Nachhaltigkeitsmanagerin

The core mandate is to own sustainability and ESG within the corporate strategy and business development area. Day to day, that means advancing the company's sustainability strategy with measurable goals and measures, rather than treating it as a communications exercise. A large operational share of the role is the Umweltmanagementsystem nach EMAS: coordinating the environmental programme, preparing and supporting internal and external audits, and developing environmental requirements further. The second major pillar is reporting. This person is responsible for sustainability reporting and the greenhouse gas balance according to the GHG-Protokoll, which involves collecting data across the group and turning it into a defensible disclosure. Alongside this sits regulatory monitoring: assessing developments in the sustainability and environmental field and translating them into concrete requirements for processes and the organisation. Finally, the role carries a cultural and communication dimension. Sustainability topics must be conveyed convincingly across the company group as part of corporate culture, which means working with colleagues who are not sustainability experts and helping them understand what the strategy requires of them. The overall goal is to keep the strategy measurable, the environmental management system compliant, and the reporting credible.

The role offers hands-on experience with EMAS, the European environmental management standard, including internal and external audits and the Umweltprogramm. That is a concrete, certifiable skill set. You would also work with the GHG-Protokoll to build or maintain the greenhouse gas balance, which is a core competence for corporate climate work and increasingly required for reporting. On the reporting side, you would be responsible for sustainability reporting, which means exposure to disclosure frameworks and the practical challenge of gathering reliable data across an organisation. Evaluating regulatory developments and deriving requirements for processes and organisation builds regulatory and compliance literacy specific to the German energy sector. Because the role sits in Konzernstrategie und Geschäftsentwicklung, you would likely see how sustainability strategy connects to business planning, which is useful experience if you want to move beyond reporting into strategy. The communication duty across the group would also develop internal engagement and stakeholder moderation skills, which are harder to learn in a purely technical role.

The posting asks for a completed degree with a business or technical background or comparable qualification, and describes first professional experience as desirable rather than mandatory. That combination points to someone who can handle both numbers and frameworks. Knowledge of project management is listed, which matters in a role that coordinates audits, programmes and reporting cycles across departments. The strongest candidates will likely bring working familiarity with EMAS, the GHG-Protokoll and sustainability reporting, or at least demonstrable exposure to environmental management and carbon accounting. Understanding how regulatory developments in the sustainability and environmental field translate into process and organisational requirements is central. German language ability is effectively required given the German-language posting and the internal communication duties. Soft skills are named explicitly: communication strength and enjoyment of working with people, plus an interest-driven approach to moderating different stakeholder demands toward a shared technical position. This is less a lone-analyst job and more a role that requires persuasion and coordination in a company where sustainability is part of company culture. Enthusiasm for sustainability is stated as a requirement, so genuine motivation matters.

energie schwaben is a regional energy provider in Bavarian Swabia with roughly 400 employees, and this role sits inside the corporate strategy and business development area. Read the posting carefully: it names EMAS, GHG-Protokoll and Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung as core duties, so mirror those exact terms in your CV rather than generic "sustainability" phrasing. If you have run or supported an environmental management system, a greenhouse gas inventory, or a sustainability report, put that at the top of your experience section with the standards and frameworks you used. The profile asks for a degree with a business or technical background and first professional experience plus project management skills, so do not undersell yourself if your experience is early-career. A cover letter in German that shows you understand the difference between regulated environmental management (EMAS, audits, Umweltprogramm) and voluntary strategy work would stand out. Mention how you would communicate sustainability topics across a group where many colleagues are not sustainability specialists; the posting lists that cultural communication explicitly. Prepare for interview questions about regulatory developments you follow, how you would build measurable targets, and how you would moderate disagreements between stakeholders with different interests. Familiarity with German energy-sector regulation and climate targets helps. Since the company serves regional customers and positions itself around Klimaschutz, showing that you can connect technical ESG work to a local, practical context is likely to be valued.

The role centres on environmental and governance-side ESG in a regional energy provider. The EMAS environmental management system, the Umweltprogramm and internal and external audits form the operational core, which means a focus on environmental compliance and continuous improvement rather than solely on external communication. The Treibhausgasbilanz nach GHG-Protokoll points to carbon accounting as a central technical focus, feeding into sustainability reporting. Because energie schwaben supplies Erdgas, Bio-Erdgas, Strom, Bio-Strom and Wärme across six locations, the sustainability agenda likely includes the company's own decarbonisation pathway and the shifting mix of its energy products. The role would also involve watching regulatory developments in the sustainability and environmental field and deriving requirements for internal processes, which in the German energy context means keeping pace with disclosure and climate-related rules. On the social and governance side, the posting emphasises communicating sustainability as part of company culture across the group, and the company states a commitment to Klimaschutz and to the global climate goals. Stakeholder engagement, internally and with auditors, is therefore as much a part of the focus as technical environmental data.

One likely challenge is breadth. The role covers strategy development, EMAS management, GHG accounting, reporting and regulatory monitoring, so the person must switch between operational environmental management and strategic thinking. In a mid-sized company with around 400 colleagues, support functions may be lean, and much of the coordination could rest on one person. Another challenge is data. Sustainability reporting and the Treibhausgasbilanz depend on reliable figures from many parts of the business, including procurement, operations and finance. Persuading colleagues to supply timely, accurate data, and to understand why it matters, is often the slowest part of the job. The posting's emphasis on communicating sustainability into the group as part of company culture suggests this is recognised as a real task. Finally, the energy sector is heavily regulated and is undergoing a transition away from fossil fuels. energie schwaben supplies Erdgas and Bio-Erdgas alongside Strom and Wärme, so the sustainability agenda sits alongside an existing gas business. Navigating that tension, and translating regulatory change into workable processes, is likely to require patience and careful stakeholder management.

A typical day would likely mix data work, coordination and internal communication. Part of the time goes to the environmental management system: updating the Umweltprogramm, preparing documentation for EMAS audits, or following up on actions from a previous review. Reporting work would involve chasing figures for the GHG balance or the sustainability report and checking them for consistency. Regular interactions are a strong feature. This could mean meetings with colleagues in strategy and business development, conversations with site or department staff who supply data, and alignment with management on targets and priorities. There would also be time set aside for tracking regulatory developments and working out what they mean for internal processes, which can shift the agenda week to week. Variability comes from the reporting and audit calendar: periods before an audit or a reporting deadline would be more intense and detail-focused, while quieter phases allow more work on strategy development, measurable targets and communicating sustainability across the group. The role is unlikely to be a solitary desk job; much of it depends on other people's input.

This role sits within Konzernstrategie und Geschäftsentwicklung, which places it close to decision-making rather than in a purely administrative function. That position could offer visibility across the group and a path toward leading sustainability or strategy at a larger scope over time. Because the responsibilities span strategy, EMAS environmental management, reporting and regulation, the role is broad enough to build a generalist ESG profile that is portable. Growth may also come from depth: taking ownership of the Treibhausgasbilanz and sustainability reporting can lead to specialist credibility in carbon accounting and disclosure, which is in demand across sectors. Similarly, running EMAS audits and the Umweltprogramm builds audit and compliance experience. On the other hand, energie schwaben is a mid-sized regional employer, so the number of formal senior sustainability roles above this one may be limited in the short term. Lateral moves into business development, regulation, or broader strategy could be realistic, and the exposure to a regulated energy business is useful if you later want to move to a larger utility or consultancy.

Internally, the role sits in the area of Konzernstrategie und Geschäftsentwicklung, so the closest working relationships are likely with strategy and business development colleagues and with management who set the sustainability targets. Since reporting and the GHG balance require data from across the business, regular contact with operations, procurement, finance and site-level staff at the six locations is probable. External stakeholders include auditors for the EMAS system, potentially certification bodies, and parties involved in sustainability reporting and regulatory matters. There may also be contact with industry associations or regulatory bodies when tracking developments in the sustainability and environmental field, and with consultants if external support is used. The posting explicitly mentions moderating the requirements of different stakeholders to reach a shared technical position, which suggests that internal alignment is a significant part of the job. Expect to work with people who are not sustainability specialists and to translate requirements into language they can act on.