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Our team's chosen posts this week. Thank you to the impactful posts by Sara Mason, Victoria Galeano, Morten Halborg, Tanaha Hairston, MBA, Natasha Burroughs, Kieron Boyle and Andrea Frosinini and for using your power to explore and make things happen. Neil Farrell Tatiana Dupont Matt Baty John Gillespie Rebecca Jenkins Sashwot Kharel Stephanie Thompson. Have a great weekend everyone!

Our team's 3rd quarter insights across the sustainability recruitment market: overview across the private, public, renewable and sustainability consultancy space. As well as our own quarterly impact update. Neil Farrell John Gillespie Tatiana Dupont Matt Baty Sashwot Kharel Stephanie Thompson Rebecca Jenkins

THERE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS HAPPENING: The last two or three years have seen our traditional client base almost completely stop hiring. It woud have been much better if they hadn't, but they did. We have still managed to have a succesful period, making a series of mini pivots, and breaking exciting new ground in renewables, climate tech, foundations and venture capital. A comment from a client about how markets tend to pick up when things feel like they can't get any worse, got me thinking. It is the ability to accept a bad situation, and make the most of it, which can set you apart. The market is bad. It doesn't mean we feel bad. It means we change our activity levels (and focus), and style, and find the areas that are doing well. Be positive, as much and as often as you can. I'm here if you need a hug. John Gillespie Stephanie Thompson Matt Baty Farrell Associates | Certified B Corp™ Sashwot Kharel Tatiana Dupont

HOW TO HIRE FOR THE LONG TERM IN SUSTAINABILITY. Hire the best person you can find, not the person with the closest job description match. When businesses can't pass on cost to their clients, they reduce it internally. Through redundancies, hiring freezes, and cutting vendor costs. We have seen a decrease in permanent hiring, and an increase in interim, and consultancy spend (reach out if you want to hear about some great partners we're working with). Internal talent teams have also been decreased, but are being asked to more, and to do everything direct, often through job adverts. Now, while job adverts only attract a piece of the market, that piece is at its biggest now, because no one is hiring, and there are high levels of dissatisafaction among sustainability proffesionals. But, the optics for hiring managers look good, with 300 applicants. However, these are all people who are proactively looking, and you get some with 100% experience match. So, why are they moving? They need to because of a perceived threat of redundancy. They want to because they are fed up. After four years, they just need a change, and a fresh company with fresh ideas sounds good. How long will some of these people last when there is a prolongued period of growth and hiring? When they are approached five times per week with their ideal job, they will be gone quicker than you can say 'wageinflation'. Long-term is nearly always best. Think about hiring on motivations, development opportunity, potential. Get the best person you can find, not the most experience. John Gillespie Matt Baty Tatiana Dupont Stephanie ThompsonSashwot Kharel Farrell Associates | Certified B Corp™

Our teams chosen sustainability posts this week. Thank you to Laura Clarke OBE, Sofía Condés, Markus Krebber, David Hill CBE, Claire Berson, Alex Miller and Andrey Zaripov. Neil Farrell Tatiana Dupont John Gillespie Sashwot Kharel, Stephanie Thompson Matt Baty Simon Maguire

Fantastic keynote speaker!

Answers to some of the questions we get the most

Anyone in our network who can give up some time to coach Master's students on interview technique, please get in touch with us. Best point of contact is, Stephanie Thompson, our Head of Sustainability & Culture!

DEMAND FOR ESG INTEGRATION SPECIALISTS IN PRIVATE EQUITY AND ALTERNATIVES Today, firms are actively seeking dedicated ESG integration experts who can speak the language of both impact and finance. We are seeing; ·     Increased focus on deal lifecycle - Firms want professionals who understand ESG risks and opportunities throughout the investment process, from due diligence to exit. ·     Demand for financial acumen - The most sought-after candidates combine deep ESG knowledge with strong financial backgrounds and can demonstrate tangible value creation. ·     Specialisation is key - While generalists are still valuable, there's a growing demand for experts in specific areas like climate, biodiversity, and nature-related risks ·     Regulatory preparedness - As regulations tighten globally, firms are proactively building out their ESG capabilities to stay ahead of compliance requirements ·     Integration across strategies - multi-strategy firms are looking for professionals who can adapt ESG principles across various asset classes and investment approaches The market for ESG talent remains competitive, especially for senior roles. Neil Farrell Tatiana Dupont Stephanie Thompson Sashwot Kharel Matt Baty Farrell Associates | Certified B Corp™

Hiring for the long term, by hiring on potential. Investing is mostly long term. Sustainability is future proofing our world. If you want to hire the best talent, and to have them stay with you, hire for what you want them to do, not what you want them to look like. Rather than writing down the list of experiences you need, write down a list in order of priority and percentage weighting of what you will need the person to do day to day. Then decide what is the minimum amount of experience you wil accept, and what you can sacrifice to get the best talent. Then find someone who can do the job (keeping an open mind on background), and who wants it, because it is a development opportunity. The best talent want to develop. If you match people to the duties in the role, rather than looking for identical experience, you open up the candidate pool 10x, you find hidden gems, increase the likelihood of a diverse hire, and most likely find the 'passive candidates' who are well looked after at competitors who aren't applying to job adverts. Matt Baty John Gillespie Tatiana Dupont Stephanie Thompson Farrell Associates | Certified B Corp™ Sashwot Kharel