Sustainability Officer

Helps organisations measure and improve environmental and social performance and comply with sustainability requirements. Explore current demand, important skills and estimated junior, mid-level and senior salaries, plus 1 linked programme across 1 university. Enter your subjects and marks to discover which linked programmes you may qualify for.

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Career overview

What does a Sustainability Officer do?

Helps organisations measure and improve environmental and social performance and comply with sustainability requirements.

Demand level: High

Earning potential

Estimated annual salaries

JuniorR360 000 p.a.Mid-levelR600 000 p.a.SeniorR900 000 p.a.

Salary figures are estimates and may vary by employer, experience, qualifications, location and economic conditions.

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Skills linked to this career

Environmental compliance · EssentialSustainability reporting · EssentialCarbon accounting · ImportantData analysis · ImportantStakeholder engagement · Important
Study routes

Programmes linked to this career

These are some of the programmes currently connected to this career in VX Course Match.

Bachelor of Arts (BA) – Geography and Environmental Studies — University of the Western Cape

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What does a Sustainability Officer do?

Helps organisations measure and improve environmental and social performance and comply with sustainability requirements.

What skills are important for this career?

Important skills include Environmental compliance, Sustainability reporting, Carbon accounting, Data analysis, Stakeholder engagement.

What salary can I expect?

VX provides junior, mid-level and senior annual salary estimates. Actual earnings vary by employer, experience, qualifications, location and economic conditions.

Which programmes can lead to this career?

1 linked programme is currently available in the VX database. Use Course Match to see which ones fit your subjects and marks.