Sustainability Account Manager

CompanyAcre

LocationLondon, England, United Kingdom

Posted At1/15/2026

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Environment professionals

Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled

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£41,700 (£21.38 per hour)

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Description

Acre is excited to be partnering with Zero Carbon Company to identify an ambitious Sustainability Account Manager to join their growing team.

Zero Carbon Company supports food, drink, and leisure businesses to reach net zero through software, data, and consultancy. They work with leading brands to deliver tools, insight, and collaborative initiatives that reduce carbon emissions while delivering commercial value.

This is delivered through two parts of the business. The Zero Carbon Forum is a not-for-profit collaboration for hospitality operators, sharing best practice, benchmark reporting, joint initiatives, and monthly working groups. Members include McDonald's, KFC, Burger King, Wetherspoons, and Wagamama's, with strong relationships at the CEO and Board level.

Zero Carbon Services provides software and data to help businesses measure their carbon footprint, reduce emissions, and manage legal and reporting requirements.

The Role

This is a client-facing role acting as a trusted sustainability advisor to hospitality brands. You'll support clients to define and deliver their net zero plans, connecting them to Zero Carbon Company's products, services, and forum collaboration.

You'll be seen as a sustainability expert within your accounts, balancing client retention, commercial growth, and high-quality delivery, while working closely with internal teams.

Responsibilities

Account Management

Build trusted relationships across owned accounts, engaging Board leads and teams across Sustainability, Property, Food, Procurement, Finance, and Marketing
Advise clients on prioritising net zero actions that deliver cost savings, resilience, and brand enhancement
Provide support on transition planning, functional alignment, and regulatory compliance, including CSRD, UK SRS, and IFRS S2
Translate technical sustainability topics into commercially focused language for senior stakeholders
Track progress against net zero priorities and manage renewals, further product/service offering, and cross-selling
Build practical business cases for climate action and broker best practice sharing between members in the forum

Business Development & Delivery

Create account plans and lead opportunities to further product/service offering within owned accounts

Manage your pipeline through HubSpot, keeping proposals and contracts up to date

Work with internal delivery teams to manage and present services such as Carbon Footprinting

Partner with Marketing on account-based campaigns and client case studies

Act as the voice of the client internally, sharing insight on emerging needs

Desired skills

Experience in sustainability consultancy, advisory, or member services roles, ideally within hospitality or a related sector
Experience engaging organisations at different stages of net zero maturity
Knowledge of services, including Carbon Footprinting, LCAs, PCFs, Transition Plans, and carbon reduction pathways
Strong commercial mindset with experience building ROI-led business cases
Familiarity with climate-related regulations, including CSRD and IFRS S2

Desired Systems experience (not essential): Hubspot, LinkedIn, Excel/PowerPoint

If you're interested or want a confidential chat, drop me a message. Happy to share more about the team, culture, and what success looks like in the role, jesse.harford@acre.com.