Intern - Consumer Brands Export Europe (Chocomel , Parrano , Valess)

Our Purpose

ING aims to put sustainability at the heart of what we do, defining new ways of doing business where planet and people are just as important as economic growth. It’s about making progress together, step by step. As a global bank with billions flowing through our books, we have an opportunity to make an impact for the better. Doing so by bringing aspects of climate, nature and protecting human rights into our dialogue with clients and financing decisions.

ING wants to be a pioneer in defining new ways to do business. We want to be a banking leader in building a sustainable future for our company, our customers, society and the environment.

Internships at the Global Sustainability Department

Our Global Sustainability Department reports directly to the CEO, and oversees the Sustainability Direction of ING Group globally, including strategies to support the sustainability journeys of our customers, our community, and our colleagues. ING has been recognised as one of the most sustainable banks in the world for our contributions to progressing action on key global challenges such as climate change and the impacts of technology on society.

The department consists of roughly 30 advisors with diverse perspectives stemming from a.o. nationalities, gender, work experience, education backgrounds, and age.

Internship opportunity

Within the Global Sustainability department there is a 6-month internship opportunity available within the Implementation and Integration team. Our team of sustainability consultants integrate sustainability within our banking operations worldwide, across the bank across the full range of ESG objectives.

The team is committed to setting the standard for ING’s sustainability performance, and raising the bar for our peers, the sectors we’re active in and other stakeholders. We collaborate with all ING business lines, domains and countries. We encourage and help educate our colleagues and actively engage with external stakeholders to create a ripple effect on sustainability impact.

The internship is on a full-time basis, with flexibility to ensure students are meeting ongoing study requirements.

What will your main tasks be?

• Support in the delivery of project activities related to climate action, nature, or human rights.
• Support in the general integration of sustainability priorities into business sectors and teams, including increasing awareness, setting and steering on targets, managing risks, and engaging teams on key priorities.
• Support in the collection and analysis of data related to Sustainability.
• Supporting employee engagement activities, including manage and develop the internal Global Sustainability Intranet community, working closely with communications to share news internally through the community.
• Support with information requests by investors, sustainability rating agencies, and other external and internal stakeholders.
• Provide administrative support to various events, meetings, calls, reporting, project coordination activities, and project reporting.

Your profile

• Master or Bachelor (third year bachelor) student with high interest in Sustainability and societal issues
• Strong organisational/project management skills
• Problem analysis and judgment
• Ability to work in an international environment
• High ambition/ energy level
• Data analytics skills (collecting, analysing, and presenting data).
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Fluency in business English is required
• Able to work in Amsterdam
• Ability to work under pressure, without losing your sense of humour!

Rewards and benefits

This is a great opportunity to train with highly skilled people who are experts in their field. You’ll do a lot and learn a lot – not only about your specialist area and the bank, but also about yourself and whether this type of environment is right for you.

You’ll also benefit from:

• Internship allowance
• Your own work laptop
• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation
• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities
• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

What can you expect?

You can expect a challenge, as we offer you the opportunity to immediately integrate in the Sustainability department. You will participate in research, data analysis, organising internal events, and project management. You will operate in a highly dynamic and international working environment. To support your work, you will get the opportunity to attend various internal events and learning opportunities. All this will contribute to a strong personal development and leadership.

Please note: Students can only do an internship with us if they are enrolled at a Dutch university during their entire internship or in exceptional cases if they are registered at a foreign university but do have an EU identification document.

About our internships

Every year, hundreds of students from secondary vocational/higher education (HBO and WO level) join ING on an internship, either working within one of the many departments or conducting research for their graduation project. While there are of course no guarantees, in practice many former ING interns subsequently move into a starter’s role at ING or onto the ING International Talent Programme (traineeship). Whatever happens, an internship at ING is the ideal opportunity to meet a wide variety of people, start to build up your own network, and learn about many different aspects of business – which all adds up to a great start for the rest of your career!