.Sustainability Specialist (Ethics & Human Rights) - 18 months contractJob ID: 34986Job Location: Madrid, ES; Valencia, ES; Barcelona, ES; Lisbon, PTColt provides network, voice, and data centre services to thousands of businesses around the world, allowing them to focus on delivering their business goals instead of the underlying infrastructure.Short DescriptionThis is a fixed-term opportunity for 18 months.Why we need this roleThe Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) team supports and facilitates the development of a robust ESG strategy, as well as ensuring that our sustainability activities go beyond just compliance. We want to deliver an industry-leading ESG programme as well as raise awareness among all Colt employees. This role will support the business in delivering the ESG strategy and vision, particularly concerning Human Rights, Ethics, and sustainable procurement activity.What you will do- Lead and further develop additional ESG workstreams to drive forward the organisational strategy regarding human rights, ethics, conflict minerals, supply chain decarbonisation, etc.- Work with ESG Data Analyst and external consultants to develop metrics and dashboards which provide meaningful insights for all levels and functions.- Align with HR, Procurement, and other internal teams to strengthen ESG understanding and embed EU Taxonomy requirements.- Assist in the development of policies, processes, and schedules aimed at promoting and protecting human rights, promoting ethical practice, decarbonisation, ensuring compliance with industry standards, and recommending corrective actions.- Define and drive internal and external ESG communications requirements, promoting awareness of ethical standards and human rights issues through outreach and communications strategies.- Communicate with internal colleagues on alignment with SBTs, as well as CSRD and EU taxonomy requirements.- Advise and support colleagues on all sustainability matters, recommending and developing policies that drive a greater understanding of sustainability across the business.- Partner and liaise with relevant external bodies to strengthen our approach, improve supply chain data collection, and share best practices.- Stay abreast of industry changes and best practices, conducting research on ethical issues and human rights trends and translating them into meaningful business action.- Support supplier sustainability engagement ensuring alignment with ESG strategy and goals.- Scope out innovative pilot projects and/or collaborative exercises with suppliers to support Colt's implementation of CSRD/EU Taxonomy requirements.- Liaise with relevant teams to establish mechanisms for reporting and addressing ethical breaches or human rights violations within the organization and wider supply chain.- Act as the link between the ESG team and Sales colleagues to drive the ESG value proposition for customers and assist with ad hoc bid support requests