Company Purpose

Our company purpose is to contribute to a responsible and sustainable economy by financing and advising clients according to the highest ethical standards.

Our employer promise is built around three pillars:

* Being a great place to work.

* Committed to sustainability and having a positive impact.

* Being dedicated to the development of our people.

Business Area

BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking is a globally recognised leader offering capital markets, securities services, financing, treasury and advisory solutions. 

Sustainability is one of the three pillars of development of the Bank’s GTS 2025 plan.   BNP Paribas’ goal is to accelerate its clients’ sustainability ambitions through forward-looking financing and investing solutions that deliver positive impacts for the environment and society.

As the ESG lead team for Corporate Coverage EMEA, Global Banking Sustainability Office EMEA acts as a coordinator to strengthen the sustainability franchise of Global Banking EMEA by: 

1. Steering Global Banking EMEA sustainability agenda in line with the GTS 2025 plan and ACTS for 2025.
2. Adopting an ESG-offensive stance to support bankers to proactively engage with our clients and roll out ESG commercial roadmaps. 
3. Bringing a 360° view on BNP Paribas products, contents, commitment initiatives and trends thus helping to structure a unique value-added proposition.
4. Ensuring the wide adoption and replication of ESG best practices and successes through dissemination and trainings. 

Key Responsibilities

The role is to assist senior team members (1 in the UK and 2 in France) in supporting the integration of ESG and sustainability into Coverage and the commercial dialogue with corporate clients across EMEA, notably by:

• Preparing bespoke client meeting presentations for sustainability meetings and/ or advisory.
• Developing sustainability-related peers benchmarking of clients by sector and across ESG metrics.
• Preparing replicable marketing material, e.g. the generic ESG Client Pitch, including sustainability trends and market intelligence (e.g. on regulation, investors’ views, sustainable finance) and sustainable solutions of the bank to support the commercial dialogue.
• Developing knowledge sharing content on ESG thematic (e.g. biodiversity, water, circular economy) with a view to link those to commercial solutions, as well as on ESG risks (e.g. physical risk) and new solutions. 
• Supporting the commercial push of sustainable solutions to the corporate client franchise, in close collaboration with business lines across CIB and beyond. 
• Supporting coordination of internal initiatives and presentations within the bank’s ESG ecosystem.
• Contributing to and actively participating in sustainability related events in order to share content.

Requirements

• Excellent spoken and written English. Additional languages are an advantage.
• Degree from a university with an excellent academic record.
• Enthusiasm for sustainability and finance topics.
• High level of autonomy.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and business development attitude.
• Strong analysis and judgement. 
• Meticulous accuracy with a keen eye for detail. 
• Excellent MS Office tools, including outstanding Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Great organisational and time management skills.
• Team player, proactive, independent, enthusiastic self-starter with strong interpersonal skills.

Conduct

* Be a role model, supporting and fostering a culture of good conduct.

* Demonstrate proactivity, transparency, and accountability for identifying and managing conduct risks.

* Consider the implications of your actions on colleagues.

And of course, we expect all our colleagues to embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethic, integrity and Code of Conduct).

A bit more about why you should join us

1. We’re a great place to work

We aim for optimal work/life balance (depending on role, this includes hybrid working, flexible working and agile).

We are proud of our award-winning flexible benefits and health & wellbeing strategy. Our flexible benefits include:

* Generous holiday allowance of at least 26 days (plus bank holidays) – with option to buy and sell holidays.

* Valuable financial plans – a 12% non-contributory pension which has been moved to sustainable investments*, life assurance*, income protection and personal accident insurance.

* Extensive wellbeing and mental health offering – one of the most advanced private medical schemes in the UK, dental cover, wellbeing app, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy support, subsidised gym memberships, bespoke health assessments including genetic testing, Private GP (including digital GP services to parents of employees), Employee Assistance Programme, menopause & fertility support (we are an accredited Menopause Friendly Employer), neurodiversity assessment and support.

* Key onsite services and facilities in London – include physiotherapy, nutrition, massage therapy, physiology, mental health first aiders, seasonal flu vaccinations and free onsite fitness centre.

* Plus, emergency back-up care for dependants, green car leasing, season ticket loan, and a range of other benefits.

* Subject to relevant caps

2. As the eurozone’s largest bank, we are committed to having a positive impact in the world.

For example, we are committed to Net Zero in all of our financing and investment portfolios by 2050. By 2030, 80% of our energy production financing will be low carbon.

But impact for us means more than climate. It means empowering our people every day. Everyone gets four volunteering days each year - in 2023, we achieved over 18,000 hours of volunteering across the UK and reaching over 4,500 young people.

3. We believe in our people

We support our people to develop skills to adapt to the ever-evolving world of work and to prepare for the jobs of today and tomorrow. We do this through a comprehensive training offering, talent programmes, mentoring, career days and inhouse career tools.

We are proud of the number of our people who progress and secure new roles internally. In fact, in 2023, nearly half of our positions in UK CIB were filled internally.

Investing in our people also means we have a collaborative and inclusive culture:

* Direct feedback from our people shows that our internal culture sets us apart from our industry peers.

* Each year, nearly 30,000 employees globally are involved in professional networks that play an active role in promoting Diversity and Inclusion within the Group. These include our:

* Pride Network, Ability Network (which supports disabled employees), MixCity (gender equality network), Women in Global Markets, Women in Global Banking, Women in IT, Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Technology, Early Careers Network, Multicultural Network and Parents & Carers Network.

Equal Opportunities

BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

Adjustments

We don’t want anyone to be disadvantaged in our recruitment processes, so if you have a disability or health condition which may mean that you’d benefit from some adjustments or additional support, please let us know as early in the process as possible.

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PLEASE NOTE

* You may only apply to four Long Term Internships over the course of a year. These may be across any business area.

* Successful candidates for this long term internship will be considered for London ONLY.

* Please discuss the available start dates with your interviewers.

Unsuccessful candidates’ CVs will be shared with other teams within BNP Paribas and considered for potentially suitable roles. In this way we hope to maximise opportunities for candidates and hiring teams. By submitting your CV for this role you agree to it being shared securely with other hiring teams within BNP Paribas for the relevant recruitment round.