Consultant Global Sustainability Integration & Implementation Team

Are you passionate about making sustainability part of everyday business decisions? At ING, we believe banking can and should make a positive impact on people and the planet. We are looking for a Consultant to join our Integration & Implementation (I&I) team within Group Sustainability.

In this role, you will help integrate ING’s three key sustainability priorities: climate, nature, and human rights; into our businesses and key functions, with a primary focus on data, tooling, and systems. You will also support the proper integration of sustainability to meet our commitments and regulatory disclosure requirements.

Your work will help bring ING’s sustainability strategy to life in day-to-day decision-making and strategic priorities. You will collaborate with a wide range of internal stakeholders, including front office, risk, finance, IT, operations, compliance, and legal.

If this sounds like you, read on!

Our Purpose

There is no denying that one of the biggest challenges for society is sustainability, in all its forms. Climate change threatens both the planet and its people. People may struggle with inequality or a lack of basic human rights. As the challenges increase, there’s a growing sense of urgency that governments and businesses should step in and help tackle them. The world is changing, and banking needs to change with it.

ING aims to put sustainability at the heart of what we do, defining new ways of doing business where planet and people are just as important as economic growth. It’s about making progress together, step by step. As a global bank with billions flowing through our books, we have an opportunity to make an impact for the better. Doing so by bringing aspects of climate, nature and protecting human rights into our dialogue with clients and financing decisions.

ING wants to be a pioneer in defining new ways to do business. We want to be a banking leader in building a sustainable future for our company, our customers, society and the environment.

The Team

You will be part of Group Sustainability, a global department reporting directly to the CEO. Our team oversees the Sustainability Direction of ING Group. We are committed to set the standard for ING’s sustainability performance and raise the bar for our peers, the sectors we’re active in and other stakeholders. The team consists of 36 professionals with diverse backgrounds, nationalities, and expertise. We are organized into three sub-teams: Expertise, Integration & Implementation, and Stakeholder Engagement. Together, we work on embedding sustainability across all business lines and functions, collaborating with colleagues worldwide and engaging with external stakeholders to create a ripple effect of positive impact. We value collaboration, curiosity, and a proactive mindset.

Roles and Responsibilities

As a Consultant in the Integration & Implementation team, you will:

• Lead strategic, tactical and ad-hoc change projects/ deliverables/workstreams in data and tooling area and set clear business requirements related to implementation of ESG topics and share with relevant stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Facilitate with key stakeholders to bring structure to the use of various tooling to integrate sustainability in core business processes, systems, and reporting.
• Drive the creation of the right tools which are dynamic and can inform business to steer towards our sustainability ambitions.
• Drive multiple automation projects relating to sustainability and regulatory reporting programs (Pillar 3 and CSRD).
• Drive the enhancements on ESG data governance including risk and controls.
• Respond to queries and escalations from key stakeholders on systems architecture, design, and solutions.
• Build effective working relationships and recognition with stakeholders that foster a proactive and consultative partnership.
• Bring structure into a rapid changing and complex stakeholder relationship working environment, and actively take actions when progress is delayed.
• Understand and connect the dots between various initiatives and workstreams to assess how sustainability can be prioritized where necessary and flag this accordingly.