Sustainable Finance Intern

Sustainable Finance Intern; Paris; On-site; EUR 10,000 - 13,000; Full time

Job summary

SCOR is seeking a motivated Sustainable Finance Intern to join the Sustainable Investment team. You will support research on sustainability topics, collect data, and help define ESG indicators for the investment portfolio.

The internship will expose you to carbon, biodiversity studies and climate risk assessment, in collaboration with finance and sustainability professionals. You will work in an English-speaking environment with some exposure to Excel, VBA, Python, and SQL tools, and a strong

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of market finance and environmental and social issues.
• Proficiency in Excel, VBA, and ideally Python and SQL.
• English language ability to work in an English-speaking environment; French is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyse sustainability data to develop extra-financial indicators for the SCOR investment portfolio.
• Study external methodologies on ESG indicators to apply to the SCOR investment portfolio.
• Monitor activity regarding sustainable finance topics, including carbon, biodiversity footprints, and climate-related risks.

Skills

Market finance knowledge

ESG knowledge

Excel, VBA

Python, SQL

Job description

Description

The Group Sustainability department is divided into three units:
i. Sustainable Investment,
ii. Sustainable Insurance,
iii. Corporate Sustainability.

The Sustainable Investment team is responsible for defining the sustainable investment policy to apply while
managing the portfolio of SCOR invested assets. As an institutional investor, SCOR is determined to play its
part in contributing to the well-being and resilience of society, notably by preserving natural capital.
The internship will take place within the Sustainable Investment team to support existing and new research
topics on sustainability.

Responsibilities

As an example, these analyses and syntheses may require to:

• Collect and analyse sustainability data to develop extra-financial indicators to apply to the SCOR investment portfolio,


• Study external methodologies on ESG indicators to apply to the SCOR investment portfolio,


• Monitor activity regarding sustainable finance topics.

The subjects delt with by the intern vary depending on periods of time. As an example, it could be studies on carbon or biodiversity footprints or climate & nature risks.

Qualifications

• You have good knowledge of market finance and of environmental and social issues.


• Former professional experience linked to those subjects is necessary.


• You are proficient in Excel, VBA, and ideally Python and SQL. Having used these tools in a professional
  context would be very appreciated.


• Your English level allows you to evolve in an English-speaking environment. French would be appreciated but is not mandatory.


• Rigor, autonomy, intellectual curiosity, sense of initiative, and a very good relational ability are qualities sought after.


• You wish to supplement your higher education training (business school, engineering school or post-
  graduate, with ideally a finance specialisation) with an end-of-study or gap year internship within the
  sustainability team of a listed company.