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At Deloitte, our Sustainability & ESG Services Team combines CPAs with specialists in sustainability assurance, risk, measurement, and reporting. The Sustainability team provides advisory and assurance services for clients on a broad range of aspects for clients who plan to or are already disclosing against established sustainability reporting standards or frameworks such as Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), Task Force on Climate- Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Principles for Responsible Investing, IFC Operating Principles for Impact Management, UN Global Compact, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the GHG Protocol, CDP, and the International Integrated Reporting Council Integrated Reporting Framework. Our team includes specialists who bring industry-specific sustainability perspectives. These include understanding evolving ESG trends and market forces, why certain sustainability metrics are important from both a financial and risk perspective, and experience in advising companies as they establish and improve internal processes for collecting, analyzing, measuring, and reporting information.

Recruiting for this role ends on May 1, 2025.

Work you'll do

As a Sustainability & ESG intern, you will sharpen your analytical skills as you gather, analyze and distribute information regarding developments in sustainability to our clients and our practice. Other responsibilities would include:

• Participate in the delivery of projects for clients with a focus on:

o Research, stakeholder engagement, and analysis as part of materiality assessments and ESG risk and opportunity analyses

o Sustainability-related assurance procedures such as evaluating and testing ESG data and processes and related controls

o Corporate reporting in line with recognized ESG standards and frameworks such as GHG Protocol, TCFD, GRI, SASB, CDP, PRI, and WEF-IBC

o Decarbonization, science-based targets, energy transition, energy and carbon reporting and analytics

o Climate risk assessments and mitigation strategies

o ESG due diligence and ESG advisory projects for financial service clients

o Qualitative and quantitative research using ESG data

• Participate in client meetings, as applicable

• Assist in preparation of deliverables and reports

A successful Sustainability Intern will have the following:

• Ability to think laterally and adapt previous experience and solutions to new projects

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic team and environment

• Strong written and communication skills

• Experience working independently on multiple assignments or engagements, even in a virtual environment

Qualifications

Required:

• Pursuing an undergraduate degree in business with a minor or dual degree focused on sustainability-related disciplines, or undergraduate degree in sustainability management, climate policy, public policy or a related-environmental, social or engineering disciplines

• Ability to travel up to 20%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve

• Candidates must be at least 18 years of age at the time of employment

  Preferred :

• Strong academic track record, minimum GPA of 3.0

• Plans to meet minimal education requirements for CPA licensure in the state of your assigned office location

• Understanding of ESG-related standards and frameworks including GHG Protocol, SASB, GRI, TCFD, Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

• Strong data analytics and visualization skills, comfortable working with large datasets, both in Excel and beyond

• Experience using Tableau, ArcGIS, Python advantageous

• Familiarity with ESG ratings (e.g., MSCI, Sustainalytics, ISS, S&P)

• Familiarity of any of the following fields is preferred: circular economy, sustainability target setting, carbon accounting, sustainable finance, ESG due diligence, climate change, and / or ESG governance

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The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $26.04/hour to $47.02/hour.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.