Pure Data Centres is seeking a Sustainability Analyst to support the business in responding to the increasing sustainability requirements of customers, investors, lenders, regulators and strategic partners.
The role will act as the central coordination point for sustainability information, ensuring that accurate, consistent and defensible sustainability data, disclosures and performance information are available to support commercial growth, project development and corporate reporting. Working across Sustainability, Finance, Legal, Development, Delivery and Commercial teams, the successful candidate will help translate complex sustainability information into meaningful insights that support investment decisions, customer engagement and business strategy.
As Pure continues to expand internationally and engage with increasingly sophisticated stakeholders, this role will play a critical part in demonstrating the company's sustainability performance, managing disclosure requests and strengthening the evidence base behind sustainability claims and commitments.
Core Responsibilities & Deliverables
1. Customer, Investor and Lender Support
Lead the coordination and preparation of sustainability information required by customers, investors, lenders and strategic partners. The role will ensure responses to due diligence requests, ESG questionnaires, sustainability assessments and financing-related disclosure requirements are accurate, consistent and aligned with corporate disclosures. The individual will work closely with internal subject matter experts to translate technical information into stakeholder-ready responses that support business development and financing activities.
2. Sustainability Data & Intelligence Management
Develop and maintain the systems, datasets and supporting evidence that underpin Pure's sustainability reporting and stakeholder communications. This includes establishing effective approaches for managing sustainability information, ensuring data quality and creating efficient processes for responding to recurring information requests from across the business.
3. Reporting & Disclosure
Support the delivery of corporate sustainability reporting programmes and external disclosures. The role will help coordinate information required for key reporting initiatives, maintain supporting documentation and contribute to the continuous improvement of reporting processes as stakeholder expectations continue to evolve.
4. Business Insight & Strategic Analysis
Provide analysis and insights on sustainability performance, emerging trends and stakeholder expectations. The role will support decision-making through the interpretation of sustainability data, helping identify risks, opportunities and areas where additional evidence or action may be required.
5. Sustainability Communications & Content Development
Support the development of sustainability content used across customer submissions, investor materials, funding documentation and corporate communications. The role will ensure messaging remains fact-based, consistent and aligned with company strategy, while helping different parts of the organisation communicate sustainability topics effectively.
6. Frameworks, Ratings & Benchmarking
Support the management of sustainability assessments, ratings and benchmarking exercises. The role will coordinate information requests, monitor performance against external frameworks and identify opportunities to strengthen Pure's sustainability positioning with customers, investors and other stakeholders.
7. Governance & Continuous Improvement
Contribute to the ongoing development of sustainability processes, reporting controls and data governance arrangements across the organisation. The role will help create a more scalable approach to sustainability management, supporting the company's continued growth across multiple regions and stakeholder groups.
The successful candidate will be highly organised, analytical and capable of working across large volumes of technical information. They will be comfortable engaging with multiple stakeholders, synthesising complex data and producing concise outputs that support strategic decision-making.
The ideal candidate will have experience in sustainability, ESG reporting, corporate reporting, investment analysis, consulting or data-driven business functions. They should possess strong communication skills, an ability to manage competing priorities and a keen attention to detail.
Experience supporting investor due diligence, customer sustainability requests, ESG reporting programmes, sustainability ratings, financing transactions or corporate sustainability disclosures would be highly advantageous.
1-2 years' experience in data management, analysis
Experience with data analysis software such as PowerBi or similar, and demonstrate ability to convert large data sets into insights and useful information.
Experience in data management in critical infrastructure, data centres, energy infrastructure, industrial developments, utilities or major projects, is preferable.
Comfortable managing multiple tasks simultaneously, with the ability to prioritise competing requirements.
Good communication skills, transferable stakeholder management experience.
Degree in engineering, environmental science, sustainability, STEM or related discipline
Skills
Communication: You can demonstrate experience/capability to engage and communicate effectively (spoken and written) across diverse stakeholder groups. (R)
Collaboration: You can demonstrate how you use have used collaboration to effectively deliver, and to create and/or contribute to wider team empowerment and value. (R)
Innovation: You can demonstrate how you have used problem solving to identify opportunities to responsibly improve ways of working and/or established outcomes, within your scope of influence (R)
Continuous Improvement: You can demonstrate how you have invested in developing you own (and others) skills, experience, and output. And how this has contributed to personal and/or wider business value. (R)
Leadership: You can demonstrate how through your understanding of your own personal impact and responsibility, that you have led by example and brought others along with you on the journey. (R)
Note: The successful candidate will be required to complete pre-employment screening to BS7858:2019, or national equivalent. (Covers: Confirmation of identity, legal right to work, financial probity, criminal history and associations with proscribed organisations). It is the policy of Pure DC that all individuals have a responsibility for the security and protection of company’s Information and IT Resources over which they have control, according to their role.
Skills Required
- 1-2 years' experience in data management and analysis
- Experience with data analysis software such as Power BI (or similar) and ability to convert large datasets into insights
- Degree in engineering, environmental science, sustainability, STEM or related discipline
- Strong communication skills and transferable stakeholder management experience (written and verbal)
- Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritise competing requirements
- Experience in sustainability, ESG reporting, corporate reporting, investment analysis, consulting or data-driven business functions
- Experience supporting investor due diligence, customer sustainability requests, ESG reporting programmes, sustainability ratings, financing transactions or corporate sustainability disclosures
- Experience in data management in critical infrastructure, data centres, energy infrastructure, industrial developments, utilities or major projects
- Willingness to complete pre-employment screening to BS7858:2019 or national equivalent
What We Do
Pure is an innovation driven digital infrastructure organisation of industry leading experts in intelligent design, engineering, security, science, research, and sustainability. Headquartered in London (UK), with over 500MW of IT capacity live or under development, we develop and operate data centres for some of the world’s largest technology companies, across the UK, Europe, Middle East, and Asia. We believe in data centres for good; creating employment opportunities, using our resources to support local communities, and investing in environmental restoration. Pure is backed by leading financial institutions and managed by passionate leaders each with decades of specialist industry experience, focussed on delivering sustainable availability, everywhere we operate, every day, continuously.
