Senior Climate Lead - ECCO HQ, Tønder

Do you want to lead ECCO’s climate agenda and help shape how we reduce emissions across our global value chain? As our new Senior Climate Lead, you will be responsible for developing and driving ECCO’s climate strategy, turning data, insights and collaboration into meaningful climate action.

In this role, you will work across sustainability, operations, finance, data teams and external partners to ensure that ECCO meets regulatory requirements, strengthens its carbon accounting and identifies the right initiatives to reduce our environmental impact. You will be the anchor point for climate strategy, climate reporting and climate risk assessment.

You steer ECCO’s transition toward a low‑carbon future
You will be responsible for leading ECCO’s climate direction and ensuring a solid, data-driven foundation for our climate ambitions. This includes:

• Developing ECCO’s climate strategy, setting targets and establishing clear metrics and milestones.
• Identifying and driving emissions reduction opportunities in collaboration with internal functions.
• Ensuring high-quality carbon accounting, including data collection, methodologies and readiness for assurance.
• Preparing climate related disclosures aligned with international frameworks such as CSRD, TCFD and SBTi.Conducting climate risk assessments and recommending adaptation measures.
• Representing ECCO in relevant climate forums and managing key external partnerships.

The role includes international travel of approximately thirty days per year.

You combine analytical strength with climate insight
We imagine you bring:

• A university degree in environmental science, energy or sustainability.
• Four to six years of experience within environmental or sustainability work.
• Hands-on experience with carbon accounting and recognised reporting frameworks.
• Strong analytical and data skills, including advanced spreadsheet capabilities.
• Experience managing projects and coordinating work across multiple stakeholders.

You communicate effectively and collaborate seamlessly across cultures and functions, bringing a proactive and structured mindset that enables you to drive initiatives such as baselining, SBTi target setting, data governance, climate-related regulatory policies such as CSRD and TCFD independently.

It is an advantage if you have experience with greenhouse gas inventory re‑baselining, SBTi target setting, data governance, climate‑related regulatory policies such as CSRD and TCFD.

Join a working environment that supports trust, autonomy and work-life balance
You will join ECCO Sustainable Solutions and work closely with the Head of Sustainable Solutions, the ESG team and cross-functional partners across the organisation. The work location for this position is in Tønder, DK.

This role is an opportunity to make a concrete impact on ECCO’s climate journey while contributing to a global, collaborative and improvement-driven sustainability culture.

Are you ready to create real impact on ECCO’s climate journey?
We review applications on an ongoing basis, so please apply as soon as possible.

For questions about the role, you are welcome to reach out to Ilona Coremans, Head of Sustainable Solutions, on ic@ecco.com.