Sustainable Investment Analyst (Climate)

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration: Permanent

Location: London 

Job Ref: 204287

About the role

EdenTree Investment Management , who are proudly part of Benefact Group , are looking for a Sustainable Investment Analyst (Climate) to join our London office.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the UK’s leading sustainable asset manager and play an integral role in the execution of its sustainable investment strategy.

You will be responsible for implementing EdenTree’s climate strategy. You will also contribute to wider sustainable investment activities including sustainability research on companies we invest in, engagement with company management on sustainability topics, supporting proxy voting activities, and involvement in our sustainability reporting.

Why join us?

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group—where all profits go to charity and good causes.

What you'll be doing

• Implementing EdenTree’s Climate Change Strategy including carbon footprinting of our funds, evolving our climate targets, and engaging with our highest emitters.
• Conducting sustainability research to inform investment decision making on our range of funds
• Contributing to our broader stewardship activities including engaging with company management (with a focus on environmental topics) and supporting our proxy voting activities
• Contributing to the team’s reporting and client activities

What you'll need to have

The following skills and experiences are desirable, but not essential — we value passion, curiosity, and a willingness to learn:

• Experience in climate change analysis and carbon footprinting.
• Familiarity with climate standards such as SBTi, TCFD, IIGCC, CA100+ and NZAM.
• Deep understanding of sustainability challenges and opportunities facing companies.
• Understanding of, or experience in, engaging with companies on sustainability topics.
• Confidence working with large and complex data sets to extract meaningful insights.
• A genuine enthusiasm for advancing the conversation around sustainable investing.

What we offer

• A competitive salary - let's discuss it
• Hybrid working
• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
  
• Generous annual bonus scheme
  
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
• An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
• £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
• Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
  
• Employee Assistance Programme
  
• Full study support to gain professional qualifications
• Access to virtual GP
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Hear from the hiring manager

"An exciting opportunity to join an asset manager where sustainability is embedded across everything we do. You will be joining and tight knit team and playing an integral role in the successful execution of our sustainable investment strategy.”

About us

EdenTree are pioneers in responsible and sustainable investing, having launched one of the first ethical equity funds in the UK, in March 1988. We are proud of our 35-year track record in delivering exceptional, long-term results for our clients. Based in the heart of the City of London, our investment team also have some of the longest continuous track records of any in the UK investment community. 

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.

If you need any additional support during the recruitment process, then please let us know.

*Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26