Sustainability Lead

As our Sustainability Lead, you'll be our carbon specialist, leading our carbon programme and helping turn our environmental ambitions into meaningful action.

You’ll lead our carbon reduction programme across Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, translating our commitments into clear plans, targets and practical actions that can make a real difference.

A big part of your role will be bringing together carbon, operational, supplier and product data to understand our emissions profile, where our biggest opportunities are and where we need to focus next.

You’ll monitor and drive progress towards our net zero ambitions, supporting carbon reporting, climate disclosures and wider sustainability requirements.

Collaboration will be key. You’ll partner with teams across Argos to identify and deliver opportunities to reduce emissions and embed decarbonisation into the way we work and make decisions.

You’ll help shape the policies, standards and guidance that underpin our approach to carbon, keeping an eye on emerging climate and carbon requirements and making sure risks and opportunities are understood and acted on.

Most importantly, you’ll make carbon clear and actionable. Whether you’re sharing insights with stakeholders, supporting governance and decision-making or coordinating decarbonisation initiatives, you’ll help turn complex carbon challenges into practical steps forward.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone who combines strong carbon expertise with the confidence to bring people with them.

Essential criteria:

• A professional qualification or equivalent experience in Sustainability, Environmental Management, Geography, Environmental Science, Carbon Management or a related discipline.
• Experience delivering carbon reduction, carbon accounting or decarbonisation programmes within a complex organisation, supply chain or product-led business.
• Strong knowledge of carbon accounting principles, including Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, climate disclosure requirements, science-based targets and supplier emissions data.
• Strong project and programme management skills, with experience coordinating multiple priorities, workstreams and stakeholders.
• The ability to analyse, interpret and communicate carbon and emissions data, including operational, product and supplier data, to identify emissions hotspots, risks, reduction opportunities and track performance.
• Experience developing or supporting carbon or climate-related policies, standards, guidance or business processes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence teams, suppliers and external partners.
• Experience identifying and managing carbon, climate or decarbonisation risks and opportunities using sound judgement and established governance processes.

Benefits

• Colleague discount: save 10% on your shopping online and in-store at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat.
• Pensions scheme and life cover.
• Performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary.
• Annual holiday allowance and the option to buy up to an additional week's holiday.
• Season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance, and access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.