BR-2609 BRIDGE Forests Corporate Engagement Graduate Intern
About the position WWF seeks a BRIDGE Forests Corporate Engagement Graduate Intern . This internship is designed for a graduate student with a passion around corporate sustainability and influencing companies to take action for forests, and an interest in understanding WWF’s approaches to influencing the private sector, particularly around the forest health/human health nexus. The intern will shadow a full-time program manager and support the teams’ efforts to engage a specific priority to reduce its impacts on forests and fund nature-based solutions in tropical forests around the world . The intern will also have one discrete project to refine information from a key tropical forest landscape to help our US office make the business case for landscape investments in critically important landscapes , aligned with the principles of WWF’s Forests Forward corporate engagement program and WWF’s Nature-based Solutions Origination platform .
Responsibilities
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative research on companies within a specified sector to understand current sustainability and NbS commitments , investments, and potential alignment with WWF programs and landscape investment opportunities .
- Distill information about key landscape opportunities into specific proposals and pitch decks .
- Shadow a WWF staff member at meetings ( including with team leadership and other WWF colleagues), take notes, participate in strategy discussions and follow-ups .
- Present lessons learnt from internship and findings from research project at the end of the internship.
- Attend weekly check-ins with intern manager to track progress and learning objectives.
Requirements
- Pursuing a graduate program i n corporate sustainability and/or forestry. Those studying outside these areas are still highly encouraged to apply.
- Must be an actively enrolled student and not received degree at time of internship start date (June 1, 202 6 ).
- Identifies and aligns with WWF’s core values: Courage, Integrity, Respect, and Collaboration .
- Demonstrates courage by speaking up even when it is difficult, or unpopular.
- Builds trust with colleagues by acting with integrity, owning mistakes, and holding oneself accountable.
- Welcomes other points of view and ideas, recognizing and embracing different and contrary perspectives with kindness, curiosity, and encouragement.
- Makes conscious efforts to promote cooperative practices, behaviors, and ways of working across many groups and individuals.
- Experience in performing qualitative or quantitative research .
- Excellent writing and presentation skills .
- Knowledge of corporate sustainability .
- Academic experience will count in- lieu of work experience .
Nice-to-haves
- Subject expertise in one or more of the following areas is preferred, but not : Basic knowledge of conservation finance
- Experience making the business case for conservation actio n
- Familiarity with pharmaceutical and beauty sectors
Benefits
- WWF interns will be offered a set of professional development opportunities, aimed at increasing their exposure to conservation and sustainability careers. This includes:
- Development discussions with their manager;
- Up to two online courses through Cornell University’s eCornell program;
- Speed mentoring with different WWF teams;
- Opportunity to present their work to intern peers and WWF staff;
- Session on resume and interviewing best practices.
- Interns will also have access to an array of networking opportunities. This includes meetings with WWF’s staff and leadership team.
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