Act as main expert coordinating a structured and competent approach to Sustainability performance in mills and continuous improvement of our environmental performance
Driving and leading projects and initiatives to continuously improve sustainability performance across mills and our supply chain
Work with mill environmental managers and coordinate joint activities around clean run, 2030 environmental targets, and other cross-cutting tasks.
Coordinate and communicate target setting
Interface with mill management teams
Ensure consistent environmental targets
Engage in crisis mitigation and communication where necessary
Act as main expert monitoring market and operations-related environmental regulation
enable consistent follow up at business level
plan and conduct impact and risk assessments
Work with UPM Group Environment and Responsibility team to support joint initiatives in Environmental Reporting, Clean Run and Environmental Technology, Social Sustainability and Sustainability Marketing
Act as a sustainability expert to UPM customers and work with customers to fulfil their reporting needs
Inform sustainability related marketing activities
Support commercialization of UPM Communication Papers sustainability performance
Support valuation of UPM’s sustainability performance by customers and key market influencers
Support external recognition of UPM Communication Papers sustainability agenda in relevant expert communities
Take an active role in industry associations, industry alliances and externa speaking opportunities to represent UPM adequately and provide a relevant outside in perspective
Who you are
You have studies in Environmental Management, Sustainability Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, Engineering or related subjects with relevant practical experiences
You have 5 years working experience related to sustainability or environmental responsibility in production
You have an in depth understanding of key environmental and sustainability trends and regulation
You have strong communication skills and interest in actively educating on sustainability
You have a strong commercial mindset and interest in developing sustainability as a clear value add in the market
You have a proven ability to pro-actively develop functional strategies and lead informal teams to implementation of these strategies
You have proven skills as a speaker
You have fluent written and spoken English, German and Finnish speaking skills support the efficiency of the role