Director, Esg

This is a Full Time Job

At Warner Music Group, we're a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we know that each talent makes our collective bolder and brighter. We are guided by four core principles that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:
• Music is Everything: Music is our passion, and we can never get enough. Tastes, trends, and tech will change, but great artists and songwriters will always be our driving force.
• Global Growth, Local Expertise: Music is a global language. Through communication and collaboration, our success can come from anywhere and translate everywhere.
• Innovation and Insight: Pushing the boundaries requires the best information and the boldest imagination. We use both to create the future.
• Empowered by People: Like the artists we serve and the music they make, our differences make us stronger. This is a place where every talent can belong and build a career. Director - Environmental, Social, GovernanceA little bit about our team:Environmental Social Governance (ESG) is a new function at Warner Music Group (WMG) that collaborates across many divisions and partners with the ESG Executive Oversight Committee to establish new practices and embed ESG considerations into organizational culture and operations. The Director, ESG will play an essential role in developing this new global platform, particularly with respect to our environmental and climate strategy.Your role:You will lead numerous global ESG initiatives from a strategic and executionary standpoint while helping shape how ESG is embedded within company culture and operations. With respect to environmental sustainability, responsibilities will include overseeing the annual greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint inventory, managing data collection and reporting, developing a Science-based Target proposal and roadmap, and working across the industry to create standards for GHG Scope 3 emissions measurement and target setting.Additionally, this work includes building an environmental program that enables our labels, divisions, artists and songwriters to reduce our negative impacts on the environment and use our influential platforms to drive more positive impacts.The Director will work closely with the VP, ESG and with many internal partners to create and execute environmental and other priority ESG initiatives. Collaboration with WMG Corporate functions like Finance, Communications, Legal, Compliance, Sourcing, People, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, as well as our Recorded Music and Warner Chappell divisions, will be key to success.You will also partner with the VP, ESG on the global ESG strategy development and roll-out, as well priority projects related to responsible sourcing, stakeholder engagement, and investor-focused ratings and rankings.Here you'll get to:
• Build out and oversee WMG's global environmental sustainability platform for direct operations and across the value chain
• *Develop a Science-based GHG target with a corresponding roadmap and KPIs
• * Partner with the physical audio and merchandise sourcing teams to drive and validate sustainable product and packaging initiatives, including leveraging external partnerships, and other industries' tools and resources where possible
• * Collaborate with the Global Workplace Experience and Facilities Team to incorporate more sustainable thinking into office management
• * Interface with external partners and industry working groups to identify solutions and scale our positive impact
• Drive standards and best practices for GHG measurement and reduction within the industry
• Develop and lead new data management processes for GHG footprint measurement in partnership with the Data, Global Technology and Transformation teams
• Educate and engage various internal business partners on environmental sustainability – and what they can do in their roles to reduce negativ