ESG Associate

ClearBridge Investments is seeking an ESG Associate to join their New York-based Environment, Social, & Governance (ESG) Investment and Strategy team. The ESG Associate will be responsible for assisting with the coordination of ClearBridge's firmwide ESG investment approach. This includes a range of tasks that support ESG integration and impact activities being conducted by all investment teams and will act as a liaison for the ESG Strategy Team with all areas of the firm (central research, portfolio management, client-facing and other teams).

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support firm-wide ESG projects and strategy
• Assist with monitoring and tracking of firm-wide engagement and stewardship efforts
• Assist with the firm's internal and external ESG reporting (periodic client reporting, annual Stewardship report, and ad hoc client ESG requests/queries)
• Work cross functionally with the investment teams, sales/marketing and technology on ESG related requests and projects
• Manage proprietary ESG systems utilized by investment teams
• Ad hoc projects to advance the firm's ESG integration and impact efforts
• Ad hoc projects related to corporate governance issues, including proxy voting

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years of relevant experience in ESG, sustainability or asset management
• Passion for sustainability and impact investing
• Expertise or familiarity with corporate governance concepts, including proxy voting preferred
• Highly proficient in excel and data analytics preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Highly analytical, organized and detail-oriented
• High ethical standards

Total Rewards:

Our employees have access to a competitive and valuable set of Total Rewards. Our Total Rewards include:

• Hybrid work schedule
• Health, wellness and risk benefits to protect employees and their families
• Retirement savings, stock purchase and other incentive programs to help employees plan for the future
• Holiday, paid-time-off and other employee programs that support work-life balance
• Support for pursuing certifications, external education and degree programs
• Learning, development and career advancement opportunities
• Ways to get involved in, and give back to, our communities, including paid time off for volunteering and charitable donation matching

ClearBridge is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.