Om tjänsten
Bonava has science-based climate targets for 2030, life cycle assessments in all projects and business units that drive their own
emission reductions. As Group Environmental and Climate Action Manager, you will lead the expert group where sustainability
managers from the business units coordinate their work, and you will follow up on how the business units are progressing towards
their own targets. You will have a central position in the Group function with colleagues in Sweden, Germany, Finland and the
Baltics. Your contribution is to create the conditions for climate actions to be carried out in the projects, with methodology,
data and follow-up as your tools.
ABOUT BONAVA
Bonava is a leading residential developer in Europe with the purpose to create happy neighbourhoods for the many. With its 900
employees, Bonava develops residential housing in Germany, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. To date, the company
has built about 50,000 homes and reported net sales of approximately SEK 8 billion in 2025. Bonava’s shares and green bond are
listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
In 2020, Bonava became the first residential developer in Europe to have its climate targets approved by the Science Based Targets
initiative. Today, Bonava’s climate journey continues with tightened targets, concrete transition plans, the use of life cycle
assessments and smart solutions at project level. As Group Environmental and Climate Action Manager, you will lead the Group’s
expert group and help the business units succeed in practice.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Environmental and climate work at Bonava is governed at three levels. The Group’s ESG Council decides on the direction and
ambition, and the business units own the implementation. Your role is to link the two by coordinating the business units’ work and
running an expert group where the business units’ sustainability managers collaborate on action plans, follow up on progress and
produce the input needed to move the work forward. You will work closely with your manager, who leads the Group function’s ESG
team and the ESG Council and is responsible for strategic alignment with executive management. Your main tasks and
responsibilities include:
Leadership and governance
- Lead the expert group’s meetings and develop its ways of working so that the business units share knowledge, learn from each
other and identify improvement proposals
Follow-up and development
Coordination and support
- Take responsibility for the Group’s environmental data for the sustainability report, including quality assurance and the
environmental parts of the double materiality assessment
- Further develop the Group’s climate and environmental methodology (SBTi, GHG, LCA, etc.) in line with new frameworks and
regulations
You will report to the Group Head of ESG Control and Reporting and be part of a small and highly skilled team. The role is based
at Bonava’s head office in Stockholm, with travel to the business units in connection with the expert group’s in-person meetings.
WHAT BONAVA OFFERS
The climate targets are already established in the business units, which drive their own plans. This allows you to focus your
energy on supporting the business units in the implementation itself, in their collaboration and in their learning from one
another. You will work in a small Group function with direct insight into how executive management steers on climate, and with
colleagues in six countries with different markets and regulations. All in all, you get variety, stimulating challenges and a
people-focused role where your contribution makes a real difference.
QUALIFICATIONS AND MERITS
This role requires several years of professional experience focused on environmental and climate work, but your attitude is just
as important.
We welcome all applicants and are convinced that diversity and the strengths of every individual are needed to build a sustainable
society. That is why we use a competency-based recruitment process, where matching is based on the following qualifications,
merits and personal characteristics.
Required qualifications:
- Experience of driving emission reduction initiatives or implementation through cross-functional projects, from target setting
to reporting
Additional merits:
- Experience as an employee in construction, real estate or residential development, with an understanding of the building
process and its climate impact at each stage
- Experience of managing environmental data and sustainability reporting, preferably including streamlining or automating data
collection
Personal characteristics:
To succeed in the role, you need to be pragmatic and flexible, as the climate ambition only becomes reality when it works with the
business logic and conditions in each market. You also need to be independent and take initiative, as you will be expected to get
to grips with a problem, form your own view and come up with your own proposals for how to take the work forward. Finally, you
need to be good at building relationships and explaining things clearly, since trust within the expert group and the business
units is what turns follow-up into action.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
Location: Bonava’s head office on Lindhagensgatan in Stockholm. The role requires you to be based in Stockholm, but some hybrid
working is possible depending on the needs of the business and the team.
Employment: Full-time, with a market-based salary reflecting the responsibilities of the role and your level of experience. Bonava
has a collective agreement and offers benefits including 30 days of annual leave, reduced working hours, a wellness allowance,
parental pay top-up, sick pay and a lunch benefit.
Start date: By agreement, before 31 March 2027, to allow for a handover.