This job is posted for Earth Finance via Parallel
Are you passionate about accelerating our planet's transition to a sustainable economy?
Earth Finance is hiring a Summer Intern based in New York, NY or Seattle, WA.
About the Role
We are looking for Masters Candidates to work in our strategy advisory division. Successful candidates will have 3+ years of professional work experience in corporate sustainability strategy, financing strategy, water and nature strategy, renewable fuels strategy and policy, impact reporting, spatial finance, or geospatial technology. Prior experience working in these sectors is a plus. We will also consider candidates with comparable skills & experience.
Summer interns will have an opportunity to work on impactful analysis and research with guidance from industry experts with decades of experience in corporate strategy and finance, public policy, sustainable and renewable fuels, corporate water strategy, climate tech, geospatial modelling, and investing. You’ll gain an understanding of how to effectively drive large scale change using sustainable corporate, financing, and policy tools to help maximize sustainable business growth.
What You'll Do
- Build sustainability and financing models to understand the business impact of new technology adoption and business model innovation
- Further methodology of measuring and quantifying co-benefits of sustainability initiatives and related investments
- Support the development of impact reporting initiatives
- Support custom research as we build client-facing deliverables
- Work with the Sustainability teams at client organizations to align financial, expense, and corporate reporting with adaptation and transition goals and objectives.
Skills You'll Need to Be Successful
- Passion for sustainable business solutions and experience (academic and/or professional) in sustainability, corporate strategy, financial analysis and modeling, climate policy, and /or geospatial technology
- Experience designing, building and launching new business models (including circular and regenerative business models).
- Comfortable with asking “why” in the ambiguity of climate data and business uncertainty.
- An interest in learning how to apply first principles analysis and boundary conditions to problem solving.
- Strong research skills and ability to quickly distill industry reports, policy news, and scholarly research into relevant context.
- Competent and comfortable with the Google Workspace Suite.
- Comfort in agentic environments.
- Clear and direct communication skills, with the ability to distill complex ideas from a variety of disciplines into actionable client take-aways in various written and visual formats.
Why You Should Join Us
Earth Finance is a dedicated team of strategists, investors, policy makers, technology developers, scientists, and subject matter experts who are committed to accelerating the global economic transition to a sustainable future. We believe sustainability progress is realized when market and policy forces align. We partner with companies to reinvent the extractive business models of today, investors to deploy innovation capital at scale, governments to adopt common sense policies and incentives, community leaders to implement inclusive and equitable solutions, and the scientific community to ground our client recommendations in the natural world.
Our Beliefs
We believe sustainable economic growth can generate financial returns while creating benefits for people and our planet. It requires alignment between strategy, policy, markets, technology, and science — and is only possible with the responsible management of energy, water, and natural resources.
Our Values
EXCELLENCE
We demand the highest bar of excellence in every interaction, activity, and deliverable. We elevate science, evidence-based practices, and quantitative data. We are problem solvers who give each other permission to pause, reconsider, and change direction.
IMPACT
We believe we can build an equitable and livable world for future generations. We look around corners — our customers demand unique points of view on a global scale. We ask hard questions, question assumptions, and disrupt the status quo. We learn fast together.
TRUST
We take great care of each other so we can give our very best to our clients. We support each other, embrace partnership, and use our superpowers to create exponential leverage for each other and our clients. We hear and celebrate every voice and respect the unique perspectives of our colleagues and peers.
Compensation and Benefits
- This is a 10-week summer internship paying $50 - $60 / hour. This role is not eligible for overtime. Final salary offered will be commensurate on your experience.
- Interns will receive June 19th and July 4th as paid company holidays (if your internship spans those dates)
- A passionate, dedicated team of colleagues committed to a sustainable and financially sound future for organizations, people, and the planet.