ESG Sustainability Specialist
Are you passionate about using your data and process skills to help drive real sustainability impact, then we have an exciting opportunity for you at Palsgaard.
Are you passionate about using your data and process skills to help drive real sustainability impact?
Do you thrive when given the opportunity to shape your own role, take initiative, and build something from the ground up? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you at Palsgaard.
Be Part of Building Our ESG Data Foundation. At Palsgaard, ESG is a core element of our identity. As a foundation-owned company, our purpose goes beyond profit. We are on an ambitious ESG journey, and we’re now looking for a proactive, hands-on profile to strengthen our internal capabilities with a new role as ESG Sustainability specialist.
In this position, you will play a key role in building and evolving our ESG data infrastructure, helping us move from insight into action. You’ll work closely with colleagues across the business and have the opportunity to shape both your role and the way Palsgaard works with sustainability data.
At Palsgaard, you will become part of a company with a genuine and deeply rooted commitment to sustainability—driven by strong leadership and a clear strategic direction. This role offers you the opportunity to grow and develop professionally while actively shaping how we work with ESG data. As an international and purpose-driven organization with a long-term perspective and strong values, we focus on making a real impact.
Your work will contribute to meaningful change across the entire business, surrounded by dedicated and passionate colleagues in a culture built on trust, innovation, and shared responsibility.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and evolve our ESG data systems—from climate metrics and resource use to DEI and governance.
- Translate data into actionable insights that inform business decisions and sustainability efforts.
- Analyze and consolidate ESG performance data for internal and external reporting, ensuring CSRD compliance.
- Drive automation and continuous improvement in ESG data processes, including implementing new platforms and tools.
- Responsible for conducting the corporate and product-level CO₂ accounting.
- Driving the definition of measurable objectives and tracking progress to ensure the achievement of sustainability targets.
What We’re Looking For
We’re seeking someone who’s eager to make a meaningful impact and confident in taking ownership. You bring experience leading data and sustainability-related projects, with a proven ability to deliver results and drive change.
Your strong analytical skills allow you to interpret complex data and translate it into actionable insights.
You are detail-oriented and structured in your approach, comfortable working with large and varied data sets.
As communication comes naturally to you—you can clearly convey ESG concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
You are proactive, curious, and adaptable, excited by the opportunity to help define how we work with ESG going forward. Ideally, you have an academic background in sustainability, environmental science, engineering or a similar field.
Experience with frameworks like CSRD or GRI is a plus, but not a requirement.
What do we offer you?
- A job in an expanding company that combines technological knowledge with practical value generation.
- A job in an international environment with clients, partners, and colleagues all over the world.
- A job in a market leading company with high ESG standards .
- A job with unique working conditions, including one extra week of holiday (7th week), health insurance, and possibilities for further career development etc.
- A job with profit sharing through an extra pension scheme.
- A job in a socially well-functioning atmosphere and informal environment.
Do you have any questions?
If you want to seize this opportunity, then send us your application and resume as soon as possible. We process applications on a continuous basis and close the job opening once the right candidate has been found. If you would like to know more about the position, you are welcome to contact Sustainability Director, Gunhild Nørgaard, at +45 41906062 or gun@palsgaard.com.
- Department
- Environment, Social and Governance (ESG)
- Role
- ESG Sustainability Specialist
- Locations
- Palsgaard A/S - Denmark
Palsgaard A/S - Denmark
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About Palsgaard
At Palsgaard, we specialise in plant-based food emulsifiers, a field we've led for over 100 years. Our small yet crucial role in delivering delicious foods extends to non-food markets such as polymers and personal care.
A Century of Expertise
Since our founder Einar Viggo Schou invented the plant-based emulsifier in 1917, we've driven innovation through our seven global application centres.
Our food technology experts are dedicated to using our understanding of emulsifiers to drive constant innovation and empower the international food industry to explore new trends.
Nexus, our R&D sister company, advances emulsifier technology with significant scientific freedom, ensuring innovative solutions for Palsgaard's diverse applications.
Impactful Emulsifiers
Emulsifiers blend incompatible ingredients like water, oil, and air, significantly enhancing product quality. They enable stable emulsions, prevent oil separation, and control aeration and viscosity in bakery, confectionery, dairy, ice cream, margarine, and plant-based foods. Combined with stabilisers, they improve texture, mouthfeel, and shelf-life while supporting healthier food options.
Committed to Responsibility
Since 1908, we've fostered a culture of responsibility, loyalty, and respect, celebrating our colleagues, families, and communities. Our ambition drives responsible sourcing, reduced energy consumption, and CO2 emissions. We address societal challenges such as food waste and safety and offer RSPO SG-certified emulsifiers.
Beyond Food
Our emulsifiers also serve personal care and polymer markets, providing safe, sustainable alternatives to conventional additives. They enhance food packaging and help reduce food waste.
Owned by the Schou Foundation, we have nearly 700 colleagues in 17 countries and six factories on four continents.
Join us in shaping the future of plant-based emulsifiers at Palsgaard.