Job Details

Employment Type:

Location:

Date Posted:

The Organisation
  
Corporate Action Japan (CAJ) コーポレート・アクション・ジャパン is an investor-facing shareholder advocacy organisation, leveraging the power of shareholders to drive climate action in the private sector and capture the opportunities of the net-zero transition.

CAJ aims to increase ambition and momentum across key investment, regulatory, and legislative agendas that can redirect financial flows towards a net-zero economy. CAJ’s vision is a swift transition of the Japanese economy to Paris-aligned industry and a service sector powered by sustainable clean energy.

CAJ is a rapidly growing organization bringing together experts with backgrounds in finance, investment, climate change, law, policy, natural sciences, and communications to achieve their vision of a net-zero economy for Japan. CAJ is supported by a coalition of Japanese civil society organisations and international philanthropic foundations.


Benefits & Culture

• Work at the juncture of the civil-society sector and the real economy.
• Tokyo-based non-profit advocacy organization, Toranomon Hills location.
• Native-level Japanese language skills and professional English required.
• Work and residency permit to live and work in Japan are essential.
• Competitive compensation commensurate with experience.
• Flexible, hybrid working conditions in progressive, impactful non-profit.

   
The Role
   
With an analytical mindset and skills, the Corporate Engagement Lead conducts direct engagement with Japanese companies, particularly within high emitting sectors. Dialogue is conducted based on the analysis of corporate disclosures, proven data, and scientific evidence, to accelerate decarbonization strategies.
  
Other aspects of the role are to:

• Set an engagement strategy for target sectors and companies and evaluate the outcomes of such engagement.
• Establish a group of global institutional investors for co-engagement.
• Perform analysis to enable engagement and corporate dialogue.
• Coordinate and lead dialogue with C-suite executives and sustainability/ESG departments.

Skills Required
  
The ideal candidate is passionate about addressing climate change and has at least four years professional knowledge of Japanese financial and capital markets as an analyst in securities or from interpreting corporate/financial statements to inform strategy. Your experience includes proven success in relationship building and successful engagement with corporations. You also have demonstrated skills in strategic planning or sustainability advocacy within the corporate sector, synthesizing complex issues, and presenting persuasive arguments to stakeholders with diverse perspectives. Your other key competencies include;

• Deep understanding of business and finance; ability to interpret financial statements and ESG data.
• Strong networking skills, including at the C-suite level.
• Agile and resilient work style; ability to deal with ambiguity and challenge.
• Ability to collaborate and navigate diverse stakeholder groups to build consensus.
• Native level Japanese, professional business level English.

If you want to leverage your ESG/sustainability consulting experience to help Japan achieve Paris Climate Agreement goals, and you meet the requirements above, please apply by addressing the key skills required by submitting your English cover letter and resume (plus Japanese version, optional) quoting reference # 1425430 . To have a candidate information pack emailed to you, please email: officeadministrator@ngorecruitment.com (no applications here please).
   
Role Summary

コーポレート・アクション・ジャパンは、投資家向けの株主アドボカシー組織であり、株主の力を活用して民間セクターにおける気候変動対策を推進し、ネットゼロ移行の機会を捉えることを目的としています。

GHG（温室効果ガス）高排出セクターを中心とした日本企業に対し、脱炭素戦略の加速を促す直接的なエンゲージメントを担当します。理想的な候補者は、気候変動対策への取り組みに情熱を持ち、日本の金融・資本市場において少なくとも4年の実務経験を有していることが求められます。

分析的思考とスキルを備えた候補者が、日本企業との直接対話を主導します。この対話は、企業開示情報、実証データ、科学的根拠の分析に基づいて行われます。

貸借対照表や財務諸表、非財務情報（ESGデータ）を解釈し、論理的な仮説を構築する能力が求められます。また、複雑な課題を整理し、異なる視点を持つステークホルダーに対して説得力のあるコミュニケーションを取ることが必要です。