Internship - ESG Business Development and Outreach Intern

Job description

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THE AXA GROUP SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT

Whatever their stage of life, we provide over 108 million customers with the products and services they need to progress. From insurance to personal protection, and savings to wealth management, no matter the need we’re always there for them. And we’re always there for our employees. In 50 countries, we work hard to inspire pride and a sense of belonging in our people. To provide opportunities that challenge them, inspire them, and reward them. And to create a culture that’s open, supportive, and empowering. Because we know that’s the real secret to success – and the best way for us to keep building a better world for both our customers and the talented people who put them first.

Your work environment:

The headquarters of the AXA Group (GIE AXA) brings together our corporate activities. It provides guidance and support to subsidiaries around the world, to ensure the coordination and monitoring of the Group's global strategy, the application of its standards, the consistency of commercial approaches and the sharing of best practices. The headquarters gathers approximately 1000 employees and is distinguished by its strong international culture (45 nationalities), which makes it a rich and stimulating place to work.

About the role:

You will join the Group Sustainability team within the Global Communications Department as our Sustainability Project Officer. Our team plays a crucial role in driving sustainability within the company. Our missions include strategic influence, overseeing strategy implementation, and ensuring coherent sustainability disclosures. We work closely with various functions within AXA to achieve these goals, making sustainability a top priority across the organization.

We have a global reach, impacting AXA Group and its entities across 50+ countries. With leadership support, the team drives operational effectiveness and controls over sustainability-related topics. This includes developing initiatives, action plans, and KPIs, as well as monitoring progress and representing AXA within key sustainability alliances and organizations worldwide.

Your mission:

As part of the Environmental and Social Impact team within the Group Sustainability you will focus on Social, Climate, and Nature aspects working with the team and liaising with the relevant professional families and/or local entities, on the following tasks:

• Supporting the team on research, and analysis to contribute to strategy definition, project scoping, speaking opportunities preparation, etc.
• Gathering and formalizing information on Sustainability topics such as Inclusive Protection (including ‘Women in insurance initiative’), Transition & Adaptation Insurance and Responsible Savings across the Group.
• Benchmarking internally and externally to identify and leverage best practices (including for instance summary of webinars or reports)
• Participating in data collection & analysing KPIs against environmental targets
• Contributing to AXA’s environmental footprint reporting and AXA participation in voluntary ESG surveys

The trainee will ensure the completion of important deliverables on complex and high-visibility projects involving multiple and senior stakeholders at AXA Group and/or AXA local company/region level.

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Your profile

1- Education

·  Currently pursuing a Master’s degree program at a Business School, University or Engineering School and seeking a 6-month internship, either as part of your gap semester or your end-of-study internship

2- Pre-requisites

·  Fully fluent in English and French (oral and written), fluency in other languages is an advantage but not mandatory (e.g. Spanish, German)
·  Excellent skills at MS Office (notably Excel and PowerPoint)
·  Multi-tasks oriented and capacity to prioritize and deliver results within a given time

3- Expected skills and competencies

·  Strong project management skills with excellent organizational and analytical skills
·  Excellent ability to process figures;
·  Excellent communication and relational skills
·  Dynamic, autonomous, multi-tasker and proactive team player
·  Ability to use common sense in a complex environment;

Knowledge of sustainability issues would be highly appreciated