Sustainability

CSR specialist CV: example and template

This example is for CSR, ESG and sustainability specialists at large companies, banks, energy firms and retailers, and for communications and environmental specialists who want to move into this work.

The employer wants to know which programmes you run, how you prepare reporting, how you calculate environmental and social indicators and how you work with the company's departments. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: CSR specialist

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Hanna Ostrowska

CSR and ESG specialist

Katowice +48 123 456 789 hanna.ostrowska@example.com

Professional profile

CSR and ESG specialist with 6 years of experience, the last 3 at an energy company. I coordinate the sustainability report, collect data from 14 departments, calculate the carbon footprint with an adviser and run the employee volunteering programme. For the first time the report passed the auditor's assurance with no qualifications, and 900 employees a year take part in volunteering.

Work experience

CSR and ESG specialist

02.2022 - present

Energy company, Katowice

  • Coordinating the sustainability report and collecting data from 14 departments.
  • Materiality analysis and stakeholder dialogue.
  • The organisation's carbon footprint and reduction targets with an external adviser.
  • Assurance of the report by an auditor with no qualifications.
  • The employee volunteering programme, 900 people a year, and corporate foundation projects.

Communications specialist

06.2019 - 01.2022

Bank, Katowice

  • Communicating the bank's social programmes.
  • The social report.
  • Work with non-governmental organisations.

Education

Master's degree, management

2014 - 2019

University of Economics in Katowice

Skills

  • Sustainability reporting
  • Collecting ESG data
  • Organisational carbon footprint
  • Materiality analysis and stakeholders
  • Employee volunteering
  • Work with social organisations

Qualifications

  • Postgraduate studies in sustainability management, 2022
  • European sustainability reporting standards training, 2024
  • Carbon footprint calculation training, 2023

Languages

  • English: C1

Additional information

  • Driving licence category B

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write a CSR specialist CV

Professional summary

Write which company you work for and which areas you run: reporting, environment, social programmes. Add a result, for example report assurance or employee participation in programmes. The employer is looking for someone who will gather data from the whole company and turn it into a reliable report and actions.

Communications specialist with 3 years of experience at a bank. I communicate social programmes, prepare the social report and work with non-governmental organisations. I am looking for work as a CSR and ESG specialist.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the report, data, carbon footprint, stakeholders, programmes and work with departments. Show results in numbers. Add the standards you report under.

Weaker: Report.

Better: Coordinating the sustainability report and collecting data from 14 departments.

Weaker: Environment.

Better: The organisation's carbon footprint and reduction targets with an external adviser.

Weaker: Programmes.

Better: The employee volunteering programme, 900 people a year, and corporate foundation projects.

Skills worth listing

List reporting, data, carbon footprint, stakeholders and social programmes. In your soft skills show accuracy, persuasion and work with many departments.

Professional skills

  • ESG reporting
  • ESG data
  • Carbon footprint
  • Materiality analysis
  • Volunteering
  • Partnerships

Personal skills

  • Accuracy
  • Persuasion
  • Work across departments
  • Communication
  • Methodical approach

Qualifications

List studies and training in sustainability, reporting standards and carbon footprint calculation. The rules change quickly, so give dates.

How to start in CSR and ESG

Most people move from communications, environmental protection, finance or non-governmental organisations. On your CV show social projects and the data you work with.

Add reporting training. Companies look for people who combine knowledge of the rules with work on data.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

An energy company looks for carbon footprint and reporting, a bank for social programmes and finance, and a retail chain for the supply chain and packaging. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

The most common mistakes on a CSR specialist CV

Questions and answers

What should a CSR specialist put on a CV?

Reporting, data, carbon footprint, stakeholders, programmes, results, standards and training.

How does CSR differ from ESG?

CSR is more broadly the actions of a responsible company, and ESG means the environmental, social and governance indicators a company measures and reports.

Which results are worth giving?

A report on time, the assurance result, emission reductions and employee participation in programmes.

Does an environmental education help?

Yes, especially with the carbon footprint and environmental indicators.

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