Manager, Sustainability Communications - Toronto, Canada - CPP Investments

CPP Investments
CPP Investments
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Toronto, Canada

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Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization


When you invest your career in CPP Investments, you join one of the most respected and fastest growing institutional investors in the world.

With current assets under management valued in excess of $500 billion, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure long-term sustainability.

The CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion by 2050.

CPP Investments invests in all major asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and fixed-income instruments, and is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo and Sydney.

CPP Investments attracts and selects high-calibre individuals from top-tier institutions around the globe.

Join our team and look forward to:

  • Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
  • Stimulating work in a fastpaced, intellectually challenging environment
  • Accelerated exposure and responsibility
  • Global career development opportunities
  • Being motivated every day by CPP Investments' important social purpose and unshakable principles
  • A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working
  • A deeply rooted culture of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance


If you share a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach everything with the highest integrity, here's an opportunity for you to invest your career at CPP Investments.


Job Description:


We are looking for a dynamic
Manager, Sustainability Communications to join CPP Investments' Public Affairs and Communications (PAC) team for full-time employment.

This role is for you if you are curious, organized, and are interested in the sustainability-related challenges and opportunities investors face today.


Reporting to the Managing Director, Strategic Communications this position is responsible for providing research, editorial and coordination support for the development of the Fund's internal and external communications about sustainability-related issues, including climate change.


Activities include:


  • Develop content in support of the Sustainable Investing team and Chief Sustainability Officer.
  • Research and write communications plans, briefing notes.
  • Maintain tracking documents that monitor the external sustainability landscape, staying ahead of relevant industry developments in taxonomies, frameworks, and regulation.
  • Write communications materials that tell the story of the Fund's approach to integrating consideration of sustainabilityrelated factors into the investment decision making process.
  • Create and ideate on high quality presentations for use at internal and external meetings. Solicit necessary input from team members to develop presentations.
  • Manage logistics for virtual and in person events, including preparing and sending briefing packages to attendees, developing presentations, agendas and meeting materials.
  • Carry out other duties as assigned relating to the ongoing activities of the Public Affairs and Communications department.
  • Develop and distribute thought leadership and education on energy transition internally and externally in collaboration with investment departments.
  • In partnership with team leads, partner with key internal stakeholders, monitor for relevant developments from regulation bodies as the IFRS Foundation (e.g., proposed International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to ensure the organization is providing appropriate communications to stakeholders.

Qualifications:

Able to operate through ambiguity

  • Selfstarter who takes ownership for tasks and team performance
  • Interested in using storytelling across mediums (social media, written, podcast, presentations, reports)
  • The ability to grasp and translate technical concepts
  • Working knowledge of the Task Force on Climate Related Disclosure, evolving ISSB and other sustainability and climaterelated reporting frameworks
  • Working knowledge of the global transition to net zero and the role of investors within it
If you possess the following, we'd like to hear from you:

  • College or university degree required in relevant field (e.g., Business, Finance, Sustainability, Economics)
  • French fluency an asset
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel Skills, PowerPoint, Word
  • Minimum 35 years associatelevel or higher, experience in a fastpaced, complex, and high visibility organization
  • Experience in a communications agency, consulting, or financial services environment
  • Commands the ability to distill complex information into compelling, concise content and produce targeted materials for a variety of audiences
  • Proven attention to detail and accuracy
  • Resultsoriented with the ability to manage multiple projects at once.
  • Strong t