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Nordic Sustainability is a future-facing strategy consultancy helping the leaders of tomorrow, transform today with credibility and integrity.

Job Description

Sustainability is changing fast, and the work required to make it real inside large organisations has become more demanding, more specific, and more deeply embedded in business operations. As a result, Nordic Sustainability is building a pool of freelance experts and specialist collaborators we can draw on when client projects require a particular depth of knowledge we want to bring in.

This is not a call for generalists. It’s a call for people who know their area well, whether that’s a technical sustainability discipline, a business function, or a sector, and who understand how large organisations actually work from the inside.

This call is open until 31 August 2026 and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We’re looking for individuals operating as freelancers (or willing to set up a freelance structure) and specialist companies of 2 to 5 people interested in a closer collaboration.

What we’re looking for

Sustainability specialists

We’re particularly interested in deep technical knowledge across:

• Climate transition planning and corporate climate strategy
• Climate risk assessment (physical and transition risk)
• Biodiversity and nature-related impacts and dependencies
• Chemicals management and product-related environmental compliance
• Circularity, waste, and materials strategy
• Supply chain due diligence and human rights (aligned with CSDDD, OECD Guidelines, and UNGPs)
• Carbon accounting, Scope 3 methodology, and GHG inventory design

Corporate function specialists

We’re equally interested in people who have worked inside large companies in functions where sustainability now sits – even if sustainability has not been their primary focus. Understanding how commercial decisions are made, how procurement works, or how products are developed is exactly the kind of knowledge that makes sustainability advice land.

Relevant backgrounds include:

• Commercial strategy, finance, or business development
• Product design, innovation, and R&D
• Procurement, sourcing, and supply chain management
• Risk management and legal
• Operations and manufacturing

An understanding of sustainability is a bonus. A thorough understanding of how the business function actually operates is the baseline requirement.

Sectoral expertise

Sector knowledge helps us deploy the right person at the right moment. The following sectors are particularly relevant to our current and anticipated client base:

• Manufacturing and industrial production
• Pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and life sciences
• Energy and utilities
• Financial services and investment
• Retail and consumer goods

What collaboration with Nordic Sustainability looks like

We work with large multinationals on complex, high-stakes sustainability challenges. Projects typically sit at the intersection of regulatory requirements, commercial strategy, and operational change. Freelance collaborators are brought in to add specific expertise – you’ll work alongside our core team, not independently.

This is project-based engagement. There is no guarantee of ongoing volume, but our intent is to build relationships that work over time for the right people.

Important: this call is for freelance or independent collaboration only – it is not a route into permanent employment at Nordic Sustainability. Applicants must either already operate as a freelancer or be willing to set up a freelance structure.

For small companies

Companies of between 2 and 5 people with a strong specialism that would complement Nordic Sustainability’s work are also welcome to register interest in closer collaboration. This is a different conversation, not the freelancer pool described above, and should be directed to: hello@nordicsustainability.com

How to apply

To be considered for the freelance pool, please submit the following:

1. Your CV (maximum 2 pages)
2. A short letter of motivation (maximum half a page) – tell us briefly what you do, why it’s relevant to the work Nordic Sustainability does, and how you prefer to work
3. Completed questionnaire (following on the next pages)

We will review all applications on a rolling basis and reach out to those whose profiles are a strong match for our pipeline.

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Interested in joining our team?

We’re always looking for talented people in the industry. If you’re interested in becoming part of the Nordic Sustainability team, you’re very welcome to share your CV with us. We review CVs on an ongoing basis, and if there is a match between your profile and an opening in the team, you will be contacted.

If you’re a student, please refer to our bi-annual internship openings in February and September.

Your competencies

• You have relevant background strategy from a consultancy or a large corporation
• You have experience using methodologies and other relevant resources for developing private sector sustainability strategies
• You have knowledge of private sector strategy development and or European regulation
• You have project management experience and are comfortable driving projects independently and in teams
• You have excellent skills within the consultancy toolbox, e.g. data analysis (excel), presentations (PowerPoint), proposal writing, etc.
• You speak and write English at native or comparable level. Fluency in Danish is an asset, but not a requirement

Your mindset

• You live sustainability and seek to push the boundaries of what organisations and individuals can do to make an impact to advance the societal transition needed
• You always seek to deliver the highest quality possible
• You are a team player that can handle a diverse set of tasks
• You are proactive and not afraid to offer your perspective on how to best approach the project at hand
• You have compassion and strong interpersonal skills
• You are excited about joining a dynamic organisation and taking on an important role in helping it grow further

We offer

• A healthy work-life balance, where we are in process of implementing a four-day work week across the company
• Flexible work-hours and up to two days per week from home office
• An opportunity to make real sustainable change and work with some of the most interesting companies on the market
• The opportunity to take up increasing levels of responsibility and shape the development of a growing organisation
• A competitive compensation package
• A dynamic and fun working environment with an ambitious team that cares about each other and what we do
• A non-discriminatory and inclusive workplace
• An office in central Copenhagen

We encourage people of all backgrounds and genders to apply to Nordic Sustainability.

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