UK firms are increasingly seeking senior level corporate social responsibility (CSR) experts, according to green recruiter Acre Resources.

Acre has seen nearly a 20% increase in the number of CR and Sustainability jobs compared to the first three months of 2010, while compared to the first six months of 2009, there has been a 10% increase in the number of CR jobs.

Rufus Bullough, an associate in Acre’s CR and Sustainability team, says: “Increasingly we are seeing CR and more specifically sustainability become a significant part of corporate strategy. It is not uncommon these days to find C-level executives dealing with the issues and opportunities of CR and sustainability. We are now sourcing high level executive candidates with business experience to fill senior level roles which report directly to, or in some cases, sit within a company’s board of directors.”