Sustainability Intern

Company Description

lastminute.com is the European Travel Tech leader in Dynamic Holiday Packages. It operates a portfolio of well-known brands such as lastminute.com, Volagratis, Rumbo, weg.de, Bravofly, Jetcost and Hotelscan.

Our mission is to lead the travel industry by leveraging technology to simplify, personalise, and enhance our customers’ travel experience. Experts in brightening up online travel, we help our customers find and do "whatever makes them pink".

We continuously invest in talented people who ensure our offering is closer to the needs of the customers and keep us at the cutting edge of technology evolution. More than 1,700 employees spread across our offices worldwide develop our own products and services to power the entire traveller journey for millions of people.

At the heart of our culture is a commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, gender identity or expression and accessibility. We strongly believe in an equal opportunity space, which is welcoming and celebrates the uniqueness of everyone who works here. We value different lived experiences and respect viewpoints, as we know unicity drives innovation. We want to make sure our people reflect the communities across the world we help travel.

lastminute.com N.V. is a publicly-traded company listed under the ticker symbol LMN on the SIX Swiss Exchange.

Job Description

We are looking for a sustainability enthusiast recently graduated (in sustainability/environmental sciences, business administration, economics, sustainable tourism, or related fields) to join our team as an intern.

This position offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in implementing an ESG strategy within a multinational company across multiple countries and departments in the travel technology industry while contributing to our company's mission to promote responsible travel.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the development and implementation of cross-functional sustainability initiatives (e.g. Diversity & inclusion initiatives, Volunteering and Social impact activities in collaboration with local communities)

• Contribute to the collection, storage and validation of content and data for the preparation of non-financial information reports in accordance with applicable regulations (e.g. Swiss RBI, CSRD, TCFD).

• Support in the analysis and monitoring of key sustainability indicators

• Provide general support in day-to-day tasks and assignments to facilitate the objectives set by the Sustainability and Public Affairs department.

Qualifications

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Environmental Studies, Sustainability, Business Administration, or related field (candidates currently pursuing a degree will be considered)

• Full proficiency in English.

• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and Word

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills

• Detail-oriented, with a commitment to accuracy and data integrity

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and engage with diverse stakeholders

• Willingness to learn on-the-job

• Proactivity, adaptability, and a passion for driving positive change

• Familiarity with sustainability reporting frameworks (e.g., CSRD, GRI, CDP) is a plus

• Any previous work experience in the OTA field or in the Sustainability area would be considered a plus

Additional Information

By joining our company, you will have the chance to:

• Join a dynamic team in an inclusive-international environment
• Grow thanks to the career journey and our internal mobility perspective
• Manage your own schedule thanks to the flexible start and end of the working day
• Work a shorter working week (36h), of which 4 hours on Friday morning
• Get focus time for learning, development and deep work on Friday mornings
• Work partially or fully remote according to local laws
• Enjoy continuous training thanks to our company platform
• Benefit from employee discounts on travel
• Receive 2 days off per year for the purpose of volunteering
• Welfare platform (Corporate Benefits) where you will find dedicated discounts with more than 1500 partners