Senior GHG Emission Specialist

Energy Transition - Transparency & Enablement is seeking a Senior GHG Emission Specialist to join a well-established team in Maersk, Energy Transition.

We are looking for a curious and purpose-driven colleague to help us build transparency around the exciting decarbonisation journey our company is undertaking. Maersk has committed to an ambitious net-zero target by 2040, and strong 2030 reductions across the business. The demand for climate action from customers, investors, and regulators is increasing, and low GHG emissions solutions are becoming an imperative to decarbonize supply chains; you will play a crucial role in enabling this.

What Energy Transition, Transparency & Enablement is

The “Energy Transition Transparency & Enablement” team is a function of about 30 professionals, with the following pillars and responsibilities:

1. Compliance reporting, implementation & optimisation: responsible for assessing the impact on the business, maritime compliance reporting to authorities and contributing to the optimization,

2. Sustainability: responsible for life-cycle assessments of fuels and due diligence, with a focus on green fuels

3. Transition Planning, Target & Funding: responsible for the transition plan compilation, climate target maintenance, defining the impact of the upcoming development (e.g. SBTi new guidance, ISO Net zero standard) and developing and maintaining solutions to commercialize the decarbonisation

4. Data Performance visibility & insights: responsible for working with complex data environment, data cubes, building the data foundation and providing insights to inform business decisions related to the transition

5. Operational & Process Excellence: responsible for developing a culture of effective project management, establishing processes, identifying risks, performing data controls as we prepare to scale up

This team plays the critical role of an enabler to the energy transition for the company, therefore interacts with many stakeholders, within the Energy Transition teams and far beyond.

What your role will be

The GHG specialist will work across all pillars, with a focus on 3. and 4. You will support the implementation of existing standards using data, while actively engaging with standard setting bodies, through working groups and pilot testing. Maersk integrator strategy also means we have multiple diverse internal business functions to support, across ocean (which will be the key focus), truck, rail, air and barge transport, as well as the energy procurement for all modes.

The role will be broad, and you will be part of a team that covers many areas, but most tasks include translating GHG accounting frameworks into practical applications:

• Working across all our transportation modes, and different ownership models.
• Developing methodologies for new products for our customers, through which they can account for the benefits of our decarbonisation efforts.
• Implementing framework updates and provide feedback on consultations (e.g. SBTi guidance, GHG P).
• Compiling corporate GHG Emission Inventories through CSRD Specialist contribution, including updating the company transition plan.
• Acting as a subject matter expert on environmental attributes in contractual agreements.
• Investigating relevance of low emission energy sources across certification schemes (e.g. ISCC) and applicability within the business.
• Establishing governance rules to safeguard correct data is communicated.
• Contributing to prepare emissions data for 3rd party audits.

What you will bring

You will bring a positive mindset and a “can do” attitude. Work gets done a lot easier in a positive environment, so we hope you will take part in making it fun going to work.

Your skills must include, translating the complexities of the GHG frameworks, into simple to understand guidance for business functions, making it accessible for non-specialists.

Ideally you would consider yourself as expert in one or many of the following specific fields:

• GHG Protocol accounting: Essential requirement. You know the GHG Protocol inside out, and you can apply the knowledge to shape developing frameworks – in order to make sure they are company-relevant and find innovative ways to fund the transition (through regulatory or voluntary mechanisms). Experience in both non-financial and financial accounting is a plus.
• Novel GHG accounting applications: as the market evolves and innovative business models arise, expertise in emerging carbon markets, including experience with mechanisms such as carbon removal, avoided emissions, negative CI, will be able to play a key role in future product development.
• Innovative thinking: you can think outside-the-box as what we are aiming to achieve is well on the way and this has never been done before.
• GHG P Land Sector Standard and Guidance knowledge, to prepare the company for new disclosure requirements.
• Supplier engagement frameworks expertise: you bring experience in technical solutions to manage supplier engagement, and are able to explore opportunities with our vendors to be able to assist our sustainable procurement in the supplier engagement program, and explore opportunities with our vendors, to utilize their decarbonisation successes with our customers.
• Book & Claim: some market-based are accepted by SBTi now creating critical opportunities to move from “driving & shaping frameworks” towards “real life implementation” which may include regulatory work.
• ISO standards: experience in implementing, and reviewing international standards for GHG and environmental accounting. As new standards emerge to support sustainability assurance, the ability to understand and apply them effectively, capturing their value for Maersk and its customers, is important.
• Other relevant experience in hard-to-abate sectors or commodities decarbonisation is considered advantageous
• Stakeholder management
• Communication
• Storytelling: cut through the complexity of your subject matter expertise, in public speaking, in facilitation, in writing
• Time management and capability to deal with multiple priorities, embracing ambiguity

We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds (e.g. economics, engineering, …) and sectors (e.g. agriculture, other hard-to-abate, …), but above all, we value practical experience and a genuine interest in this area.

What you will get

You will join a very skilled team of specialists and experts who are passionate to drive the decarbonisation of the group and wider maritime industry. Furthermore, the team will provide access to a broad network for continuous development and upskilling. Your colleagues will help you removing the roadblocks you encounter in the work, as well as doing their part in making it fun going to work.

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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