Sustainability Consultant

Companies rely on sustainability consultants for expert guidance on how to lower their carbon footprint, develop environmentally friendly products, and comply with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building standards. Many of these professionals have a background in engineering or sciences, such as biology, chemistry or earth sciences.

Most sustainability consultants work either on a team in an environmental consulting firm or alone as independent consultants.

Firms, non-profit organizations, and government agencies – with the support of sustainability consultants – can develop sustainable business practices to minimize their environmental footprint and increase profits and efficiency.

Change doesn’t happen overnight and, as a sustainability consultant, you are aware of that. In your work, you endeavour to help clients improve organizational environmental performance in the long run. This provides opportunities for in-depth research into effective solutions.

You have a strong interest in environmental stewardship and, at the same time, you are an analytical thinker and problem solver. Your skills and expertise enable you to guide clients towards a more sustainable future.

Sustainability benefits organizations in multiple ways. From an environmental perspective, your work helps organizations reduce the environmental impact of their activities.

From an economic perspective, your work may allow organizations to reduce costs by finding ways to use resources (human capital, physical capital and/or financial capital) more efficiently.

Lastly, from a social perspective, knowledge of sustainable practices helps ensure that companies are aware of how their business practices affect their employees, customers, and local communities.