Intern Global Sustainability Expertise Team

We are looking for an Intern for our Center of Excellence Sustainability Expertise within our Global Sustainability department. The CoE Sustainability Expertise delivers core expertise to our entire organisation on Climate, Nature and Human Rights (the core themes of our Global Sustainability Direction). We’re looking for an intern who can help deliver on our climate- and nature themes.

Our Purpose

There is no denying that one of the biggest challenges for society is sustainability, in all its forms. Climate change threatens both the planet and its people. People may struggle with inequality or a lack of basic human rights. As the challenges increase, there’s a growing sense of urgency that governments and businesses should step in and help tackle them. The world is changing, and banking needs to change with it. ING aims to put sustainability at the heart of what we do, defining new ways of doing business where planet and people are just as important as economic growth. It’s about making progress together, step by step. It starts with our own operations and people. Looking inward, means striving to ensure our operations – our buildings, data centres and how we use transport – are in line with the low-carbon economy of the future. That our employees are treated well and that neither we nor our suppliers infringe on human rights. But we can do more. As a global bank with billions flowing through our books, we have an opportunity to make an impact for the better. Doing so by bringing aspects of climate, nature and protecting human rights into our dialogue with clients and financing decisions. ING wants to be a pioneer in defining new ways to do business. We want to be a banking leader in building a sustainable future for our company, our customers, society and the environment.

The Global Sustainability Department

Our Global Sustainability Department, reports directly to the CEO, and oversees the Sustainability Direction of ING Group globally, including strategies to improve Sustainability for our customers, our community, and our colleagues. Our team of sustainability consultants integrate sustainability within our banking operations worldwide, across both Retail and Wholesale Banking markets, and covers advice and programme management

across the full range of ESG objectives. ING has been recognised as one of the most sustainable banks in the world for our contributions to progressing action on key global challenges such as climate change and the impacts of technology on society.

We’re committed to setting the standard for ING’s sustainability performance, and raising the bar for our peers, the sectors we’re active in and other stakeholders. We collaborate with all ING business lines, domains and countries. We encourage and help educate our colleagues and actively engage with external stakeholders to create a ripple effect on sustainability impact.

Delivering on our purpose means we work with our colleagues to integrate and embed current and upcoming relevant sustainability themes in ING’s businesses, as we strive to put sustainability at the heart of what we do and empower people to stay a step ahead in life and in business.

We do this by staying a step ahead ourselves – combining deep knowledge and expertise on Climate, Nature and Human Rights with an up-to-date outside-in view. We translate the interests of stakeholders into a sustainability strategy focused on maximising ING’s impact. We are both proactive and flexibly reactive, and our advice and actions support the sustainable transformation of ING, and by extension the transitions of our customers.

Our aspiration is to bring all parts of ING together to truly make the difference and be a banking leader in sustainability.

Roles and responsibilities

• Support the (Sr) Consultants and Theme Leads in the development and implementation of methodologies and approaches for INGs climate and/or nature strategy.

How to succeed

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.

• Relevant education on climate and/or nature themes (for example Sustainability Masters, Environmental studies) with an interest to deploy knowledge within a commercially driven organization.
• Ability to support the development and implementation of methodologies to quantify impact on climate and/or nature as a financial institution (target setting, measure progress, etc.).
• Basic project management skills – ability to deliver within strict deadlines and report on progress while working on multiple projects/topics at the same time and deliver high-quality results.
• Basic understanding of relevant sectors for ING and understand the needs for clients in these sectors to move to net zero and to contribute to halt and reverse nature loss.

Rewards and benefits

This is a great opportunity to train with highly skilled people who are experts in their field. You’ll do a lot and learn a lot – not only about your specialist area and the bank, but also about yourself and whether this type of environment is right for you.

You’ll also benefit from:

• Internship allowance of 700 EUR based on 36 hours work week.
• Your own work laptop.
• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation.
• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities.
• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues.

During the duration of your internship at ING, it is mandatory to be enrolled at a Dutch university (or EU-university for EU passport holders).

Questions?

Contact the recruiter attached to the advertisement. Want to apply directly? Please upload your CV and motivation letter by clicking the ‘Apply’ button.

About our internships

Every year, more than 350 students join our internship program. While there are no guarantees about your future, many of our former interns move into a permanent role or onto our International Talent Programme (traineeship).

Whatever happens, an internship at ING is the ideal opportunity to meet a wide variety of people, to build up your own network, and to learn about many different aspects of banking – put simply, it’s a great start to your career.