Compliance & ESG Manager (B Corp )

Job Title: Compliance & ESG Manager 

Location: Chiswick, West London

Part time: 2 - 4 days a week , Hybrid working after initial 3 month probation.
Start Date: ASAP

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Compliance & ESG Manager (B Corp Lead) to join our team.

Reporting into the Compliance & Technical Manager, you will support product compliance across the Chelsea Peers and Renfold brand portfolio, while taking full company-wide ownership of B Corp, leading recertification, impact improvement planning, and cross-functional delivery.

You will also be responsible for translating ESG reporting expectations and emerging EU sustainability legislation into practical implementation, with a key deliverable being the end-to-end delivery of Digital Product Passports (DPP), including internal data readiness, supplier onboarding, and scalable, compliant product records.

This is a hands-on role for someone confident working across systems, data, suppliers, and internal teams to deliver measurable outcomes.

Key responsibilities

ESG & B Corp Leadership (Company-Wide)

• Act as company-wide B Corp Lead, owning recertification, improvement plans, and cross-functional coordination.
• Align business practices with ESG reporting frameworks (e.g. CSRD-aligned expectations), ensuring audit-ready data and governance.
• Maintain ESG policies, processes, and reporting inputs across Product, Sourcing, Operations, People, Finance, and Marketing.

ESG Data, Reporting & Controls

• Lead ESG data mapping, collection, validation, and documentation across environmental, social and governance topics.
• Implement controls to ensure ESG data is consistent, repeatable, and suitable for external assurance.
• Support ESG reporting and certification requirements, including B Corp submissions.

EU Regulatory Readiness & DPP Delivery

• Monitor upcoming UK/EU sustainability legislation and translate requirements into internal actions and timelines.
• Deliver Digital Product Passport (DPP) implementation end-to-end, including:
• Defining required data fields and workflows
• Establishing supplier inputs and validation
• Supporting tool/system set-up where needed
• Ensuring DPP-ready product records can be maintained at scale

Product Compliance Support

• Support the Compliance & Technical Manager with product compliance delivery, documentation, and supplier requirements.
• Ensure product compliance activity aligns with ESG commitments and sustainability standards.

Supplier Onboarding, Factory Audits & ESG Engagement

• Own supplier onboarding processes and ensure compliance and ESG requirements are met.
• Lead factory audit coordination, CAP tracking, and documentation management.
• Drive supplier engagement on sustainability, traceability, and responsible practices, including supplier readiness for DPP.

Cross-Functional Training & Continuous Improvement

• Deliver ESG/B Corp training and guidance across teams.
• Support accurate, substantiated sustainability claims and continuous improvement in ESG performance and reporting maturity.

Skills & experience

Essential

• Experience in an ESG, sustainability, compliance, or technical role within fashion, textiles, or consumer products.
• Strong understanding of ESG reporting expectations and implementation of processes/controls.
• Hands-on experience leading B Corp certification and improvement planning.
• Working knowledge of UK/EU product compliance, with ability to support delivery.
• Strong IT/systems and data capability, including product data, traceability, and supplier data capture.
• Experience delivering cross-functional implementation projects and managing suppliers.
• Experience coordinating supplier onboarding and factory audits, including CAP follow-up.
• Strong communication skills and high proficiency in Excel.

Desirable

• Experience delivering DPP and/or traceability programmes using tools/platforms (e.g. PLM, ERP, supplier portals).

The practical details

• You must have the legal right to work in the UK.
• Based in Chiswick, West London.
• Hybrid working, after initial 3 month probation.