Sustainability and ESG Recruitment & Executive Search

Allen & York has been recruiting in sustainability throughout our history and more recently in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) as this discipline has grown. We’ve made it our business to be at the leading edge of sustainability recruitment in an effort to help organisations promote corporate responsibility (CSR), grow the circular economy and develop sustainable business practices in line with the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

We recruit across the corporate, consultancy and not-for-profit markets and provide our clients with unrivalled insight into talent pools globally and the network to supply best in market talent.

With the increased focus on the environment and sustainability challenges across the globe, competition for talent in this area continues to rise. That’s why we support hiring across all areas of CSR and Sustainability, including Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Socially Responsible Investment (SRI), Impact Investing and Green Finance, Environmental Management, the Sustainability Supply Chain, and Sustainability Marketing and Communications.

Whether a Director of ESG, Global Head of Sustainability or a Sustainability Consultant, we’ll find you the right person for the job.

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Executive Search

We have a global network of senior managers and executives, all across the private, public and third sector, ready to deliver purposeful leadership.

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Recruitment

Whether perm, fixed-term or contract, our tried and tested recruitment process works. Experts in search, we deliver great candidates, quicker.

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PSL Partnering

Acting as an extension of your recruitment team, we'll deliver to agreed recruitment SLAs and work with you to achieve your recruitment goals.

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Response Handling

Whether you need support for a one-off role or on-going help, you can take advantage of A&Y Connect, flexible response handling when you need it.

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  • Matt Armstrong

    Head of Strategy & Digital , British Airways Holidays

    ​Working with Allen & York, and in particular with Lester, has been a very pleasant and productive experience. Lester’s understanding of our requirements was exceptional, resulting in only CVs for applicants that met our brief being forwarded on. Working in partnership with A&Y and using dual branding on adverts also worked really well. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Allen &...

  • Liz Smith

    Talent & Development Manager , RES

    ​​We have worked with Allen & York several times over the last few years and have always found them to be professional and knowledgeable, they have also found us candidates in situations where we have been unable to fill roles via other methods.

  • Group General Counsel

    Group General Counsel , United Group

    Allen & York did a great job helping us to find a sustainability director. They sent us a number of candidates who corresponded to our requirements and had experience in our jurisdictions. They also took into account our comments to better focus the search.Kathryn led the project and we very much enjoyed working with her. Kathryn is extremely hard working,...

  • Agnieszka Lachowicz

    Senior Recruiter , DNV

    ​​Whenever I have a new challenging opening I always think first of Thomas and Allen & York. Why? Because I highly appreciate great communication coming together with the high quality of his recommendations! As a result, lately we filled together another position for Glasgow and the hiring manager is very happy with her new employee. Thank you Thomas!

  • Ecology Recruitment Manager

    Ecology Recruitment Manager , Global Multidisciplinary Consultancy

    ​​“We had a recruitment need in our Ecology Team and were struggling to find good candidates. The decision was taken to appoint one agency only and to give them free reign in the hope that this would provide more of an incentive. After some deliberation, we settled on Allen & York, due to our history of working together and an...

  • HR Manager

    HR Manager , DHL

    ​​“We had very specific competency requirement for our HSE Advisors which could not be met through local recruitment. Allen & York were provided with 5 'must have' and 5 'desirable' criteria and within 2 weeks provided CVs which were a perfect fit, and two candidates have now accepted roles.  The service provided met and exceeded expectations.”

  • Recruitment Specialist

    Recruitment Specialist , RES Group

    ​​“We have been working with Allen & York for many years and have always been impressed by their professionalism, good customer service and their ability to supply us with strong candidates for ‘hard to fill’ roles”. 

  • Recruitment Team Lead

    Recruitment Team Lead , Siemens Energy Wind Power, Tidal & Energy Services

    ​"The Allen & York team have stood out in my view as one of the suppliers that acts as a partner to myself and my team. We can call upon them as needed, to deliver a quality service for us and to work with us in partnership to achieve goals. I appreciate their willingness to tailor their approach to suit our...

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Carbon and Net Zero

Birmingham

Sustainability Manager

£35000.00 - £50000.00 per annum

Carbon and Net Zero

London

Sustainability/ESG Strategy Director

Competitive

Carbon and Net Zero

Amsterdam

Sustainability Manager

£65000.00 - £80000.00 per annum

Carbon and Net Zero

London

Sustainability Manager

£55000.00 - £65000.00 per annum

Carbon and Net Zero

Bristol

Sustainability & Carbon Manager

Up to £50000.00 per annum

Climate Change

London

Sustainability Consultant

Negotiable

Carbon and Net Zero

London

Senior/Principal Sustainable Finance Advisor

Negotiable

Carbon and Net Zero

London

Associate Director - Sustainability Consulting Finance Division

£70000 - £100000.00 per annum

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