Sustainability Manager

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.

Our two distinct operating segments Asset Management and Life work together to provide access to balanced long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is owning it now and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

Job Purpose

The WPS Sustainability Manager is a member of a team within WPS providing expert leadership technical authority and delivery oversight for sustainability and environmental management across M&Gs corporate operations globally. It works closely with the M&Gs Central Sustainability Office that it responsibility for the Groups sustainability priorities and framework across both its investment activities and corporate operations.

Operating as a Manager Expert the role is responsible for shaping and executing M&Gs operational decarbonisation pathways ensuring all workplace sustainability activity is compliant defensible auditable and aligned to regulatory requirements recognised frameworks and Group commitments.

The role translates Grouplevel climate ambitions into practical datadriven actions across offices business travel and suppliers while maintaining clear ownership of statutory and regulatorfacing sustainability reporting for corporate operations.

Key Accountabilities

Expert Leadership & Advisory

• Act a senior subjectmatter expert for corporate operational sustainability within M&Gs corporate operations.
• Advise the Head of WPS and senior stakeholders on sustainabilityrelated risks obligations and opportunities relating to M&Gs corporate operations.
• Provide technical challenge and assurance to ensure sustainability outcomes are credible proportionate and operationally achievable.

Decarbonisation of Corporate Operations

• Own the design governance and delivery of corporate decarbonisation programmes relating to M&Gs third party supplier relationships and support WPSs decarbonisation activities related to:
  • Offices and buildings (energy carbon water waste and operational performance); and
  • Business travel (demand management reduction strategies and residual emissions treatment)
• Develop and maintain clear costed decarbonisation roadmaps aligned to sciencebased pathways and M&Gs climate commitments.
• Ensure initiatives are prioritised based on emissions impact regulatory risk cost and operational feasibility.

Statutory Regulatory & Mandatory Reporting (Corporate Operations)

• Hold endtoend responsibility for statutory and regulatory sustainability reporting relating to M&Gs corporate operations including:
  • UK and international climaterelated disclosure requirements applicable to corporate functions
  • Environmental and carbon reporting obligations linked to corporate real estate and operations
• Ensure full compliance with evolving regulatory standards.
• Act as an interface for auditors and internal assurance in relation to environmental reporting and controls.

External Frameworks & Voluntary Disclosures (Corporate Operations)

• Play a key role in Workplace Solutions input into target setting methodologies ensuring operational pathways are robust deliverable and evidencebased and contributions to CDP and related external disclosures for corporate operations.
• Play a key role in defining governance for the appropriate use of carbon credits ensuring alignment with best practice transparency expectations and Group policy.

Data Governance Controls & Assurance

• Ensure robust data governance methodologies and controls for sustainability metrics across corporate operations and that related to third party suppliers in particular.
• Ensure all third party supplier sustainability data is accurate complete consistently applied and auditready.
• Support internal controls testing external assurance and audit activities relating to sustainability and environmental reporting.

Policy Standards & Risk Management

• Develop and maintain operational sustainability policies standards and guidance relating the M&G Third Party Suppliers.
• Embed sustainability considerations into supplier selection engagement and management processes.
• Identify and manage sustainabilityrelated risks to M&Gs corporate operations relating to M&Gs third party supplier relationships escalating material issues appropriately.

Stakeholder & Supplier Engagement

• Partner closely with Group Sustainability Finance Risk Procurement and Legal to ensure joinedup delivery and compliance.
• Influence suppliers and partners to support M&Gs decarbonisation goals through performance expectations data transparency and contractual mechanisms.
• Represent Workplace Solutions in relevant internal governance forums and working groups.

Knowledge Skills & Experience

Essential

• Degree in Sustainability Environmental Management or a closely related discipline plus a relevant postgraduate qualification.
• Minimum 10 years experience in sustainability or environmental management within a large complex corporate organisation.
• Proven experience of decarbonising corporate operations specifically across:
  • Corporate offices
  • Business travel
  • Supply chain

• Strong demonstrable expertise in:
  • Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
  • CDP reporting
  • Carbon credits quality governance and appropriate use
• Deep understanding of sustainability regulatory and statutory reporting requirements applicable to corporate operations.
• Ability to operate with high autonomy exercising expert judgement and influencing senior stakeholders without line authority.

Desirable

• Experience within a regulated industry (e.g. financial services).
• Experience supporting regulatory reviews external assurance or formal audits of sustainability disclosures.
• Global operational exposure across multiple geographies.

Work Level: Manager / Expert

Recruiter: Matt Campbell

Close Date: 15th April 2026

What we offer:

At M&G were committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:

• As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18% with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions. We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.

• Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy to balance your work and personal commitments.

• Our market leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity adoption surrogacy and paternity leave - as supporting families is a core aspect of our inclusive culture.

• Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you with family options - for peace of mind.

To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering visit Life at M&G

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender ethnicity age sexual orientation nationality disability or long term condition we are looking to attract promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions disabilities or neuro-divergent conditions.

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