Sustainability and Impact Manager

About us

Climate Asset Management is an independent investment firm co-owned by HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) and Pollination. HSBC AM is the asset management arm of HSBC, one the world’s leading and most respected international financial institutions. Pollination is a climate change advisory and investment firm, solely focused on accelerating the transition to a net zero, climate resilient future and a world leader in finance, investment, technology, business, law, and policy.

Climate Asset Management is a purpose-oriented investment firm, unbound by legacy, which has established a series of natural capital funds, investing in a diverse range of activities that value, preserve, protect and enhance nature over the long-term, helping to address climate change, while delivering commercial risk-adjusted returns to investors. We aim to unlock natural capital investment opportunities at scale. Through our shareholders we leverage HSBC’s experience as the world’s leading bank for sustainable finance* and Pollination’s deep, global expertise in natural capital, mainstreaming natural capital as an asset class.

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to secure a more climate-resilient, nature-positive and inclusive world through bold, scalable nature-based investment solutions.

Our Values

We have assembled, and continue to grow a highly motivated, multinational and multilingual team.  We aim to reflect our four core values in everything we do:

Passion: both in helping our clients achieve their objectives and in using our collective energy and expertise to help solve the big issues of the day

Integrity: both in doing the right thing and in holding ourselves accountable

Ambition: both in our optimism and our drive, aspiring to the highest quality standards and seeking to evolve and improve continually

Inclusiveness: where we prioritise diversity, equality and inclusion, collaborating widely and connecting thoughts with technological innovation for breakthrough ideas and systemic change

Our Investment Strategy

We have two investment strategies with three active funds, including:

1. A Natural Capital Fund, investing in sustainable agriculture, forestry and environmental assets in developed economies, seeking to optimise landscapes for production and ecosystem services;


2. A Nature Based Carbon Fund, offering investors access to global nature-based carbon projects at scale in developing economies that generate high integrity carbon credits.


3. Our Carbon Nature Fund which we manage on behalf of Apple’s Restore Fund, which is a unique blended strategy that combines the financial returns of the Natural Capital Fund with the impact of the Nature Based Carbon Fund.

We are continuing to fundraise for these strategies while deploying funds into projects around the world. 

We will be developing second vintages and launching new investment strategies that continue to help our investors and stakeholders meet their net zero commitments while helping protect the planet from land degradation, biodiversity loss and climate change.

*Euromoney winner 2019 & 2020 “World’s Best Bank for Sustainable Finance”.

The opportunity

We are currently looking for a Sustainability and Impact Manager to join our team in the UK.  In this role, you will be an integral part of the Sustainability, Risk and Compliance Team and help us to continuously improve and operationalise our Sustainability and Impact Management System across the Platform (corporate and products). You will bring a track record and deep understanding of environmental and social risk and impact management standards and norms, in particular how they are applied to real assets investments in both developed and emerging markets. Experience of applying this in an alternative investment firm context is an advantage.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Day-to-day responsibility for the sustainability function reporting to the MD Sustainability, Risk and Compliance


• Lead continuous improvement and rollout of CAM’s Sustainability and Impact Management System and governing policies across the Business with a focus on investment products


• Support investment teams to carry out due diligence of investment opportunities against CAM’s and the relevant product’s reference standards and requirements


• Support the Asset Management Team and local project managers to develop and implement sustainability and impact plans, including completion of Environmental and Social Action Plans (ESAP)


• Lead on Fund sustainability and impact performance reporting, working closely with the Asset Management Team to collect, validate, and analyse data and report to stakeholders on time


• Support corporate sustainability and impact reporting, including coordination and contribution to the firm’s Sustainability Report


• Conduct site visits during due diligence and ad-hoc visits during the asset management phase


• Work closely with the Compliance, Risk and Asset Management Functions in response to incidents and grievances


• Support the Capital Solutions Team on fundraising, including developing product strategy and marketing materials and attending client pitches


• Carry out sustainability and impact training and onboarding for CAM employees and partners on relevant topics including regulatory requirements


• Track and interpret evolving sustainability and ESG regulations and industry standards
  

Who we’re looking for

• 7+ years’ Sustainability/ESG experience in an alternative investments or advisory firm


• Real assets experience (essential); agriculture and forestry asset class experience (highly desirable)


• Deep understanding of environmental and social risk and impact management standards and norms, including IFC Performance Standards, Equator Principles IV, and World Bank EHS Guidelines


• Good understanding of overarching industry frameworks and metrics, including TCFD, TNFD, IMP and GIIN IRIS+; knowledge of Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) standards (including co-benefit standards such as CCB, SD VISta and GS4GG) desirable


• Proven track record conducting environmental and social due diligence (ESDD) for real assets projects (essential); experience applying an environmental and social management system (ESMS) in an alternative investment firm context desirable


• Experience developing environmental and social management and monitoring plans, including target setting, KPIs and performance reporting; experience with fund ESG performance reporting desirable


• Knowledge of ESG regulatory frameworks, including EU SFDR, the EU Taxonomy and UK SDR, desirable


• Willingness to travel internationally at regular intervals for due diligence and ad hoc monitoring visits


• Experience managing a team and developing team members’ skills


• Strong verbal communication and presentation skills


• Ability to confidently communicate to stakeholders and design engaging presentations to communicate complex ideas


• Ability to work collaboratively within agile, diverse and dynamic global teams


• Competent user of Geographic Information Software (GIS) desirable


• Strong Microsoft Office skills (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)


• Undergraduate degree; relevant sustainability or ESG qualification(s)

Recognition 

• Agri Investor Global Awards 2025


• Sustainable Investment Awards 2025


• Agri Investor Global Awards 2024


• Sustainable Investment Awards 2024

Applying with Climate Asset Management

Climate Asset Management is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application. We will then work with you to identify the best way to assist you through the recruitment process.