Sustainability Intern

The Opportunity

We are seeking a current student looking for a one-year placement as part of their degree to join our Sustainability practice with an opportunity to collaborate with our Shareholder Advisory or Strategic Communications teams. In this role, you will support teams on consulting engagements across sectors, helping clients develop sustainability strategies and communications that drive performance. You will conduct complex research and analyses to contribute to client deliverables, and play an active role in theplanning and delivery of client projects. You will also receive training in our approach to client work, services, and methodologies.

By the end of your placement year, you will have

• Collaborated with experienced consultants to turn research and data into clear, actionable presentations, reports, and workbooks for executive audiences.
• Supported gap analyses, peer benchmarking, and strategic action plans aligned with market trends and client priorities.
• Contributed to client ESG and sustainability reports, including calculating key metrics with proprietary tools and standards.
• Learnt from a dedicated mentor who can provide guidance, offer candid feedback, and help shape your path at Sodali.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members to produce high-quality, visually compelling, and actionable deliverables, including presentations, reports, and workbooks.
• Support sustainability and climate gap analyses, peer benchmarking, recommendations, and strategic action plans aligned with market and stakeholder trends and client focus areas.
• Guided by client needs, research climate policies and industry practices, analyze climate-related data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and synthesize findings into concise formats for executives.
• Support the end-to-end development of clients’ annual sustainability and ESG reports with cross-functional stakeholders, including interviews across corporate functions and industries to source new or underreported performance data.
• Support calculation of key ESG performance metrics, using our proprietary tools and client-provided data, in alignment with standards such as the GHG Protocol.
• Contribute to firm development through business development, service development, and thought leadership, and support administrative and client account management needs.

Successful Candidates Would

• Understand corporate sustainability/ESG reporting or general management consulting with demonstrated interest in sustainability issues. 
• Understand sustainability/ESG and climate accounting, management, and disclosure standards and regulatory frameworks such as, GRI, TCFD, ISSB’s IFRS S1 and S2, SASB, SBTi, EU Taxonomy, SFDR, CA SB 253, CA SB 261, and/or EU CSRD.
• Understand or demonstrate an interest in ESG ratings providers and assessments such as ISS, MSCI, Sustainalytics, CDP, EcoVadis, S&P CSA, and/or GRESB.
• Demonstrate analytical skills and comfort working with data, with enthusiasm for using AI tools and prompt engineering to accelerate research and draft deliverables.
• Communicate clearly and professionally, with strong writing and editing abilities and confidence presenting to colleagues.
• Embrace learning new concepts and industry best practices in a fast-paced consulting environment.
• Adapt as project needs change and approach work with a solutions-oriented mindset.
• Manage multiple projects and deliverables simultaneously through strong time management and prioritization.
• Demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint, Excel, and Claude. Power BI experience is a plus.

Role Requirements 

• Studying towards a Bachelor's degree and seeking a 12-month placement year as part of your degree programme. 
• Have a demonstrated interest in sustainability, environmental studies, business, economics, strategic communications or a related field, with a particular interest in corporate sustainability, climate change, or management consulting.
• All applicants must be currently authorized to work in the UK on a full-time basis.  

Our Interview Process 

We personally review every application, and if we think there might be a fit, we’ll reach out via email within a couple days to start the conversation. From there, our hiring process includes: 

• 30-minute video interview with a member of our HR Team
• Case Study Exercise 
• 45-minute video interview with two client-facing practitioners
• Final 30-minute video interview with Senior Leadership
• Offer