You will be part of ING’s Global Sustainability Integration and Implementation team and contribute to the of our three key topics- climate, nature and human rights in ING’s wholesale and retail banking businesses and key functions like finance and operations. You will play a key role in diverse workstreams to ensure that ING’s sustainability strategy comes to life in its everyday decision making and strategic priorities. Additionally, you will help to ensure that we are properly integrating sustainability in relevant functions to meeting our commitments and a.o. regulatory disclosure requirements. Your priority stakeholders are internal (teams like front office, risk, finance, communications, IT, operations, compliance, legal). Your external stakeholders can be diverse, from clients, to sustainability experts, peers, investors and regulators. Integration and implementation require persistence and a can-do attitude with the gravitas to draw others to join us and make sustainability their own.

Does this sound like you? Then read on to know more.

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
Our Global Sustainability Department, reports directly to the CEO, and oversees the Sustainability Direction of ING Group globally, including strategies to support the sustainability journeys of our customers, our community, and our colleagues. Our team of sustainability consultants integrate sustainability within our banking operations worldwide, across both Retail and Wholesale Banking markets, and cover advice and programme management across the full range of ESG objectives. ING has been recognised as one of the most sustainable banks in the world for our contributions to progressing action on key global challenges such as climate change and the impacts of technology on society.

The team is committed to setting the standard for ING’s sustainability performance, and raising the bar for our peers, the sectors we’re active in and other stakeholders. We collaborate with all ING business lines, domains and countries. We encourage and help educate our colleagues and actively engage with external stakeholders to create a ripple effect on sustainability impact.

We are team of 30 people with diverse perspectives stemming from a.o. nationalities, gender, work experience, education and age.

Role and Responsibilities

• Contribute to deliverables/workstreams in the implementation/integration team
• Prepare documentation, support meeting reporting requirements, prepare key control frameworks
• Prepare responses to ad-hoc requests from stakeholders (e.g. risk, finance, management, auditors)
• Build effective working relationships and recognition with stakeholders that foster a proactive and consultative partnership
• Contribute actively in strategic, tactical and ad-hoc change projects to set clear requirements on data definitions and implementation
• Develop the understanding on how to connect the dots between various initiatives and workstreams to assess how sustainability can be prioritized where necessary and implemented optimally
• Support stakeholders and others to be upskilled and make sustainability part of their Ba U and actively focus on “what is next”
• Manage dependencies, impediments for programme deliverables and keep stakeholders up to date on progress through steercos and other engagements.
• Contribute to internal and external working groups where ING works together with other organisations to create coalitions for action
• Support the shaping and influencing of (upcoming) standards and regulation (e.g. deliver input for consultations and/or share views on impacts thereof internally).
• Represent ING internally and externally for relevant themes and/or activities.

How to succeed

• Master’s degree (e.g. Environmental/Climate Science, Sustainability, Finance, Strategy, Business)
• >2 years of relevant working experience (preferably with financial institutions, large corporate organisation or relevant consultancy)
• Demonstrate experience and high level of skills to deal with data and data analysis with an eye for detail
• Ability and drive to deep dive into complex data and simplify it through analytics, tools etc to make the data insightful and useable to meet our objectives
• Project management skills – ability to work within strict deadlines and report on progress
• Ability to work on multiple projects/topics at the same time and deliver high-quality results
• Understand how sustainability topics are relevant for FIs and more specific ING’s sectors/regions.
• Ability to help prepare for in depth answers to internal -(incl. to MBB members) and external stakeholders (incl to supervisors)
• Demonstrated ability to be a team player who can collaborate well with complex and diverse stakeholders with varying interests
• A self-starter who can prioritize and take action without too much hand-holding and help the team do the same
• Willingness to work in the chaos of the unknown and new, with the ability to reflect and improve by learning and doing
• An ability to present complex and technical topics/issues in a simple and clear way to others who do not have that expertise within and outside the team
• Having a strong internal ING network and understanding of the organization and its “movers and shakers” is a plus
• Fluent in English spoken and written

Rewards & benefits
We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. You can find out more about our employment conditions at https://www.ing.jobs/netherlands/Why-ING/benefits.htm
The benefits of working with us at ING include:

• A salary tailored to your qualities and experience
• Work location is Amsterdam (Cedar), the Netherlands with partial remote working
• 24-27 vacation days depending on contract
• Pension scheme
• 13th month salary
• Individual Savings Contribution (BIS), 3.5% of your gross annual salary
• 8% Holiday payment
• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities
• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues
• Work Agile, so new ideas come to life faster

About us
With 60,000 employees and operations in approximately 40 countries, there is no shortage of opportunities for people with initiative who want to help people take a step ahead in life and in business. Do you want to work at the cutting edge of what’s possible and at the same time ensure you work with integrity and hold the customer’s interests at heart? Do you want to be surrounded by progressive, inspiring, diverse and supportive colleagues? Then there is no better place to invest your talents than at ING. Join us. Apply today!