Are you passionate about sustainability? Would you like to contribute to a global company’s sustainability strategy? Then apply now and join us as our new Sustainable Sourcing and Forest Engagement Intern in our Hoofddorp, NL office starting February 2024!

At Danone, we recognize the urgent need to continue and amplify our effort in protecting and restoring natural ecosystems, this has been a central element of our Sustainable sourcing strategy especially through the lens of Danone Forest Policy (published in 2022).

Danone has been taking strong commitments on deforestation and land conversion for key supply chains, in line with its engagement to 1.5C SBTI FLAG target. Category action plans are being implemented and monitored across Danone Procurement organization (also called Cycles & Procurement) and we have the ambition to strengthen even more our internal and external engagement on this topic, to maximize impact and awareness and prepare the next phases of our strategy.

As our new Intern Sustainable Sourcing and Forest Engagement, you will join our Sustainable Sourcing team (part of Cycles & Procurement) to support in making Forest and Sustainable Sourcing topics understood and shining across our organization. We expect you to do it your way and bring something special to support our different teams in monitoring their achievements and celebrating our progress towards Nature-positive.

You will actively participate in the monitoring and the engagement of Danone Sustainable Sourcing ambition by:

• Structuring and animating our community of stakeholders around Sustainable Sourcing including for Forest/Nature (e.g. co-organizing inspiring sessions to take a step back on our progress and prepare the next phases of our strategy);
• Reinforcing our knowledge-base (e.g. consolidating our learnings within Sustainable Sourcing website);
• Supporting the consolidation of the progress on forest-targets (e.g. developing a monitoring dashboard) and answering external reporting as CDP Forests. This does include the update of Danone Annual Forest report publicly available.
• Supporting the preparation of our strategy 2025-2030, including benchmarking and external inspiration.

To thrive your missions, you will be accompanied by the Global Head of Forest & Biodiversity of Danone. You will join a small and close-knit international team with people who are eager to guide you through this experience. You will have the opportunity to gain practical insights on how sustainability is implemented in an international company.

You are a student in a Degree of University or College in Business school, Political Sciences or Sustainability. You demonstrate strong communication (verbal and written skills) and have the ability to engage with people from different horizons. You demonstrate passion and curiosity about sustainability, with an ability to manage projects autonomously. You are proactive and not afraid to take action on your own initiative, you bring forward new ideas. You are skilled in presentation and MS office; and any other tools to engage with people.

There are also some compulsory requirements:

• Enrolled as a student during the whole internship period (if you are a non-EU citizen, you need to be enrolled at a Dutch university);
• Ideally available to start in February 2025 for a minimum of 6 months, 5 days per week;
• You are fluent in English - spoken and written;
• You are able to work from Hoofddorp, NL, at least 2 days per week;
• Please note that you are required to relocate to the Netherlands (if abroad) for this internship and get a BSN.

Working at Danone is a unique experience. It’s fast-paced and complex and, at times, it can get a little challenging. But it’s packed with opportunities to learn and grow working with some of the best-known brands in the world, like Evian, Alpro, Nutricia, Activia and Nutrilon. Bring your unique perspective, ambitions and entrepreneurial ideas to the table – the impact you could make might just surprise you. One Planet. One Health – BY YOU.

We’re proud to be a B-Corp certified company. That means we meet the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability in everything we do.

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we base our hiring decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs.*

We Offer

We offer a gross monthly internship allowance 650 euros per month and a home working allowance/contribution towards travel. Please do keep in mind that we do not offer relocation and/or accommodation benefits for students coming from abroad.

* Please be aware that you must acquire a BSN number to receive the full internship allowance.

In the Netherlands we also offer a hybrid working environment which enables each team to meet our people's desire for flexibility. Across our 3 office hubs in Hoofddorp, Rijswijk and Utrecht this helps us create better opportunities for connection & synergies across our entities, teams, functions and categories.

What’s Next

It’s simple – hit the “apply” button before the application deadline of 30^th November 2024. In order to comply with GDPR we can’t process your personal data without your given consent, so please apply directly via this website. Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you.

Need more information? Eugenia Bouzas via eugenia.bouzas@danone.com

* all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status