Our Career Coaches
What We Offer
Our Career Services page connects you with sustainability-focused coaches who can support your career journey.
Whether you are exploring the field, job searching, or looking to grow in your current role, our coaches offer guidance on resumes, interviews, career transitions, and job strategy.
Get practical, real-world support to help you build and advance your sustainability career.
Elyssa Pergola is a sustainability professional and career coach passionate about helping students and early-career professionals build meaningful careers in sustainability and impact. She has a BS in Sustainability from Cornell University and an MS in Sustainability Management from Columbia University
With experience spanning corporate sustainability, ESG reporting, environmental compliance, sustainable fashion, and the nonprofit sector, Elyssa understands the challenges of breaking into the field and navigating a sustainability career. As the founder of Shaping Sustainability, she has built a growing community dedicated to connecting aspiring professionals with opportunities, resources, and industry connections.
Elyssa's coaching style is practical, supportive, and personalized. She works closely with each client to identify career pathways, strengthen application materials, build confidence, and develop a clear strategy for achieving their professional goals.
A focused 30-minute 1:1 coaching session designed to help you make real progress in your sustainability career journey.
We can cover topics like job search strategy, breaking into sustainability, career transitions, interview prep, resume direction, or figuring out your next step.
My experience is primarily in in-house corporate sustainability roles, where I have worked across ESG reporting, compliance, and internal sustainability strategy. This perspective helps me guide clients who are interested in corporate sustainability careers and want to understand how these teams actually operate in practice.
You’ll leave with clear, actionable guidance tailored to your goals and experience level, plus concrete next steps to move forward with confidence.
Once purchased, I will send an email with a scheduling link.
Get a detailed, sustainability-focused resume review designed to help you stand out in ESG, climate, and impact roles.
You will receive:
• 7 specific, actionable comments on your resume (content, clarity, formatting, and impact)
• 2 overarching recommendations to improve overall structure, positioning, and storytelling
• Tailored feedback based on sustainability and related job market expectations
This review is designed to help you strengthen your resume so it better reflects your skills, experience, and career goals in sustainability.
Once you purchase, please send resume to shapingsustainability@gmail.com!
Elyssa Pergola
Whether you're stepping into a sustainability leadership role, looking to increase your influence, or exploring a career in sustainability, personalised coaching can help you move forward with greater confidence and clarity.
Drawing on over 20 years of executive leadership and in-house sustainability experience, I provide practical, one-to-one coaching tailored to your goals and stage of career. Together, we'll build the skills, mindset and strategic perspective needed to succeed in complex business environments.
Ideal for emerging professionals, high-potential talent, new sustainability leaders, and executives looking to strengthen their sustainability leadership.
Kim Hallwood
Kim Hallwood is the Founder and CEO of Hallwood Sustainability, an independent consultancy that helps global organizations future-proof their business, manage risk, and unlock long-term value.
A recognized leader in ESG and sustainable finance, Kim spent nearly two decades shaping and executing sustainability strategies inside some of the world’s largest financial institutions, including Barclays, HSBC, and RBC. As Head of Sustainability and member of the Executive Team at HSBC Bank Canada, she mobilized $9B in sustainable finance, advised the Board and senior leaders, and helped position the bank as one of Canada’s Best Corporate Citizens for more than a decade.
Kim’s work has been honoured with WXN’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada, Canada’s Clean50, and Business in Vancouver’s Most Influential Business Leaders. She holds an MBA and sustainability credentials from Harvard, Stanford, UBC, and the Responsible Investment Association.
Based in Vancouver, Kim is also a proud mom of two boys who loves the ocean, travel, and hiking the North Shore mountains.