Sustainability Manager Full Time

Title: Manager/ Senior Manager – Sustainability

Location: Mumbai| Function: Sustainability

Reports to: Head – Administration & Sustainability

Purpose: Reporting to Head – Administration & Sustainability, this position will be responsible for driving sustainability and environmental responsibility globally. The position has the responsibility to help Sony reach its Road to Zero targets and strengthen the environmental profile of its content productions and brands.

This position will be instrumental in advising business groups on sustainability-related opportunities, tracking environmental progress, and strategically engaging consumers on issues of sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

• Work across the business to engage customers and consumers on issues of sustainability.

• Utilize the communication, marketing and content creation strengths across SPN to help SPE reach 3 billion people (i.e. impressions) through strategies such as behavioral placement and cause marketing.
• Partner with the global sustainability team to develop an effective communications strategy and ‘theory of change’ that underpins Sony Groups’ SDG consumer engagement goal. (An effective strategy will benefit the business brands and IP, and achieve Sony’s sustainability targets.)

• Establish SPN as a leader and advocate that seeks continuously to improve sustainable production across the industry.

• Work with production and acquisition teams – and industry groups – to identify (or develop) a framework to further sustainable content creation in India.
• Models exist in North America and Europe. The sustainability team can facilitate knowledge sharing.
• Engage with industry stakeholders and experts to develop mutually-beneficial partnerships.

• Partner with SPN teams and partners in the value chain (supply chain and distribution) to identify and implement mutually beneficial projects that reduce the carbon footprint and deliver an ROI.

• If useful, the position has the opportunity to work across India’s Sony Group businesses to participate in and drive One Sony projects.

Key Metrics

Sustainability Leadership

1. S3 value demonstration

2. S3 Goals achievement

3. SPE partnership

S3 Goals – Carbon accounting, 100% waste recycling, Scope 3 accounting

• S3 Rating Target
• Non-Fiction: 75+
• Fiction: 70+
• Digital: 65+
• Maintain 25%+ reduction in carbon emissions in FY26. Identify more carbon offset lever for further reduction
• ZERO Waste to Landfill across all shows

Critical Competencies

• Sustainability Strategy, disclosures, compliance
• Carbon Accounting & Net Zero Planning
• Sustainable Production & Operations
• Data & Impact Measurement
• Stakeholder Engagement & Partnerships
• Change Management & Communication

Behavioral Competencies

• Strategic Orientation
• Ownership & Accountability
• Influence & Relationship Building
• Agility & Adaptability
• Collaboration & Team Leadership
• Results & Value Focused

Education

• Candidates will have a bachelor’s degree.
• Business and/or environmentally-focused degree preferred.

Experience

• Preferred 5+ years of business-related experience, ideally with a combination of green operation practices and entertainment experience is ideal.
• Working knowledge of the entertainment industry including organizational structure, terminology, distribution, and marketing.
• Passion for sustainability is required. Direct experience with sustainability and behavioral change a plus.
• Familiarity with digital and social marketing a plus.
• Experience with the following:
• Project management
• Writing for corporate use
• Preparing written materials (presentation and reports) for executive review
• Writing short internal and external communication
• Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and basic understanding of Microsoft SharePoint
• Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

Why join us?

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) is the consumer-facing identity of Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited which is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, Japan. A leading media and entertainment conglomerate, SPNI comprises 28 Premium Channels in both SD and HD formats, including leading Hindi General Entertainment Television Channels – Sony Entertainment Television; Sony SAB and Sony PAL; Marathi General Entertainment Channel – Sony Marathi; Bangla General Entertainment Channel – Sony AATH; Hindi Movie Channels – Sony MAX, Sony MAX 1, Sony MAX 2 and Sony WAH; renowned destination for sports fans – Sony Sports Network comprising Sony Sports Ten 1, Sony Sports Ten 2, Sony Sports Ten 3, Sony Sports Ten 4, Sony Sports Ten 5; Kids Entertainment Channel – Sony YAY!; English Movie Channel – Sony PIX; Factual Entertainment Channel – Sony BBC Earth; Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television (FAST) channel in the US and Canada – Sony KAL; Digital entertainment OTT platform – Sony LIV and the independent production venture for original content and IPs for TV and digital media – Studio NEXT. This Network reaches out to over 700 million viewers in India and is available in over 150 countries.

Recognised as an employer of choice within and outside the media industry, SPNI is a recipient of several awards, including India’s Best Companies to Work For 2021 by the Great Place to Work® Institute, India, Exemplars of Inclusion in AVTAR & Seramount’s Most Inclusive Companies Index 2024 and listed as one of the 100 Best Companies for Women in India for eight consecutive years by AVTAR & Seramount. In recognition of the company’s unique workplace culture and exceptional people practices SPNI won the ET Future Skills 2024 for Best Learning Program Supporting Change Transformation Business Strategy, and the TISS LeapVault CLO Awards 2024 for Best Employee Engagement Program and Best Games Based Learning Program.

SPNI is in its 30th year of operations in India. Besides having overseas subsidiaries, it has a subsidiary MSM-Worldwide Factual Media Private Limited, and an affiliate, Bangla Entertainment Private Limited in India.

For more information, log onto www.sonypicturesnetworks.com