Career pathways / Sustainability Consultant

How to become a Sustainability Consultant

Sustainability consultants help organisations measure, report and actually reduce their footprint — strategy, disclosure regulation, transition plans. Consulting firms hire across backgrounds; the differentiator is technical literacy plus client skills.

Who hires this role

Employer types: consultancy · corporate sustainability team

Representative employers: ERM · McKinsey Sustainability · Accenture · AECOM

Knowledge structure

Derived from the fields that feed this career — what the role actually draws on.

Quantitative analysisexpected
Policy & institutionsexpected
Technical / digitalexpected
Languages & communicationexpected

What to study

Circular Economy5 verified programmes mapped — read the guideSustainability Science5 verified programmes mapped — read the guide

Scholarships that fund this path

Schemes linked to the fields above in our verified database.

Chevening ScholarshipSwedish Institute Scholarship for Global ProfessionalsErasmus Mundus Joint Masters Scholarship

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