INTERNSHIP - Sustainability Performance Intern - January 2026 - (H/F)
Stage Paris (Paris)
Job description
About the job
For over 100 years, Danone has been supporting people worldwide with its 146 delicious brands. Located in over 120 countries with more than 89,000 employees across production sites, warehouses, headquarters, and R&D centers, Danone continually develops iconic products. Certified as Bcorp and Happy Trainees, Danone strives to be a better company for the world, its consumers, and its employees.
B Corp certified, Danone France does not seek to be the best company in the world, but better for the world! This certification allows us to challenge ourselves in order to continuously improve and measure our social and environmental performance.
ABOUT THE TEAM
At the Global Sustainability Performance Team we are convinced that we have the opportunity and indeed the obligation to respond to the social, economic, and environmental challenges of our world. To make this belief a reality, we are working to measure, advance and report on Danone’s sustainability progress to bring in life our vision and commitment in a valuable way with our internal and external stakeholders. Indeed, we are sitting at a crossroads between the internal experts working to deliver Danone's sustainability frame of actions and we are facilitating connections between corporate, brands and subsidiaries strategies, as well as the B Corp ambition, as key success factors to achieve our Company agenda. Since few years, we started as a team to evolve our reporting for more impact in order to help Danone progress today’s sustainability agenda and prepare for tomorrow while continuing to be recognized for our achievements. As a member of our team, you will participate to our team mission through your activities.
YOUR SPECIFIC MISSIONS
SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE (60%)
You will be involved in the development of Danone’s main communication supports and you will have a comprehensive view on our 2025 sustainability performance. Specifically, you will:
• Supporting the finalization of our 2025 annual publications on sustainability topics and local publications:
o Collect and integrate sustainability experts’ inputs and consolidated figures
o Collect, from sustainability local network, flagship projects to valorize in our publications
o Work on the development of disclosures related to Danone’s exhaustive extra-financial performance
• Contribute to the development and upgrading of two iconic sustainability communication assets: Annual Integrated Report & Company Dashboard (from a content and communication perspective).
EXTRA-FINANCIAL RATINGS AND RANKINGS: (30%)
You will learn how to manage internal collaborative process in selected extra-financial ratings and rankings (Sustainalytics, S&P ESG, etc.); you will be exposed to the work related to the pioneering ‘future of ESG disclosure’ project
• Contribute to the annual planning of key ratings and rankings that Danone proactively engages in
• Support collaborative response to selected ESG questionnaires via engagement with senior internal stakeholders, data collection and review, and identifying and executing improvement opportunities.
• Perform analysis of Danone’s results on these ratings and rankings to feed our sustainability strategy and improvement plans.
• Work on automating ESG ratings and rankings data collection processes through IT solutions and by identifying synergies and overlaps between questionnaires coming from different ESG ratings and ratings.
DANONE WAY (10%)
You will learn how Danone is guiding and measuring its local subsidiaries in its business and sustainability strategy through Danone Way to foster sustainable growth.
• You will learn how the Danone Way results are animated at local and central levels: supporting data visualization and presentation of the insights to relevant stakeholders.
• You will contribute to keeping Danone Way’s content up to date by supporting the global evolution of the program
• You will contribute to the preparation of the 2025 Danone Way campaign, relying on consolidation technology and a network of 100+ local coordinators
THE BENEFITS OF THIS INTERNSHIP:
· Up to 2 days/week of remote work
· Full reimbursement of Navigo subscription
· "Vendredi je grandis" program: development every Friday afternoon covering career, soft skills, and hard skills.
· INTERNSHIP : Compensation from €1,300 (Bachelor's +4 and gap year) to €1,500 (Bachelor's +5) gross/month.
· Benefits: company restaurant, gym, bike parking About you
To achieve great things together, we are looking for someone:
· You are from an engineering school, business school, or university; and you are specialized in sustainable development and passionate about these issues
· You speak English fluently and you can communicate in French language.
· You master Excel and data analysis tools and feel comfortable with analyzing large sets of data in detail.
· You are a good communicator (in person and online) and have the ability to easily connect with people.
· You are adaptable and like to work in a fast-paced and international environment
· You are known for being autonomous, detail-oriented, organized, and capable of prioritizing.
Criteria above remain indicative. We are proud to promote diversity and equal opportunity within our teams . We believe that our differences will make a difference, and that an inclusive work environment will drive our growth as a company, as a team, and as individuals. We will therefore consider all applications* by fostering an inclusive work culture where everyone can feel at home.
We have also chosen to remove inclusive writing from our job offers because its complexity penalizes people with cognitive disabilities, including dyslexia, dysphasia, or apraxia.
*All nominations will be considered regardless of origin, background, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability…
About Danone
Never stop growing! Joining Danone means...
· Meet Danoners with unique personalities, diverse profiles, and varied career paths
· Grow in different environments: production sites, logistics bases, research and innovation centers, or company headquarters
· Build a tailored career path suited to your personality, skills, and desires
· Learn through enriching, responsible, and educational missions
Our Danoners speak out! Discover the testimony of six Danoners with very different jobs and career paths: never stop growing .
You want to know more about the daily life of Danoners? Come grow with us and find all our news, tips, and information on our website careers.danone.com , our LinkedIn page , or our Instagram account @danonetalentfrance .
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