Sustainability Reporting Manager or Lead
Working Draft version 1.1
Designs and leads the organisation's reporting approach, integrates functions and advises management and governance bodies on reporting decisions and quality.
Typical responsibilitiesSet reporting basis and architecture; allocate responsibilities; lead materiality and reporting cycle; resolve issues; oversee controls and evidence; coordinate governance approval and assurance readiness.
Representative outputsReporting strategy; governance model; materiality methodology; quality plan; management papers; final approval pack.
Role boundary
May rely on technical specialists for topic methodologies, law, complex financial effects and assurance conclusions.
Competency map
How to use this page
For recruitment, self-assessment or development planning: every row names a unit, its target level and the evidence expected. Each row has a stable anchor — link to #R2-LEAD-A.1 style IDs directly.
Units the role must perform independently — target Level 2, Practitioner.
| Unit | Competency unit | Dom | Evidence expectation |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.2 | Research and control authoritative sources | A | A case or work sample demonstrating independent performance, documented judgement and a reviewable professional output. |
| A.4 | Assess organisational facts and circumstances affecting applicability | A | A case or work sample demonstrating independent performance, documented judgement and a reviewable professional output. |
| A.7 | Analyse market and counterparty information requirements | A | A case or work sample demonstrating independent performance, documented judgement and a reviewable professional output. |
| B.4 | Apply climate and greenhouse-gas reporting literacy | B | A case or work sample demonstrating independent performance, documented judgement and a reviewable professional output. |
| B.5 | Apply nature, water, pollution, waste, resource-use and circularity reporting literacy | B | A case or work sample demonstrating independent performance, documented judgement and a reviewable professional output. |
| B.6 | Apply workforce, human rights, affected communities, consumers and wider social reporting literacy | B | A case or work sample demonstrating independent performance, documented judgement and a reviewable professional output. |
| B.7 | Apply corporate governance and business-conduct reporting literacy | B | A case or work sample demonstrating independent performance, documented judgement and a reviewable professional output. |
| E.10 | Design and operate spreadsheet, system and data-quality controls | E | A case or work sample demonstrating independent performance, documented judgement and a reviewable professional output. |
| E.4 | Design data sources, ownership and collection processes | E | A case or work sample demonstrating independent performance, documented judgement and a reviewable professional output. |
| E.5 | Consolidate, aggregate and disaggregate sustainability information | E | A case or work sample demonstrating independent performance, documented judgement and a reviewable professional output. |
| E.6 | Manage estimates, proxies, models and uncertainty | E | A case or work sample demonstrating independent performance, documented judgement and a reviewable professional output. |
| E.7 | Validate, reconcile and investigate sustainability information | E | A case or work sample demonstrating independent performance, documented judgement and a reviewable professional output. |
| E.9 | Maintain metadata, data lineage and record integrity | E | A case or work sample demonstrating independent performance, documented judgement and a reviewable professional output. |
| F.4 | Prepare controlled working papers and evidence packs | F | A case or work sample demonstrating independent performance, documented judgement and a reviewable professional output. |
| F.8 | Coordinate assurance requests, findings and adjustments | F | A case or work sample demonstrating independent performance, documented judgement and a reviewable professional output. |
| I.3 | Apply taxonomies, structured data and digital tagging | I | A case or work sample demonstrating independent performance, documented judgement and a reviewable professional output. |
| I.4 | Use AI for research, retrieval and source discovery | I | A case or work sample demonstrating independent performance, documented judgement and a reviewable professional output. |