Sustainability Analyst, Remote-Eligible

Republic Services is a leader in Environmental Services, partnering with customers to create a more sustainable world.

We are Sustainability in Action - our promise to be environmentally responsible and to help our customers be environmentally responsible too.

Why choose Republic?

Joining Republic isn't just about taking on a new job, it's about making a commitment to create a more sustainable world together. Our people provide an essential service, serving and impacting customers, neighborhoods, and communities everywhere.

As a company, we are proud of our values and encourage those who share in our aspirations to join our team:

• We protect our colleagues and communities through safe practices everywhere, every day.
• We are committed to serving our customers and communities by going above and beyond to exceed expectations.
• We take action to improve neighborhoods and communities by being environmentally responsible and creating a more sustainable world.
• We are driven to deliver results in the right way.
• We encourage a human centered culture that honors the unique potential and dignity of every person.

POSITION SUMMARY: The remote-eligible Sustainability Analyst is responsible for the creation and maintenance of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory, related tools, and associated reporting to support the growing sustainability initiative at Republic Services. Working closely in support of department leadership and other cross-functional stakeholders, the Sustainability Analyst supports significant portions of Republic Services' Sustainability strategy. The Sustainability Analyst supports the sustainability organization by leveraging their GHG accounting skillset and understanding of the Company's operations and internal databases to support the creation and maintenance of a variety of analyses to determine/measure Republic's environmental, social, and governance impacts.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Strategy: Continuously provides input on sustainability systems, tools and capabilities to ensure proposed and implemented solutions meet stakeholder and operational demands. Supports groups of internal and external resources across all phases of project delivery including planning, requirements, development, and implementation to drive assessment and measurement capabilities.
• Deliverable Socialization: Supports the creation of process documentation, project content, and inputs into reporting or project deliverables. Supports department leadership in advocating for and socializing project deliverables with key stakeholders. Plans, facilitates, and supports business working sessions. Participates, facilitates, or supports multiple aspects of sustainability product delivery. Supports and facilitates working sessions with internal or external subject matter experts to address gaps/open items in deliverable creation.
• Deliverable Creation: Owns the GHG and water inventories, completing calculations based on the GHG Protocol and other international standards, manage third party verification process. Develops and owns GHG inventory and other KPIs to support various reporting, rater & ranker frameworks, e.g. GRI, SASB, CDP, MSCI, ISS, Sustainalytics, S&P CSA, etc. Conducts LCA, Natural Capital and other impact assessments. Facilitates calculations in other functions to support sustainability goal tracking and metrics. Works across departments to develop and track financial metrics/performance related to sustainability activities. Develops business cases for various sustainability activities/projects. Develops and maintains sustainability dashboard. Supports other business development projects, as needed. Facilitates proof-of-concept and pilot activity to validate solutions and benefits. Develops all deliverables and deliverable templates and provides inputs/suggestions for quality improvement. These tasks are highly analytical and require extensive use of Microsoft Excel.
• Staying up to date: Regularly scanning industry and sustainability newsletters to identify relevant regulatory, technology, or other developments that may impact our business. Attending webinars and events related to recycling, waste, and sustainability. Reviewing updates and new developments across standards organizations to maintain expertise on greenhouse gas inventory management and broader ESG reporting.
• Travels up to 10% of the time for occasional conferences, events, and facility visits.
• Performs other job duties as assigned or apparent.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 2 years of experience in waste or transportation industry.
• Demonstrated experience organizing and leading a diverse group of contributors and stakeholders to achieve objectives.
• Written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to confidently facilitate working sessions with key stakeholders at all levels.
• Results orientation and good time management skills with an ability to understand key milestones, goals, and objectives while leading groups of internal and external resources to meet project goals.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to adjust and adapt to changing conditions.
• Ability to translate sustainability issues into goals and metrics and garner excitement and generate interest in program amongst field stakeholders.
• Ability to grasp concepts quickly and exercise follow through skills, adhere to a work schedule and address challenges as they arise, maintaining a positive outlook.
• Ability to abstract information requirements from real-world processes to understand the information flows.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas and solutions to a non-technical audience via visualizations, presentations and/or reports.
• Ability to conduct complex impact analysis with limited/imperfect data and use it to influence cross functional business decisions.
• Experience in the environmental sustainability sphere, covering topics such as greenhouse gas inventories, life cycle assessments and sustainability reporting.
• Experience driving programs from start to finish with diverse stakeholders using data integrity and efficient data management processes.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree in mathematics, science, engineering or related field; or High School Diploma/GED and five (5) years of work experience in an environmental engineering, sustainability or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience quantifying, tracking, and mitigating environmental impacts and/or risks, including working with GHG inventory data.
• Experience with and knowledge of GHG Protocol, CDP Climate Change reporting, Global Reporting Initiative G4.
• Demonstrated experience with complex GHG inventory development and maintenance and other footprint assessment techniques.

Rewarding Compensation and Benefits

Eligible employees can elect to participate in:• Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage.• Health care and dependent care spending accounts. • Short- and long-term disability.• Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).• Employee discount programs.• 401(k) plan with a generous company match.• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).

The statements used herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by an employee in this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required by an incumbent so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the Company.

Republic Services is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, relationship or association with a protected veteran (spouses or other family members), genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.