Global Procurement, Real Estate Sustainability Senior Manager

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The CoRe Procurement Real Estate, Sustainability Leader will play a critical role within the CoRe Procurement Sustainability Leadership team to embed sustainability concepts into real estate strategy, governance, and major real estate projects across our global 3M square meter portfolio. They will have oversight of a team representative of specific regions: Americas, Asia Pacific and EMEA. Their focus will be on ensuring sustainability is factored into the full building lifecycle across the global estate: site selection and leasing decisions, the design/construction of office fit-outs, effective handover to our operational teams, and operations in live sites.

The Real Estate Sustainability Leader will focus on improving governance and accountability around our sustainable real estate program for Deloitte to achieve its 2040 WorldClimate net-zero targets with respect to its leased real estate portfolio. The Leader will ensure the internal ‘Better Buildings toolkit’, developed to provide practical guidance and tools to support Deloitte’s sustainability goals, evolves and continues to drive good practice; they will work with real estate teams to assess regional portfolios and identify strategic opportunities for Deloitte to occupy sustainable buildings, and take responsibility for sharing knowledge and successes across our network. The post will report to the CoRe Procurement Real Estate Category Director.

• Manage existing processes to track the successful implementation of Better Buildings processes within projects and report on the maturity of sustainable real estate practices across the global portfolio
• Liaise with the Deloitte Global Purpose and Sustainability team to track and report on the environmental impact of the global portfolio, feeding into our public disclosures
• Oversee the regular review and update of the Better Buildings toolkit, ensuring it continues to represent industry best practice
• Act as the point of contact across the Deloitte network for all sustainable real estate-related queries
• Develop a method and tools to enable local teams to quantify the embodied carbon emissions associated with their refurbishments; support their use; and track performance improvement
• Stay aware of leading practices within the real estate industry, e.g. net zero carbon construction; zero waste construction; sustainable, ethical/local sourcing of materials; intelligent buildings; well-being design etc., and factor into the Better Buildings toolkit updates as appropriate
• Hold annual workshops with the Deloitte network, and local Sustainability leads and Real Estate teams to gather user feedback and use this, and their knowledge, to support the Better Buildings toolkit so it remains a leading practice
• Work with internal stakeholders to create a process to flag major lease events to responsible parties well in advance, to ensure sustainability is a key consideration when a project begins
• Support the team in the use of the bespoke ‘energy model’ to regularly review the sustainability performance of our global real estate portfolio, and identify priorities for sustainable fit-outs and energy efficiency works
• Support COE Procurement in including sustainability standards into their Real Estate master category strategy, e.g., WELL/BREEAM/LEED compliant furniture standards, sustainability clauses in Total Facilities Management (TFM) and Catering contracts, minimum BREEAM/LEED standards in framework agreements, etc.
• Support the DTTL WorldClimate ESG lead to ensure we are collecting all real estate data required for our external reporting including but not limited to, our global EP100 and CDP commitments
• Work with CoRe Knowledge Services to ensure all real estate teams across the global portfolio are well-versed in our Better Buildings process and can articulate the business case for delivering sustainable real estate, i.e., brand value, alignment with WorldClimate and whole-life savings from investment in operational efficiencies; and are aware of good practice examples from across our network
• Support DTTL and COE leaders to advocate the long-term value of occupying net zero carbon buildings and build their, and the Sustainability Executive’s external status as climate leaders
• Lead the Buildings sub-committee of the internal Net-Zero Task Force, driving forward Global policy and commitments as part of the emerging Net-Zero Transition Plan. Ensure the plan provides a robust framework for delivering Net Zero offices
• Seek out and manage relationships with external bodies to build knowledge and eminence, and ensure the Deloitte approach remains best in class

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Qualifications

• Proven experience in either a sustainability consultancy, design role or in-house delivering sustainable real estate projects
• Direct experience in applying LEED/ BREEAM/ WELL and/or other equivalent rating tools
• Direct experience in undertaking embodied carbon analysis for new constructions or refurbishment projects
• Experience of project managing complex projects within the built environment from design to handover.
• Degree in relevant sustainability, architectural, or engineering subject
• A fair understanding of sustainability best practices, including green leases; LCA; embodied carbon assessments; operational energy use; circular economy principles; biophilic design, etc.

Other Qualifications

• Experience in monitoring buildings in operation LEED/ BREEAM/ WELL/ and/or other equivalent certified assessors
• Membership in relevant institution (ideally chartered), e.g., IEMA; RIBA; RICS

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