Chief Sustainability Officers
Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), Sustainability Director, Sustainability Manager, Sustainable Design Director
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Bioenvironmental Engineer; Bioenvironmental Engineer, Environmental Engineering and Science; Bioenvironmental Engineer, General; Bioenvironmental Engineer, Health Physics; Bioenvironmental Engineer, Industrial Hygiene; Bioenvironmental Engineer, Medical Physics; Bioenvironmental Engineer, Radiation; Public Health Officer; Public Health Officer, Medical Entomologist
Environmental Science and Engineering
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Aviation Safety Officer; Environmental Engineering Management Officer; Ground Safety Officer; Ground Safety Specialist
Aviation Safety Officer; Disaster Preparedness Officer; Environmental Health Officer; Industrial Hygiene Officer; Safety Engineer
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What they do:
Communicate and coordinate with management, shareholders, customers, and employees to address sustainability issues. Enact or oversee a corporate sustainability strategy.
On the job, you would:
- Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of sustainability programs.
- Develop or execute strategies to address issues such as energy use, resource conservation, recycling, pollution reduction, waste elimination, transportation, education, and building design.
- Develop, or oversee the development of, sustainability evaluation or monitoring systems.
Knowledge
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Business
- management
- customer service
Safety and Government
- law and government
Communications
- multimedia
Skills
Basic Skills
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- writing things for co-workers or customers
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
- measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it
Abilities
Verbal
- communicate by writing
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- come up with lots of ideas
- create new and original ideas
Personality
People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Leadership
- Initiative
- Cooperation
- Persistence
- Integrity
- Analytical Thinking
Technology
You might use software like this on the job:
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- SAP software
Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Microsoft Outlook
Education
Education: (rated 5 of 5)
master's degree or
bachelor's degree
usually needed
bachelor's degree
usually needed
Job Outlook
Bright
New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
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