Job Description

This vacancy was originally published on the 24th of June.

As Global Sustainability Integration & Implementation (I&I) Consultant you will support the integration and implementation of ING’s Global Sustainability team’s three key topics- climate, nature and social in ING’s businesses and key functions across all three business lines – Wholesale Banking, Business Banking and Retail Banking. As a key member of the team, you will provide support to ensure that ING’s sustainability strategy comes to life in its everyday decision making and strategic priorities. Your priority stakeholders are primarily internal (e.g. Business Banking ESG teams, Sustainable Solutions Group in WB, front office, Finance, Communications, ESG Risk, Legal). Integration and implementation require persistence, a can-do attitude, excellent stakeholder management skills with the gravitas to draw others to join us and make sustainability their own.

Does this sound like you? Then read on to know more.

Our Purpose

There is no denying that one of the biggest challenges for society is sustainability, in all its forms. Climate change threatens both the planet and its people. People may struggle with inequality or a lack of basic human rights. As the challenges increase, there’s a growing sense of urgency that governments and businesses should step in and help tackle them. The world is changing, and banking needs to change with it.
ING aims to put sustainability at the heart of what we do, defining new ways of doing business where planet and people are just as important as economic growth. It’s about making progress together, step by step. As a global bank with billions flowing through our books, we have an opportunity to make an impact for the better. Doing so by bringing aspects of climate, nature and social into our dialogue with clients and financing decisions.

ING wants to be a pioneer in defining new ways to do business. We want to be a banking leader in building a sustainable future for our company, our customers, society and the environment.

The Group Sustainability Department

Our Group Sustainability Department reports directly to the CEO, and oversees the Sustainability Direction of ING Group globally, including strategies to support the sustainability journeys of our customers, our community, and our colleagues.

The team is committed to setting the standard for ING’s sustainability performance, and raising the bar for our peers, the sectors we’re active in and other stakeholders. We collaborate with all ING business lines, domains and countries. We encourage and help educate our colleagues and actively engage with external stakeholders to create a ripple effect on sustainability impact. ING has been recognised as one of the most sustainable banks in the world for our contributions to progressing action on key global challenges.

We are team of 36 people with diverse perspectives stemming from various nationalities, work experience, education and age. The team is organised around 3 sub teams: Expertise, Integration & Implementation, and Stakeholders Engagement, and includes topic (Climate, Nature, Human Rights) or area leads (WB, BB, RB, Finance & COO) as well as a pool of flexible consultants.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Support and or/lead delivery of key workstreams within the Sustainability Integration & Implementation team, identifying dependencies, risks, and improvement opportunities

• Connect initiatives across teams to prioritise sustainability and ensure alignment with Group strategy

• Strengthen collaboration with Group Retail and WB/RB markets, supporting cross-market coordination and alignment

• Support analysis and benchmarking across markets to improve transparency and comparability

• Prepare presentation materials, track actions, and ensure timely follow-up on decisions and stakeholder requests

• Contribute to internal and external working groups and industry coalitions, supporting ING’s external engagement

• Continuously build expertise on sustainability topics relevant to financial institutions and ING’s sectors/regions

• Support the preparation of clear, well-structured responses to internal and external stakeholders

How to succeed

• Master’s degree (e.g. Environmental/Climate Science, Sustainability, Finance, Strategy, Business)

• >5 years of relevant working experience (preferably with financial institutions, large corporate organisation or relevant consultancy)

• Work experience within one of the key business lines of ING (WB/RB/BB) or similar functions in other organizations is key;

• Expertise on one of the relevant sustainability themes and/or implementation & integration tracks

• Project management skills – ability to deliver within strict deadlines and report on progress

• Ability to work on multiple projects at the same time, juggle competing deadlines and deliver high-quality results

• Demonstrated ability to be a team player who can collaborate well with complex and diverse stakeholders with varying interests

• A self-starter who can prioritize and take action without too much hand-holding and help the team do the same

• Willingness to work in the chaos of the unknown and new, with the ability to reflect and improve by learning and doing

• An ability to present complex and technical topics/issues in a simple and clear way to others who do not have that expertise within and outside the team

• Having a strong internal ING network and understanding of the organization and its “movers and shakers” is a plus

• Fluent in spoken and written English

Rewards and benefits
We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. Find out more about our employment conditions.

The benefits of working with us at ING include:

• 25-28 vacation days depending on contract

• Pension scheme

• 13th month salary

• 8% Holiday payment

• Hybrid working

• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities

• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

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