As a Junior Sustainability Consultant (internship) in the Fashion & Sporting Goods team, you will collaborate with sustainability consultants, especially Strategists, to support them in delivering sustainability strategy offerings and assisting clients in their sustainable transformation journey. This role provides hands-on experience in sustainability consulting, project management and client engagement, offering a valuable opportunity to develop both technical and soft skills in a dynamic and impact-driven environment.

Why you’ll love Quantis

Quantis is a leading sustainability consultancy pioneering approaches to solve critical environmental challenges. For nearly two decades, our dynamic and visionary team has partnered with organizations across the globe to transform their industries and pave the way for a planetary economy that aligns business with nature. We strive to be agents of change, helping companies transform from business as usual to business at its best.

We believe that sustainable transformation is possible and within our power. We’re contributing to this transformation by combining the latest science with strategic business acumen. Our advice enables global leaders in the consumer goods and finance industries to understand how to reduce their environmental impacts, implement change successfully, and operate within planetary boundaries.

Motivated by this common purpose, our 300+ talented professionals cultivate a unique, collaborative culture that we call the Quantis Spirit. We are innovative. We are impact-oriented. We are science-based. We are Quantis.

Join us!

Does this describe you and your next role?

• You’re motivated to put your skills to work towards our mission of aligning businesses with Planetary Boundaries
• You’re eager to learn, curious and motivated to increase your experience in sustainability strategy and consulting
• You’ll get boosted by a fast-paced and diverse role: contributing to the preparation of sustainability strategy offerings, including research, document drafting, and presentation development
• You’re a team player that works quickly, independently and on schedule. Your analytical and organizational skills are top-notch
• You would like to be exposed to real-world client projects and transformation initiatives, having the opportunity to test your project management skills
• You enjoy working with tools and you would be able to use and update a customer relationship management (CRM) tool
• You communicate effectively and efficiently, both verbally and in writing
• You speak fluent Italian and English
• You have started shaping your sustainability consulting skills during University or through a first professional experience
• You have some technical knowledge of the main sustainability frameworks used by Quantis (Life Cycle Assessment, Climate Risk, GHG Protocol, Science Based Targets, CDP, Water Footprinting, etc.) and very good data management and analysis skills.
  
  

To thrive in the Quantis culture, you’ll:

• Show up as a team collaborator with a win-win attitude: empathetic, attentive and supportive of colleagues.
• Take responsibility and ownership for your work: think and act with autonomy, while knowing when to ask for help.
• Take initiative if something needs to be done.
• Be positive! There are no problems, only challenges which need to be addressed.
• Keep improving and developing; use failures for identification of lessons learned.
• Practice open and transparent communication; welcome effective dialogue and productive disagreement with minimal tension.
• Self-Manage: be in the driver’s seat of your professional growth and ambitions, all the while valuing the learning journey and opportunities within Quantis.

Some logistics to consider

• Location: Italy (Milan or other locations) according to a distributed workforce framework (on-going project)
• Job type: 6 months internship
• Optimal start date: asap
• Punctual collaboration with other Quantis offices (Berlin, Boston, Portland, Paris, Lausanne, Zurich) via web-conferences, in English

Quantis has a distinctive, fluid structure nurtured by our Quantis Spirit and our way of collaborating that provides a positive and unique working environment.

At Quantis we believe that equality, diversity and inclusiveness are central to our mission of building a sustainable future. Quantis is an equal opportunity employer that embraces people from diverse backgrounds including race, color, nationality, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital or parental status, disability, religion, creed, politics, or any other non-merit factor. It is our daily commitment to ensure that each Quantisian works in an environment where they belong and where they can thrive.

To learn about the Quantis Spirit and what makes us exceptional, check out our Braver New World video.