Description
We are seeking an Environment & Forest Conservation Intern to join our team in Amsterdam. As an intern, you will gain hands-on experience in conservation, restoration, and landscape-level thinking, and see how forests and agriculture interact in real supply chains. You will learn about deforestation risk assessments and help roll out remediation plans that align with emerging industry and regulatory standards. You will also apply what you studied, from forestry ecology to sustainability, directly to challenges in cocoa growing regions, tackling reduction of chemical use, and promotion of plant and animal biodiversity. Additionally, you will develop skills in sustainability reporting, data validation, impact communication, and audit preparation.
In the Climate & Environment team, you will support deforestation remediation roll out, help research, develop, and test approaches for remediation, using best practices and benchmarks from the sector. You will contribute to forest conservation initiatives, work on restoration and conservation actions, mapping potential partners or service providers, and support the design of projects. You will integrate environmental preservation into cocoa farming, supporting execution and monitoring of sustainable cocoa farming practices through our cooperative-centric model via research, data analysis, and project management. You will also support internal and external communications, helping build presentations, policies, publications, and materials on forestry, deforestation, and sustainable cocoa production.
In the External Affairs & Reporting team, you will support the full process of developing the 2025/26 Tony's Open Chain Impact Report, gathering inputs, drafting and editing content, coordinating stakeholder reviews, collaborating on visuals, supporting KPI data collection and validation, updating audit documentation, and contributing to analytical publications such as the Living Income Analysis, the Productivity Programme Year 1 Reflection Paper, and Integrated & Profit & Loss Analysis.