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To make this review truly valuable, we have complemented the listings with our unique analysis of the sustainability job market for early-career professionals. In addition, each employer is transparently presented through the lens of its sustainability maturity — the universal methodology pioneered by illuminem and endorsed by leading industry figures. This provides a forward-looking view of corporate sustainability performance, freely available to all.
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Spotlight insights
Sustainability hiring for junior roles is expanding across consumer goods, tech, logistics, finance, and construction (think Nike, Richemont, BNP Paribas, Arup, Prada). Internships and entry-level positions now range from ESG data and reporting to supply chain, design, and energy transition.
Average sustainability maturity among hiring firms spans from below 30% to above 80% (based on illuminem’s transparent methodology), meaning new hires will either help build small, agile teams or strengthen mature functions already shaping corporate strategy.
Geographically, roles cluster in Europe’s major hubs, with strong representation in the US and select openings in Asia. Data-heavy and compliance-driven positions dominate, but communications, stakeholder engagement, and transition-focused skills are steadily gaining ground.
Key early-career skill clusters:
- ESG data, reporting & compliance (BNP Paribas, Richemont, Arup)
- Stakeholder engagement & communications (Wizz Air, L’Oréal, Rakuten)
- Supply chain & operations knowledge (Prada, Weyerhaeuser, Prologis)
- Energy transition & climate strategy (UNICEF, EVConsult, Hitachi Energy)
- Cross-functional collaboration & change management (Nike, Quantis, KPMG)
🔎 Trend to watch: Many junior roles are no longer siloed into reporting alone. Employers increasingly expect hires to blend hard data skills with soft influence skills, a sign that sustainability is moving from compliance to transformation, even at the entry level.
The junior-level sustainability roles you shouldn’t miss in September 2025
1. Climax - Sustainability Intern – Climate Tech SaaS
🌎 Location: The Randstad, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏢 Industry: Software and IT Services
👤 Role: A full-time, on-site internship in the Netherlands focused on supporting sustainability projects through research, data analysis, reporting, and collaboration on climate tech initiatives
2. BNP Paribas - Intern ESG Analyst
🌎 Location: Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 47%
🏢 Industry: Finance
👤 Role: The Trainee will join the CIB CSR Analysis & Expertise team, supporting global ESG risk analysis and advisory services for corporate clients and transactions within BNP Paribas.
3. Wizz Air - Junior Sustainability Manager
🌎 Location: Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 30%
🏢 Industry: Transportation and Logistics
👤 Role: The Junior Sustainability Manager supports ESG activities, sustainability reporting, and stakeholder engagement, contributing to data collection, documentation, and internal coordination under the guidance of the Sustainability Team Manager
4. Rakuten - ESG Intern
🌎 Location: London, England 🏴
🏢 Industry: Consumer Goods
👤 Role: The ESG Intern will support the Sustainability team by managing and analyzing ESG data, maintaining documentation, and providing administrative support during a 6-month, part-time internship, while gaining hands-on experience and professional development opportunities
5. Cefic - Climate and Energy Intern
🌎 Location: Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: An internship offering hands-on experience in climate change and energy policy through research, analysis, project support, and engagement in EU and international regulatory affairs
6. Quantis - Sustainability Consultant Intern
🌎 Location: Paris, France 🇫🇷
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 28%
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Under the guidance of project leads and experts, you will support environmental footprint projects — including life cycle assessments, carbon and water footprint analyses — across diverse sectors, contributing to data collection, modeling, reporting, and client interactions
7. ADM - Working Student Sustainability
🌎 Location: Hamburg, Germany 🇩🇪
🏢 Industry: Consumer Goods
👤 Role: An internship focused on supporting sustainability initiatives through data collection, analysis, research, stakeholder management, and the development of sustainable practices and policies
8. Richemont - Sustainability Engagement Intern
🌎 Location: Geneva, Switzerland 🇨🇭
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 85%
🏢 Industry: Consumer Goods
👤 Role: The Sustainability Engagement Intern will support the Group’s sustainability strategy through awareness, communication, and training initiatives, contributing to industry research, content creation, event planning, and community engagement during a 6-month internship
9. Prada - Industrial Sustainability Specialist
🌎 Location: Tuscany, Italy 🇮🇹
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 75%
🏢 Industry: Consumer Goods
👤 Role: This role supports the Industrial Sustainability & Product Compliance team by managing sustainability projects across the supply chain, focusing on chemical management, water conservation, resource efficiency, Scope 3 emissions reduction, ESG reporting, and supplier engagement
10. Nike - Global Sustainability Graduate Internship
🌎 Location: Beaverton, USA 🇺🇸
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 69%
🏢 Industry: Consumer Goods
👤 Role: The Nike Global Sustainability Graduate Intern will lead high-impact projects that embed sustainability across business, operations, and marketplace initiatives worldwide, developing strategic insights and solutions during an 8–10 week paid internship
11. Arup - Sustainability intern
🌎 Location: Milan, Italy 🇮🇹
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 85%
🏢 Industry: Construction
👤 Role: An internship supporting building projects through collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, involvement in certification processes, site visits, and client engagement
12. Qonto - ESG Intern
🌎 Location: Paris, France 🇫🇷
🏢 Industry: Finance
👤 Role: An internship supporting ESG initiatives through data analysis, supplier engagement, policy improvement, carbon assessment, and the development of internal training and awareness materials
13. Michael Kors - Analyst, Environmental Compliance
🌎 Location: Milan, Italy 🇮🇹
🏢 Industry: Consumer Goods
👤 Role: An internship supporting compliance with environmental legislation and EPR programs through monitoring, reporting, stakeholder coordination, data management, and ESG-related project support
14. Sia - Consultant Sustainability & Climate
🌎 Location: Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 48%
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: You will contribute to sustainability-focused consulting projects — ranging from techno-economic studies to data analysis and knowledge sharing — while supporting internal initiatives in a dynamic, fast-growing firm
15. United Nations Children's Fund - Sustainable Energy Consultant
🌎 Location: New York, USA 🇺🇸
🏢 Industry: Energy and Mining
👤 Role: The Sustainable Energy Consultant will support UNICEF by advancing child-sensitive energy policies, managing knowledge resources, driving advocacy initiatives, supporting policy development, and building staff capacity to strengthen sustainable energy commitments globally
16. L’Oréal - Corporate Social Responsibility - Summer Internship - Undergraduate
🌎 Location: New York, USA 🇺🇸
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 66%
🏢 Industry: Consumer Goods
👤 Role: This role supports L'Oréal’s sustainability and CSR initiatives by contributing to projects in sourcing, packaging, IT, and marketing — ranging from sustainable supply chain and packaging research to consumer engagement, philanthropy, and employee learning
17. Iveco Group - Internship - Global Affairs & Sustainability
🌎 Location: Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 72%
🏢 Industry: Transportation and Logistics
👤 Role: Support international public affairs and sustainability initiatives by monitoring geopolitical developments, preparing briefing materials, and facilitating engagement with governments, international organizations, and industry stakeholders
18. World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) - Intern, Agriculture & Food, Collective Action Track
🌎 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏢 Industry: Finance
👤 Role: An internship supporting sustainable development projects through research, data analysis, project coordination, communications, and stakeholder engagement in the agriculture and food value chain
19. Salomon - Sustainability Data Analyst H/F
🌎 Location: Annecy, France 🇫🇷
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 34%
🏢 Industry: Consumer Goods
👤 Role: An internship providing operational support for sustainability data collection and management to help inform more responsible business decisions
20. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) - Junior Sustainability Designer
🌎 Location: San Francisco, USA 🇺🇸
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 31%
🏢 Industry: Construction
👤 Role: Support the design team by delivering and documenting green building strategies, conducting energy and daylighting analyses, evaluating renewable technologies, staying current on sustainability standards, and preparing reports and presentations on building performance
21. Storck - Junior Sustainability Consultant
🌎 Location: Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪
🏢 Industry: Consumer Goods
👤 Role: Develop CSRD- and ESRS-compliant sustainability reporting, collect and refine non-financial KPIs, support departments in meeting sustainability requirements, and ensure quality through data and process review
22. KPMG - Junior Sustainability / ESG Consultant
🌎 Location: Germany 🇩🇪
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 53%
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: This role supports consulting projects on sustainable finance, ESG risks and opportunities, and regulatory issues, while analyzing KPIs, reporting, and governance structures to deliver long-term value in close collaboration with clients
23. IMO Surface Technology - Sustainability & Energy Management Officer
🌎 Location: Königsbach-Stein, Germany 🇩🇪
🏢 Industry: Construction
👤 Role: Further development and implementation of the IMO Group's sustainability strategy and objectives together with management and the specialist departments, particularly in the areas of energy and the environment
24. Manaos - Sustainable Finance Marketing Intern
🌎 Location: Paris, France 🇫🇷
🏢 Industry: Finance
👤 Role: An internship supporting marketing and communications by creating content, managing campaigns and events, collaborating across teams, and tracking performance to enhance brand visibility in sustainable finance
25. Arcadis - Graduate Sustainability Advisory Consultant - ESG
🌎 Location: London, England 🏴
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 85%
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Drive the transition to a 1.5°C future, advising leading clients in the built environment and infrastructure on ESG, carbon, climate adaptation, and sustainability strategies
26. Hometree Group - People & Culture Associate
🌎 Location: London, England 🏴
🏢 Industry: Energy and Mining
👤 Role: Be part of our extensive network of local installation businesses that equip homeowners with the cutting-edge, sustainable energy solutions necessary for reaching net-zero emissions
27. Zelestra - Environmental Intern (renewable energies)
🌎 Location: Seville, Spain 🇪🇸
🏢 Industry: Energy and Mining
👤 Role: An internship supporting environmental compliance and monitoring by managing documentation, coordinating with teams and consultants, preparing reports, and assessing project impacts
28. Fugro - Junior Consultant Environment
🌎 Location: Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 48%
🏢 Industry: Construction
👤 Role: Support in contaminated site investigations, including supervising drilling and sampling, coordinating with teams and subcontractors, and ensuring projects meet quality, cost, schedule, and safety requirements
29. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) - Internship – Sustainability in Business & Technology
🌎 Location: Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 60%
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: An internship supporting sustainability initiatives through research, regulatory analysis, data evaluation, advisory support, and coordination of projects and presentations related to sustainable value chains and industry practices
30. RINA - Junior Environmental/OHS Consultant
🌎 Location: Genoa, Italy 🇮🇹
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 62%
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Support audits, due diligence, documentation, and site assessments in line with international ESG and OHS standards, assisting senior consultants in evaluating compliance, identifying risks, and delivering sustainability solutions for clients
31. Minor Hotels - Sustainable Procurement Analyst
🌎 Location: Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: An internship supporting sustainable procurement by evaluating products and suppliers, leading ESG-related projects, analyzing data, promoting best practices, and ensuring compliance with sustainability standards
32. auren - Sustainability Consultant Intern
🌎 Location: Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Support the team with sustainability reporting and CSRD alignment, taxonomy calculations, double materiality and value chain analyses, ESG communications, and monitoring of evolving European and international reporting frameworks
33. EVConsult - Junior Consultant Sustainability / Electric Transport
🌎 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏢 Industry: Transportation and Logistics
👤 Role: Support public and private clients in making transport more sustainable by advising on fleet electrification, designing charging solutions, and guiding procurement and implementation processes toward the goal of 100% electric transport
34. Center for Global Development - Research Assistant / Programme Coordinator
🌎 Location: London, England 🏴
🏢 Industry: Nonprofit
👤 Role: Support collaborative projects through research, data analysis, writing, and administration, while Program Coordinators focus on grants, operations, and project management with some research support
35. Capgemini - Junior Project Manager Sustainability
🌎 Location: Texas, USA 🇺🇸
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 65%
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Lead and monitor environmental projects, collaborating across teams to ensure alignment with corporate sustainability goals, regulatory standards, and measurable impacts on emissions, efficiency, and waste reduction
36. Ramboll - Associate Air Quality Consultant
🌎 Location: Salt Lake City, USA 🇺🇸
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 70%
🏢 Industry: Construction
👤 Role: Guide clients across industries with emissions estimation, air dispersion modeling, risk assessment, climate planning, permitting, compliance, and data analysis, tackling complex air quality and sustainability challenges
37. Hines - Sustainability Summer Analyst Intern
🌎 Location: London, England 🏴
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 33%
🏢 Industry: Real Estate
👤 Role: Support the Environmental Strategies and Sustainability Teams in coordinating and implementing policies, programs and initiatives across the Hines global platform and working with broader Hines teams to successfully advance our sustainability strategy
38. BWB - Graduate Air Quality Consultant
🌎 Location: London, England 🏴
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Lead and deliver air quality and odour projects from proposal to completion, including dispersion modelling, monitoring, reporting, and project management
39. Introba - Junior Project Coordinator
🌎 Location: London, England 🏴
🏢 Industry: Construction
👤 Role: Support the delivery of high-quality engineering and consulting services by assisting project delivery through undertaking project administration, document control, and project delivery coordination activities
40. Grundfos - Sustainability Data Analyst
🌎 Location: Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 65%
🏢 Industry: Consumer Goods
👤 Role: An internship supporting sustainability strategy by analyzing sales data, developing decarbonization pathways, creating roadmaps, collaborating with teams, and presenting insights to stakeholders
41. Tetra Tech - Environmental Compliance Project Manager
🌎 Location: Oregon, USA 🇺🇸
🏢 Industry: Energy and Mining
💶 Salary: $130,000 – $170,000
👤 Role: Deliver high-quality utility-scale energy projects by managing compliance, site monitoring, contractor oversight, stakeholder coordination, and public engagement, while ensuring adherence to laws, industry standards, and safety practices
42. PwC - Senior Manager, Tech Investment & Financial Accounting
🌎 Location: Manchester, England 🏴
🏢 Industry: Finance
👤 Role: Drive financial excellence by managing the firm’s technology investment portfolio, ensuring accurate reporting, robust controls, and commercial value creation through governance, insights, and stakeholder leadership
43. Hitachi Energy- Sustainability Specialist
🌎 Location: Aragon, Spain 🇪🇸
🏢 Industry: Energy and Mining
👤 Role: Lead the charge in making Hitachi Energy’s products more sustainable by blending technical know-how with collaboration to drive greener design, compliance, and innovation
44. Reverse Logistics Group - Environmental Compliance Data Analyst
🌎 Location: Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Ensure customers’ Extended Producer Responsibility compliance by managing product data, generating reports, adapting to legislative changes, and enhancing RLG’s service portfolio as a trusted one-stop solution
45. RINA - Junior Environmental Consultant
🌎 Location: Mumbai, India 🇮🇳
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Support global project financing from conducting environmental and social assessments, modeling pollutant impacts, to developing mitigation strategies, ensuring compliance, reducing risks, and informed investment decision-making
46. Avertim - Junior Consultant in the Energy Sector
🌎 Location: Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪
🏢 Industry: Energy & Mining
👤 Role: An internship supporting energy sector projects through stakeholder analysis, process optimization, digital transformation, regulatory research, and collaboration on decarbonization and efficiency initiatives
48. Generali - Climate Business Support Specialist
🌎 Location: Milan/Trieste, Italy 🇮🇹
🏢 Industry: Finance
👤 Role: Assist in delivering climate and Nat Cat risk initiatives by supporting PMO activities, developing tools and methodologies, and coordinating with business units to ensure consistent implementation across the value chain
49. DSV - Global Transport and Logistics - Sustainability & Compliance Specialist
🌎 Location: Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱
🏢 Industry: Transportation & Logistics
👤 Role: Support global ESG compliance by reviewing supplier data, vetting processes, and sustainability reports, while advising stakeholders and driving continuous improvement across projects and standards
50. Hays - Junior Sustainability Officer
🌎 Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
💶 Salary: $77,000 - $97,000
👤 Role: Support the company’s sustainability agenda from leading the Sustainability Roadmap, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing ISO certifications, to representing the organization internally and externally on environmental responsibility
51. RINA - Junior Environmental/OHS Consultant
🌎 Location: Liguria, Italy 🇮🇹
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Assist in management international infrastructure and energy projects from OHS audits, environmental and social due diligence to compliance analyses in line with development bank standards
52. KPMG - Junior ESG Consultant
🌎 Location: Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany 🇩🇪
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
💶 Salary: $77,000 - $97,000
👤 Role: Assist in ESG consulting project development and management by supporting clients with regulatory alignment, EU Taxonomy, sustainability strategies, risk assessments, and reporting processes that drive long-term value creation
53. Gunvor Group - Fundamentals Analyst, Natural Gas Desk
🌎 Location: Texas, USA 🇺🇸
🏢 Industry: Energy & Mining
💶 Salary: $180,000 - $200,000
👤 Role: Support in the building and management of advanced statistical models to forecast North American natural gas supply-demand dynamics, support trading strategies, and deliver fundamental research on fuel, weather, and infrastructure trends
53. Lennox - Director of Corporate Environmental, Health, and Safety
🌎 Location: Texas, USA 🇺🇸
🏢 Industry: Manufacturing
👤 Role: Lead Lennox’s global EHS strategy from safety to sustainability, and compliance programs across all operations, driving measurable risk reduction, and embedding accountability from the boardroom to the shop floor
54. Kohler Co. - Project Analyst
🌎 Location: Wisconsin, USA 🇺🇸
🏢 Industry: Manufacturing
💶 Salary: $52,450 - $65,550
👤 Role: Support business decision-making by analyzing data, drafting reports, and developing insights that inform forecasts, strategies, and continuous improvement initiatives
55. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) - Junior Sustainability Designer
🌎 Location: California, USA 🇺🇸
🏢 Industry: Construction
💶 Salary: $68,000 - $75,000
👤 Role: Provide support in enhancing SOM’s sustainable design practice by performing energy modeling, daylighting analysis, and renewable feasibility studies, while supporting green building certifications and sustainability presentations for clients and projects
56. Insight Global - Controlled Environment Technician
🌎 Location: Atlanta, USA 🇺🇸
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
💶 Salary: $25/hr - $45/hr
👤 Role: Support data center reliability from monitoring and maintaining critical electrical, mechanical, and life-safety systems to responding to abnormal conditions, and assisting with emergency procedures under supervision
57. GOLDBECK - ESG Specialist
🌎 Location: Brandenburg, Germany 🇩🇪
🏢 Industry: Construction
👤 Role: Deliver energy audits, building simulations, and funding advisory services while developing sustainability strategies that drive energy efficiency and help clients achieve climate protection goals
58. Fagron - EMEA ESG Specialist
🌎 Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏢 Industry: Health Care
👤 Role: Support Fagron’s ESG strategy by strengthening EHS monitoring across EMEA operations, ensuring high-quality CSRD-aligned data, and driving action plans to reduce environmental impact and improve workplace safety
59. talisman - Assistant Project Manager of Renewable Energy Projects
🌎 Location: California, USA 🇺🇸
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Support the successful delivery of utility-scale solar and battery storage projects by coordinating EPC activities, managing documentation, and ensuring compliance across design, construction, and operational handover
60. Adecco - Environmental Health, Safety Specialist
🌎 Location: Lombardy, Italy 🇮🇹
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Ensure environmental and safety compliance by managing AIA requirements, health and safety legislation, ISO certifications, and ESG strategies, while coordinating audits across local and international sites
61. Hays - Health, Safety & Compliance Officer
🌎 Location: England 🇬🇧
🏢 Industry: Finance
💶 Salary: £30,000 - £35,000
👤 Role: Provide support by ensuring compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards, conducting training and investigations, and strengthening onsite safety culture
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