Sustainable Finance Intern

Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France Department: Sustainability

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.