Roadmaps to Nature Positive Manager

About WBCSD

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a global, CEO-led organization of over 200 leading businesses working together to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world. Our team helps make our member companies more successful and sustainable by focusing on the maximum positive impact for societies, the environment and shareholders.

Our member companies come from all business sectors and all major economies, representing combined revenues of more than USD $8.5 trillion and 19 million employees. Through our global core organization as well as our network of 50+ national business councils we provide unparalleled reach across the globe. For over 25 years, WBCSD has been uniquely positioned to work with member companies along and across value chains to deliver impactful business solutions to the most challenging sustainability issues related to climate, nature, and equity.

Together, we are the leading voice of business for sustainability: with a vision of a world where more than nine billion people are all living well and within the boundaries of our planet, by 2050.

About WBCSD’s Nature Action Imperative

Nature is a vital ingredient in ensuring healthy people, healthy business and a healthy planet. Yet it faces challenges such as mass extinction rates and pressure on land, water, oceans, climate and biodiversity to feed and house 9 billion people by 2050. WBCSD’s Nature Action program supports companies in developing credible nature strategies and including nature in corporate decision making so that by 2030, we see an acceleration of individual and collective corporate action, and increased resource allocation to solutions that halt and reverse nature loss, in line with the Biodiversity Plan.

In 2023 WBCSD launched a series of Roadmaps to Nature Positive to cut through the complexity of the nature agenda, and support companies in taking credible, impactful action on nature. These sector Roadmaps engage companies operating in the same sector (e.g., forestry, agriculture, built environment, energy, chemicals, pharma etc.) in a collaborative process with industry peers and other key stakeholders, to build a common understanding of the most material nature-related impacts and dependencies for the sector, as well as the priority actions to halt and reverse nature loss along the value chain. These actions are tied to relevant metrics and targets to help companies measure and disclosure their nature-related impacts.

Job Overview

WBCSD has entered an agreement with GSK to lead the development of a Roadmap to Nature Positive for the Biotech and Pharmaceuticals (‘Pharma’) sector over a period of 24 months from 2024 to 2026, working with a coalition of leading companies in the sector.

The primary role of the ‘Manager, Roadmaps to Nature Positive’ is to drive the development of the Pharma Roadmap to Nature Positive, convening a coalition of about 10 leading businesses in the sector. Together they will build a shared understanding of the sector’s key impacts and dependencies on nature, as well as the actions to prioritize to halt and reverse nature loss, and collectively contribute to driving the global transition towards Nature Positive.

The Manager will also have the responsibility to coordinate the process and deliverables of other Roadmaps to Nature Positive currently under development or in scoping by relevant sector groups within the WBCSD by guiding them through the same blueprint.

The Manager will sit in WBCSD’s Nature Action team, report to the Director Nature Action, and work collectively with WBCSD colleagues driving sector Roadmaps to Nature Positive.

Responsibilities and duties

Lead the delivery of the Pharma Roadmap to Nature Positive

• Lead a coalition of approx.10 global business in the Pharma sector (funded by GSK) through a 24-months process to deliver 1) a shared understanding of key nature-related impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities for the sector; 2) A reference list of core and sector-level metrics/indicators for the sector; 3) Illustrative case studies of application along the value chain. These deliverables will be developed in collaboration with an external consultant.
• Engage relevant industry stakeholders and NGOs in a consultative process.

Coordinate WBCSD sector Roadmaps to Nature Positive 

• Ensure overall coordination and cohesion of the different sector Roadmaps to Nature Positive under development at the WBCSD, by acting as a focal point.
• Support the scoping of new sector Roadmaps at WBCSD (e.g., mobility, chemicals).

Contribute to the success of WBCSD’s Nature Action Imperative

• Contribute to WBCSD’s positioning as a leading global platform supporting companies in the delivery of nature-positive strategies.
• Represent WBCSD within the broader business community and other stakeholder groups.
• Collaborate with WBCSD member companies, Global Network partners and other business associations and organizations in outreach activities.