Senior Sustainability Specialist

Corex Holding B.V.

CoreX Holding is a highly diversified, vertically integrated, global industrial conglomerate established in 2024 by Robert Yüksel YILDIRIM after 35 years of his vast industrial, financial, and operational experience at YILDIRIM Group. With financial headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and operational headquarters in Istanbul, Türkiye, CoreX is dedicated to creating new success stories through a visionary approach and exponential growth under the leadership and vision of its founder, Robert Yüksel YILDIRIM.

CoreX now operates in 10 sectors, including metals & mining, ports & terminals, green energy, shipping & logistics, infrastructure & construction, oil & gas, chemicals, international trading, financial investments, and venture capital. The company is active in 55 countries across 5 continents, employing over 20,000 people globally. As a profit-driven company, CoreX intends to focus on its future growth, utilizing its deep experience and extensive business know-how.

We are looking for a Senior Sustainability Specialist to be assigned at our headquarters inMaslak, Istanbul.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in related fields (Engineering, Sciences, or Sustainability/ESG-related disciplines) Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related fields (Engineering, Sciences, Management, or Sustainability/ESG-related disciplines).
• For Senior Specialist 2-3 years minimum in ESG/sustainability-related discipline, 5 years minimum in total; for Specialist 1 years minimum in ESG/sustainability-related discipline, 3 years minimum in total
• Excellent command of both written and spoken English
• Documented training in one or more sustainability/ESG standard(s)
• ESG reporting tool experience is a plus
• Strong knowledge and proficiency in MS Office
• Problem-solving and analytical thinking skills
• Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders at all levels, including across cultures
• Good at adapting to change and finding creative solutions
• Communication and presentation skills, compliance with ethical principles
• A highly motivated team worker, decision maker, and initiative taker in planning and organizing various work assignments

Requirements:

• Manage the collection of data, interpret data and observations to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry guidelines and advise the Group and individual entity management accordingly
• Assess the ESG risks of activities and advise management of potential impacts, including risk reduction and impact mitigation measures
• Design, produce, report, and monitor sustainability/ESG KPIs
• Draft and prepare reports, presentations, and proposals as requested, assist with preparation of CSRD compliant sustainability reports, presentations, and proposals.
• Where ESG or related consultants are engaged to support the Group’s ESG activities, supervise the work of consultants to ensure contract terms are met; monitor work programs and schedules to ensure timely project completion
• Ensure that the business operates under strict adherence to regulatory requirements and environmental conservation, including assessments of compliance
• Provide specialist and technical input and review of others’ inputs in the design and development of ESG transformation deliverables, including support with internal and external sustainability and ESG standards
• Ensure adequate data quality and audit trail
• Work closely with a mixture of local and global team members
• Adhere to the Group’s compliance-related policies and procedures, such as anti-bribery and corruption, conduct rules, conflict of interest, data protection, gifts and entertainment, safety and security, etc.
• Support the implementation of the Group and individual entity ESG policies and programs through providing timely and accurate analysis and reporting
• Provide sustainability/ESG-related data analysis, overall project tracking, and reporting compliant with the requirements of grant funding agencies, investors and other financial entities, and one or more recognized standard(s) (for example, CSRD, TCFD, GRI, GRESB)
• Establish and maintain a shared database/library of the Group’s policies/standards, data and practices, as well as sustainability/ESG topics and trends
• Ensure that existing businesses and new entities apply the Group’s framework for ESG, including health, safety and environmental compliance, social aspects and economic/governance aspects