Voluntary Internship - CDP Technical Reporting

CDP is seeking an intern based in our London office on Queen Victoria Street to support our major project of evolving our climate change, water, forests and supply chain corporate questionnaires in our Technical Reporting team.

The position will focus primarily on literature research, best practice and ability to collate, connect and consolidate information from different sources into a simplified meaningful manner. There is also potential to work in helping support the current disclosure cycle to corporates.

This position offers insight into CDP disclosures, gaining understanding of current trends and best practice in corporate environmental reporting and scoring, as well as valuable experience of working in an office environment. Candidates should possess the ability to analyze data and think innovatively.

Key responsibilities

• Company disclosure evolution: research into key evolving areas of corporate disclosure including certification / verification in forest disclosure, forest restoration (e.g. REDD+), climate degradation, improving data quality in water disclosure.
• Policy and disclosure development: supporting work to determine how existing questions across climate change, water and forests impacts relate to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Natural Capital Protocol and other key policy drivers, and identifying where gaps exist.
• Supporting the company 2017 disclosure: helping the Technical team to deliver the 2017 questionnaires to companies through testing and documentation reviews.

Requirements

• A good degree in a relevant discipline
• A strong interest in the environment, the corporate world, and environmental reporting
• Previous work experience
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail
• Superior data analysis capabilities and familiarity with Excel
• The ability to work independently with minimal supervision, while aligning work with other team members
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills

The successful candidate will work 3 days per week from CDP’s London office. Candidates should be able to start in early October and be available to undertake the internship until the end of December (3 months) with possibility to extend for another 3 months. The position is unpaid, however lunch and travel expenses within London will be reimbursed. Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.

Interested candidates should send a copy of their CV with a cover letter outlining their suitability for the role to Tony Rooke at tony.rooke@cdp.net with "Internship position" and your name in the subject line.

Deadline for submissions: 30^th September with interviews taking place on a rolling basis as applications are received. We encourage prompt applications and will be in touch if you are selected for interview.