presentations and production of sustainability material for public engagements.

To be successful in the role you need:

• Master’s degree or similar potentially within the sustainability field.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working with Sustainability analysis, reporting or controlling.
• Insight and experience with Sustainability reporting standards and frameworks.
• Strong communication skills, translating technical information into clear and concise information that both internal and external audiences understand.
• Excellent presentations skills and comfortable in front of an audience.
• Data and project management experience.
• Proven track record of supporting change based on strong analytical skills and fact-based approach.
• Speak and communicate in English at a highly professional level.
• Solution orientated
• Continuous improvement mindset