We’re the largest schoolwear supplier in the UK. We’re passionate about making every student look and feel great by producing sustainable, affordable, and desirable schoolwear of the highest quality and supporting retailers with the best industry-leading service.
At Banner, we take our environmental responsibilities seriously. From the materials we choose to the way we manage energy, waste and transport, we’re continually working to reduce our impact on the planet. Take a look here for more information.
We are proud to be a B-Corp certified business. Achieving this certification was a business-wide initiative with the cooperation of all our colleagues and we encourage our new starters to contribute in any way they can to this important issue to drive our B Corp journey forward.
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The Sustainability Co-ordinator will support Sarah Robins, Head of Sustainability, in delivering Banner Group’s sustainability strategy, B Corp commitments and wider ESG priorities, including environmental compliance.
This is a 3 year Level 4 Corporate Sustainability Practitioner Apprenticeship hands-on role at the heart of Banner’s sustainability journey. You’ll help turn ideas into action, keep projects moving, support reporting and help continue to bring sustainability to life across the business.
Working closely with teams across Banner — including our brilliant SER Stars (Sustainability Champions), fabulous Community Lead and wider ESG colleagues — you’ll help make a real difference in a sector that values sustainability. You’ll also help us inspire school children, parents, all customers and our colleagues and the communities we support.
Banner is proud to be a shining beacon in our sector for ESG and the only schoolwear supplier/retailer to have proudly established its own charitable Foundation, directly funding projects for underprivileged children and making a positive difference to their lives.
Key responsibilities:
Strategy and delivery support
Supporting the delivery of Banner’s sustainability strategy, action plans, Net Zero and B Corp priorities, focussing on reducing our environmental impact and resource efficiency.
Help coordinate sustainability workstreams and keep actions progressing on time.
Maintain action logs, trackers and supporting documentation for projects and reporting.
Data collection, analysis and compliance reporting
Collect, organise and maintain sustainability data across energy, waste, water, travel, carbon and suppliers to meet all our environmental compliance reporting.
Support internal and external sustainability reporting, updates and ESG dashboards.
Help ensure data is accurate, consistent and useful for decision-making and B Corp requirements.
B Corp support
Support Banner in maintaining and strengthening its Certified B Corp status.
Help gather evidence and records for certification, reassessment and continuous improvement.
Support internal teams to understand B Corp commitments and how they connect to everyday work.
Cross-functional engagement
Work with colleagues across Banner, including Operations, Buying, Finance, HR, Marketing, Merchandising, Sales, Procurement and Supply Chain.
Support engagement with suppliers and partners to encourage stronger sustainability performance and our internal sustainability champions and structured community programme (Gift of Time) and Banner Foundation
Help build awareness of sustainable behaviours across the organisation.
Communications and engagement
Support sustainability communications, updates and internal engagement activity.
Help organise campaigns, awareness days, training sessions, workshops and events.
Assist with presentations, newsletters and other communication materials.
Research and continuous improvement
Keep up to date with sustainability trends, legislation, sector developments and best practice relevant to Banner.
Support the identification of opportunities to improve Banner’s sustainability performance.
Carry out general administrative and coordination support for the sustainability function as needed.
To apply you will need:
Experience in sustainability, ESG, environmental work or a related role.
Strong organisational, analytical and data-handling skills.
Experience supporting reporting, audits, certification or compliance processes.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
Understanding of carbon, waste, energy or environmental data.
Here are some of the attributes we are looking for:
Passionate about sustainability, environmental stewardship and circularity.
Highly organised, proactive and detail-focused.
Strong communicator who can build relationships across different teams.
Collaborative, adaptable and comfortable working with data and multiple priorities.
Committed to Banner’s B Corp mission and positive impact.
MS Office proficiently across all applications.
Our desirables but not essential requirements:
Experience in retail, wholesale, supply chain, consumer goods or a similar business environment.
Knowledge of environmental regulations, EPR packaging/textiles, ESOS, ECGT, CMA green claims code and B Corp.
What are my hours and working days
This is a full-time apprenticeship working 2-3 days in the office.
When can I start
Immediately!
What’s our location?
We are located in Trowbridge, where there is plenty of free parking and access to public transport.
Banner is committed to supporting, developing and promoting equality of opportunity and diversity in all our business activity. We value different perspectives and believe that diversity makes us stronger. We aim to provide an inclusive culture, free from discrimination and based on the values of dignity, courtesy and respect. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated in accordance with these values. As a B-Corp certified company, this is an essential element of our culture. It means we are verified to meet high standards of social and environmental performance, public transparency and legal accountability, using our business as a force for good for the benefit of all. If there is anything we can do to accommodate you to participate fully in the recruitment or interview process, please let us know.
This job description is a tool to help both the Company and the individual understand the main responsibilities of the role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive or complete list of all possible tasks. Everyone is expected to be flexible in their approach and to take on tasks as reasonably requested. The Company reserves the right to change the tasks and responsibilities of the role according to business need.
Please submit your application as directed on this website. If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role before applying please contact us at recruitment@banner.co.uk .
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