A well-established, multi-site commercial business with a growing ESG function. The organisation operates across multiple UK locations and is committed to embedding robust environmental management into its core operations. 

This is a new role, created to drive ISO 14001 EMS implementation, strengthen compliance, and lead carbon and sustainability reporting in a pragmatic, commercially focused way. 

A well-established construction firm with a strong regional presence and a growing sustainability agenda. The business is looking for an experienced Sustainability Manager to lead environmental compliance and carbon reporting across its project portfolio during a key 12-month period.

Litmus Sustainability is looking for an experienced sustainability consultant to help lead high-quality client delivery while shaping the next stage of our growth. 

This is a hands-on role for someone with sustainability consulting experience who can independently lead client projects, produce technically robust and commercially useful outputs, and build trusted relationships with clients. 

You will bring particular strength in carbon footprinting, sustainability certification or a related discipline, alongside the curiosity and judgement to contribute across the wider sustainability agenda. You will also help improve our services, strengthen internal delivery standards and support the development of colleagues. 

As Litmus grows, the role has the potential to develop into a formal team leadership position. 

We are partnering with a certified B Corp sustainability consultancy to recruit a senior sustainability manager. Leading carbon reporting and ESG advisory projects for a diverse portfolio of private market clients. A growing business, offering opportunities for progression and the chance to broaden your sustainability expertise with great client exposure.

Much of the conversation around AI in recruitment has focused on efficiency.

How quickly can applications be screened? How can administrative tasks be automated? How can hiring processes become more consistent and scalable?

These are important questions, but sustainability hiring highlights another side of the discussion.

As sustainability becomes more embedded within organisations, the skills required are becoming broader, career paths are becoming less predictable and many of the strongest candidates are not actively looking for new roles.

This makes sustainability an interesting lens through which to consider the future of recruitment and where human judgement continues to add value.

Our May 2026 Impact Insight Report explores how organisations are building sustainability capability without overcommitting, and why fractional leadership is becoming a practical way to access senior expertise with greater flexibility. It looks at the shift toward more measured, cross-functional sustainability hiring and the importance of clarity, planning, and alignment when developing teams for the long term.

We are recruiting at Impact Beyond. A fantastic opportunity for an early-career sustainability professional to join a major UK brand driving real environmental and social change. Gain exposure, build relationships, and embed sustainability throughout a business loved by millions.

As sustainability becomes more central to how organisations operate, many leadership teams are facing a familiar challenge. The ambition is there, expectations are rising and external pressure is increasing, but the right way to build internal capability is not always clear.

It is within this context that fractional leadership is becoming an increasingly relevant option.

We are partnering with a certified B Corp sustainability consultancy to recruit a senior sustainability manager. Leading carbon reporting and ESG advisory projects for a diverse portfolio of private market clients. A growing business, offering opportunities for progression and the chance to broaden your sustainability expertise with great client exposure.

In the market vs on the market: Why the best candidates rarely apply

The instinctive first step is often to advertise the role and the expectation is that suitable candidates will apply.

However, relying solely on advertising can mean that a large proportion of the most relevant talent is never reached.

A leading European payments company and one of the world’s largest providers of digital transaction services. Operating internationally with a UK team, the business is now expanding and hiring a Head of Sustainability through Impact Beyond