60+ junior-level sustainability jobs in Europe you shouldn’t miss in October 2025

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Spotlight insights

Sustainability hiring for junior roles is accelerating across energy, manufacturing, consumer goods, finance, and consulting (think McKinsey & Company, Deutsche Kreditbank, Deloitte, Dior). Internships and early-career positions now span the full sustainability spectrum, from carbon accounting and ESG data analysis to renewables, compliance, and supply-chain transformation.

Average sustainability maturity among hiring firms ranges from 26% to 86% (based on illuminem’s transparent methodology), showing that some recruits will be helping build young, fast-growing sustainability functions, while others will strengthen well-established teams already steering global transition strategies.

Most openings cluster in Europe’s core sustainability hubs, Italy, Germany, and the Nordics, followed by the Netherlands, France, and Central Europe. The demand balance continues to tilt toward data-heavy and compliance-oriented roles, but strategic coordination, stakeholder engagement, and systems thinking are rising priorities across industries.

Key early-career skill clusters:
• ESG data, reporting & risk management (PwC, Deutsche Kreditbank, Qonto, KPMG)
• Environmental compliance & auditing (RINA, EDF, Bureau Veritas, ILUNION)
• Circular production & sustainable supply chains (Dior, Hermès, Alfa Laval, JDE Peet's)
• Energy transition & climate finance (IMMENS, EDP Renewables, IDA Ireland, EBRD)
• Strategy, coordination & cross-functional change (Deloitte, Arup, Normative.io, Global Changer)

🔎 Trend to watch: Entry-level sustainability roles are becoming deeply integrated within corporate systems. Employers now look for professionals who can combine policy and data fluency with coordination and influence — signaling that sustainability has moved into a core function driving operational and strategic transformation.

The junior-level sustainability jobs you shouldn’t miss in October 2025

1. IMMENS - Junior Energy Finance Consultant
🌎 Location: Friesland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏢 Industry: Energy & Mining
👤 Role: Support the development and financing of real-world renewable energy projects by building financial models, analyzing market data, and contributing to impactful sustainability initiatives

2. PwC - ESG Risk Solutions
🌎 Location: Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 83%
🏢 Industry: Finance
👤 Role: Support financial institutions in integrating and managing ESG risks by developing sustainable finance strategies, improving governance and processes, and driving the transition toward a low-carbon economy

3. ERM - Junior Environmental Consultant
🌎 Location: Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 75%
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Support clients in implementing their sustainability goals by managing and contributing to environmental projects such as impact assessments, biodiversity studies, and site management within dynamic, multidisciplinary teams

4. MAW - Junior Compliance & Reporting Consultant
🌎 Location: Lombardy, Italy 🇮🇹
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Support corporate compliance and sustainability initiatives by collecting and analyzing data, preparing ESG and certification reports, monitoring regulations, and contributing to company-wide governance and quality projects

5. McKinsey & Company - Knowledge Analyst - Energy Solutions
🌎 Location: Düsseldorf, Germany 🇩🇪
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 86%
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Provide analytical and modeling support to energy sector clients by developing data-driven insights, improving operations, and guiding strategic decisions within a global, high-performance consulting environment

6. Responsibly - Sustainability & Operations Analyst
🌎 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark 🇩🇰
🏢 Industry: Software and IT Services
💶 Salary: €1,900 EUR/month
👤 Role: Analyzing and improving ESG and sustainability data using AI and automation to enhance supplier due diligence and responsible sourcing

7. Qonto - ESG Intern
🌎 Location: Paris, France 🇫🇷
🏢 Industry: Finance
👤 Role: Supporting ESG and sustainability initiatives — analyzing data, ensuring CSRD compliance, conducting carbon assessments, and strengthening responsible sourcing and impact strategies within a fast-growing European fintech

8. Sofitel - ESG Management Intern
🌎 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
👤 Role: Supporting ESG management in the hospitality industry, focused on sustainability analysis, project coordination, data reporting, and stakeholder engagement to advance responsible business practices

9. Moncler - Sustainable Innovation Internship
🌎 Location: Milan, Italy 🇮🇹
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 71%
🏢 Industry: Consumer Goods
👤 Role: Supports sustainable innovation initiatives by collecting and analyzing data, managing projects and documentation, coordinating with internal teams and suppliers, and contributing to strategy and presentation development

10. Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) - International Climate Risk and Adaptation Internship
🌎 Location: Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪
🏢 Industry: Finance
👤 Role: Supports climate change adaptation research by applying AI and evidence-synthesis methods to assess adaptation finance projects, develop adaptation metrics frameworks, and improve tracking and effectiveness of international adaptation efforts

11. Gruppo Florence - Environment & Climate Change
🌎 Location: Tuscany, Italy 🇮🇹
🏢 Industry: Manufacturing
👤 Role: Supports ESG activities focused on environment and climate change by managing supplier chemical compliance, tracking chemical product information, and providing operational support to the group’s ESG processes

12. Philips - Internship: Delivering on ESG Commitments
🌎 Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 48%
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Supporting ESG reporting and climate action by contributing to CSRD compliance, carbon reduction initiatives, and sustainability disclosures through data analysis, project management, and stakeholder collaboration

13. Implement Consulting Group - Junior Consultant in Finance, Risk, Sustainability, and Data
🌎 Location: Gentofte, Denmark 🇩🇰
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Supports management consulting projects by assisting with workshops, analyses, and advisory work across finance, sustainability, risk, governance, and data, while contributing to client solutions and internal initiatives

14. EDP Renewables - Environmental Associate
🌎 Location: Milan, Italy 🇮🇹
🏢 Industry: Energy & Mining
👤 Role: Oversees environmental compliance and sustainability aspects of renewable energy projects by managing impact assessments, coordinating consultants, ensuring regulatory adherence, and supporting ISO 14001 systems throughout project development and construction

15. Euractiv - Junior Consultant Internship – Sustainability, Energy and Mobility (SEM)
🌎 Location: Brussels, Belgium 🇮🇹
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Supports European public affairs and sustainability initiatives by monitoring policy and media developments, conducting research and analysis, assisting with events, and providing insights for transport, mobility, and automotive clients

16. Celine - CSR Analyst
🌎 Location: Tuscany, Italy 🇮🇹
🏢 Industry: Consumer Goods
👤 Role: Support CSR initiatives within the purchasing department, focusing on supplier due diligence, sustainability projects, and cross-functional reporting in a luxury goods environment

17. Advantage Capital - Renewables Environmental Intern
🌎 Location: Velké Němčice, Czechia 🇨🇿
🏢 Industry: Energy & Mining
👤 Role: Supports renewable energy development by researching environmental and regulatory considerations for potential sites, preparing summaries, and contributing to early-stage project evaluations within a collaborative team setting

18. KWS Group - Associate Waste Management & Sustainability
🌎 Location: Einbeck, Germany 🇩🇪
🏢 Industry: Manufacturing
👤 Role: Coordinates and supports sustainable waste management operations by tracking volumes and costs, managing contracts and invoices in SAP, and ensuring compliance with environmental and hazardous materials regulations

19. United Nations Development Programme - Communications Internship
🌎 Location: Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
🏢 Industry: Finance
👤 Role: Supports communications and content development for international climate action and energy transition initiatives, including digital media management, event communications, and stakeholder engagement, within a global development organization

20. Savills - Junior Consultant – Sustainability & ESG
🌎 Location: Prague, Czechia 🇨🇿
🏢 Industry: Real Estate
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 69%
👤 Role: Provide project and administrative support to a two-member team, with the opportunity for professional growth in specific areas of ESG and sustainability

21. Forvis Mazars - Junior Sustainability & ESG Advisor
🌎 Location: Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Support corporate sustainability and ESG advisory projects through reporting, data analysis, carbon footprint assessments, and collaboration on assurance activities

22. Arup - Graduate Environmental - 2026
🌎 Location: Cork, Ireland 🇮🇪
🏢 Industry: Construction
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 85%
👤 Role: As part of the Graduate Program, support the Climate and Sustainability team in data collection, carbon and energy analysis, sustainability planning, and policy assessment for clients across public and private sectors

23. Deloitte - Junior Consultant Sustainability
🌎 Location: Paris, France 🇫🇷
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 53%
👤 Role: Advise public and private organisations on sustainable transformation, combining strategic analysis, resource management, performance and risk assessment, and non-financial reporting to advance environmental and social transition

24. Dior - Assistant Environnement et Développement Durable
🌎 Location: Paris, France 🇫🇷
🏢 Industry: Consumer Goods
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 41%
👤 Role: Supporting environmental and sustainability initiatives in the luxury sector, focused on monitoring ESG action plans, tracking sustainability KPIs, conducting regulatory and competitive research, and contributing to internal communications and events promoting sustainable practices

25. KPMG - Junior Consultant Sustainability & ESG
🌎 Location: Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 53%
👤 Role: Supports sustainability and ESG consulting projects, focusing on EU Taxonomy, regulation, climate, and human rights, helping clients identify ESG risks and opportunities, and aligning strategies with long-term value creation

26. Global Changer - Sustainability Consultant
🌎 Location: Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪
🏢 Industry: Software and IT Services
💶 Salary: €50,000 - €70,000 EUR/yr
👤 Role: Advise major companies on carbon management and Net-Zero strategies, using AI-driven sustainability tools to calculate and reduce emissions, while helping shape Global Changer’s climate-tech platform and long-term client relationships

27. Implement Consulting Group - Junior Consultant in Finance, Risk, Sustainability, and Data
🌎 Location: Gendofte, Denmark 🇩🇰
🏢 Industry: Finance
👤 Role: Support CXO advisory projects across finance, sustainability, risk, and data governance through research, analysis, and workshop facilitation, while contributing to internal initiatives and developing consulting skills in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment

28. RINA - Junior Environmental & OHS Consultant
🌎 Location: Genoa, Italy 🇮🇹
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 62%
👤 Role: Support international clients in meeting environmental, social, and health and safety standards for infrastructure and energy projects, assisting with audits and field assessments under the guidance of senior consultants within an international sustainability and ESG framework

29. Bender Group - Spatial Planning Advisor
🌎 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏢 Industry: Real Estate
👤 Role: The role trains you to become a spatial planning and sustainability professional, working with municipalities, provinces, or environmental agencies on projects related to housing, energy transition, climate, and land use

30. Normative.io - Associate Climate Strategy Advisor
🌎 Location: Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Support clients in achieving their net-zero goals by providing strategic climate advisory, guiding them through carbon measurement and reduction, and managing their post-sale experience

31. Alfa Laval - Sustainable Sourcing Climate Lead
🌎 Location: Søborg, Denmark 🇩🇰
🏢 Industry: Manufacturing
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 59%
👤 Role: The role focuses on emission reductions and environmental improvements in our supply chain. You will work with the analysis of fast-changing requirements, developing, rolling out, and supporting new ways of working

32. Avertim - Junior Consultant in the Energy Sector
🌎 Location: Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪
🏢 Industry: Energy & Mining
👤 Role: Support projects across the energy value chain by analysing stakeholder needs, optimizing processes for efficiency and decarbonization, contributing to digital transformation, tracking regulatory and technological trends, and ensuring successful project implementation and change management

33. World Resources Institute - Development Associate
🌎 Location: The Hague, Netherlands 🇳🇱
👤 Role: Support the Government and Multilateral Relations team by managing core donor engagement, coordinating high-level meetings and events, monitoring policy developments, and sustaining key institutional partnerships

34. AIT Austrian Institute of Technology - Junior Scientist for Innovation & Policy Research
🌎 Location: Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹
👤 Role: Support research and policy projects on innovation and transformation by conducting empirical analysis, developing and evaluating innovation policies, engaging stakeholders, and translating findings into actionable insights for decision-makers across government, business, and academia

35. Samsung - EU ESG Policy Manager
🌎 Location: Machelen, Belgium 🇧🇪
🏢 Industry: Software and IT Services
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 26%
👤 Role: Support in monitoring, analysing, and shaping EU environmental, energy, and chemical policies affecting Samsung, advise leadership on regulatory developments, coordinate with global and European teams, and advocate the company’s positions to EU policymakers

36. JUWI Group - Environmental Analyst
🌎 Location: Milan, Italy 🇮🇹
🏢 Industry: Energy & Mining
👤 Role: Support the development of large-scale photovoltaic projects by conducting environmental analyses, assessing regulatory and landscape constraints, and identifying new suitable sites for renewable energy development across Italy

37. Kip - Assistant Compliance & Sustainability
🌎 Location: Bocholt, Germany 🇩🇪
🏢 Industry: Manufacturing
👤 Role: Oversee compliance and sustainability management by ensuring regulatory adherence, conducting risk analyses, developing ESG and CO₂ strategies, and integrating sustainability into operations and supply chains

38. Bosch - Internship: Sustainability Management in Purchasing
🌎 Location: Aveiro, Portugal 🇵🇹
🏢 Industry: Energy & Mining
👤 Role: Supporting sustainability management in global purchasing, focused on CO₂ reduction, corporate social responsibility, supplier engagement, KPI reporting, and integrating AI tools to advance sustainable procurement practices

39. IDA Ireland - Assistant Project Executive - Sustainability
🌎 Location: Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
🏢 Industry: Finance
👤 Role: Support IDA Ireland’s sustainability strategy by driving investment in green innovation, collaborating across government, industry, and global clients to advance decarbonization, circular economy, and climate goals

40. Welthungerhilfe - Junior Expert Humanitarian Action
🌎 Location: Bonn, Germany 🇩🇪
👤 Role: Support humanitarian operations by coordinating emergency response efforts, managing strategic programme implementation, contributing to advocacy and policy development, and assisting with donor engagement and project planning

41. Electronic Art (EA) - Environment Art Intern
🌎 Location: Stockholm County, Sweden 🇸🇪
🏢 Industry: Corporate Service
👤 Role: Support content creation for the Battlefield franchise by collaborating with teams and contributing to various environment art tasks, from props to terrain building

42. DLL - Biodiversity Intern
🌎 Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏢 Industry: Finance
👤 Role: Dive into the world of sustainable agriculture—researching how technology can protect biodiversity, while helping DLL play a key role in the global food transition for a healthier planet

43. Grupo Casais - ESG Analyst
🌎 Location: Braga, Portugal 🇵🇹
🏢 Industry: Construction
👤 Role: Support the team’s sustainability efforts from calculating key performance indicators, assisting in sustainable project proposals, and helping with ESG initiatives and sustainability reporting to maximise efficiency and impact

44. LyondellBasell - Environmental Protection Specialist
🌎 Location: Gniewkowo, Poland 🇵🇱
🏢 Industry: Manufacturing
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 37%
👤 Role: Ensure regulatory compliance and operational excellence by managing environmental, health, and safety programs, conducting audits and training, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and employee well-being

45. Hermès - Compliance & Sustainability Coordinator
🌎 Location: Milan, Italy 🇮🇹
🏢 Industry: Manufacturing
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 58%
👤 Role: Oversee supplier compliance and sustainability across Italy by coordinating audits, corrective actions, and partner engagement, ensuring alignment with Hermès’ HSE and social responsibility standards

46. European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) - Climate Risk Analyst
🌎 Location: London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
🏢 Industry: Finance
👤 Role: Turn complex climate data into meaningful insights that bridge science and finance—helping institutions make smarter, more sustainable decisions that build a resilient future for people and the planet

47. Hikma Pharmaceuticals - Junior HSE Officer
🌎 Location: Pavia, Italy 🇮🇹
🏢 Industry: Health Care
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 41%
👤 Role: Provide support to embed health, safety, and environmental standards into daily operations—tracking risks, updating documentation, and driving continuous improvement

48. Hitachi Energy - Eco-Design & LCA Intern
🌎 Location: Baden, Switzerland 🇨🇭
🏢 Industry: Energy & Mining
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 68%
👤 Role: Support cutting-edge power grid research by integrating optimization and life cycle assessment tools, evaluating environmental trade-offs in power electronics, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to advance sustainable, high-efficiency energy systems

49. Hays - Environment and R&D Specialist
🌎 Location: Catalonia, Spain 🇪🇸
🏢 Industry: Finance
👤 Role: Transform packaging innovation into measurable impact—translating environmental data, regulatory shifts, and technical systems into smarter, more efficient product solutions

50. Westinghouse Electric Company - Sustainability & EHS Specialist
🌎 Location: Kraków, Poland 🇵🇱
🏢 Industry: Energy & Mining
👤 Role: Turn numbers and policies into progress—helping teams worldwide to cut risks, stay compliant, and build a culture where safety and sustainability drive every decision

51. ILUNION - Junior Environmental Sustainability Technician
🌎 Location: Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
👤 Role: Support the implementation of ILUNION TextilCare’s sustainability strategy by monitoring environmental performance, managing data for regulatory reporting, and ensuring compliance with key standards like ISO 14001 to advance responsible and efficient textile operations

52. STRABAG - Assistant Manager, Management Systems & Sustainability
🌎 Location: Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹
🏢 Industry: Construction
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 36%
👤 Role: Support the team's continuous improvement of its Integrated Management System through audit, documentation, and coordination of sustainability initiatives that strengthen safety, quality, and environmental performance across the organization

53. Global Payments Inc. - Environmental Sustainability Analyst
🌎 Location: Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
🏢 Industry: Finance
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 34%
👤 Role: Support enterprise-level risk and compliance operations from analyzing data, assisting audits, to strengthening policies that ensure regulatory adherence and operational integrity across financial systems

54. Grupo Casais - ESG Analyst
🌎 Location: Braga, Portugal 🇵🇹
🏢 Industry: Construction
👤 Role: Drive continuous improvement in sustainability performance from concept into action — measuring impact, guiding greener decisions, and ensuring every project we build creates lasting value for people and the planet

55. DSV - Business Support Specialist, Sustainability & ESG
🌎 Location: Meerbusch, Germany 🇩🇪
🏢 Industry: Transportation & Logistics
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 54%
👤 Role: Ensure sustainability is measurable and meaningful for the team —turning data into direction, compliance into progress, and everyday actions into lasting environmental and social impact

56. Avery Dennison - Project Coordinator - EHS & Sustainability
🌎 Location: Longford, Ireland 🇮🇪
🏢 Industry: Consumer Goods
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 41%
👤 Role: coordinate data, documentation, and stakeholder communication across regulated medical device projects, ensuring timelines, compliance, and quality standards are met from planning to delivery.

57. Bureau Veritas Group - Junior CSR & Environmental Auditor
🌎 Location: Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 50%
👤 Role: Oversee social, environmental, and quality audits across global supply chains, helping Bureau Veritas’ clients strengthen compliance, transparency, and sustainability performance

58. EDF - Environmental Affairs Officer
🌎 Location: Colombiers, France 🇫🇷
🏢 Industry: Energy & Mining
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 38%
👤 Role: Support EDF’s environmental division by analyzing, monitoring, and evaluating biodiversity and sustainability measures across solar power plants to strengthen environmental performance and regulatory compliance

59. Erste Group - Carbon Calculation & Targeting Specialist
🌎 Location: Vienna, Austria  🇦🇹
🏢 Industry: Finance
👤 Role: Oversee the development and refinement of quantitative models to calculate financed emissions, simulate decarbonization pathways, and provide data-driven insights that guide Erste Group’s climate targets and ESG risk management

60. Deloitte - Intern, CSR Strategy & Responsible Purchasing
🌎 Location: La Défense, France 🇫🇷
🏢 Industry: Corporate Services
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 53%
👤 Role: Support Deloitte Sustainability’s operational transformation projects by analyzing ESG data, developing sustainability performance tools, and contributing to strategies that help clients accelerate their environmental and social transition

61. JDE Peet’s - R&D Packaging Intern
🌎 Location: Utrecht, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏢 Industry: Consumer Goods
🌱 Sustainability Maturity: 55%
💶 Salary: €525 EUR/month
👤 Role: An internship focused on sustainable packaging, involving testing, life cycle assessments, data analysis, and supporting multidisciplinary R&D projects to enhance product development and sustainability initiatives

62. Bleckmann - EHS Specialist
🌎 Location: Kruishoutem, Belgium 🇧🇪
🏢 Industry: Transportation & Logistics
👤 Role: Manage health and safety programs from planning to execution, helping Bleckmann meet regulatory standards and strengthen workplace safety performance