Sustainability Internship Slough 2023

Want to put the environment at the heart of what we do? As Sustainability Intern at Reckitt, you’ll have the freedom to make sure we do the right thing. Even when it’s difficult.

Reckitt exists to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We believe that access to the highest-quality hygiene, wellness and nourishment is a right, not a privilege.

Reckitt is the company behind some of the world’s most recognisable and trusted consumer brands in hygiene, health and nutrition, including Air Wick, Calgon, Cillit Bang, Clearasil, Dettol, Durex, Enfamil, Finish, Gaviscon, Harpic, Lysol, Mortein, Mucinex, Nurofen, Nutramigen, Strepsils, Vanish, Veet, Woolite and more.

Every day, more than 30 million Reckitt products are bought globally. We always put consumers and people first, seek out new opportunities, strive for excellence in all that we do and build shared success with all our partners. We aim to do the right thing, always.

We are a diverse global team of c. 40,000 colleagues. We draw on our collective energy to meet our ambitions of purpose-led brands, a healthier planet and a fairer society.

The role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our global sustainability team, reporting into the Head of Sustainability Reporting & Communications and supporting the wider sustainability team.

Our 2030 Sustainability Ambitions sit at the centre of our business and support our purpose. Our sustainability programmes and initiatives all focus on delivering our ambitions and our communications and reporting deliver updates to our stakeholders on the positive and enduring impact we are having. Our strategy is focused on:

• Purpose-led brands – every one of our brands is directing its focus to where it can make most impact in accelerating progress to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
• Healthier planet – recognising the increasing connection between people’s health, halting climate change, and protecting biodiversity.
• Fairer Society – enabling a fair diverse and inclusive society as an employer and in our value chain.

If you’re curious, enthusiastic, happy to get stuck in and looking to grow your breadth of experience in sustainability, especially around data and reporting, we would love to hear from you.

What you’ll do

• ESG frameworks & KPIs: support the team with mapping metrics contained within selected frameworks and benchmarks (SASB, GRI, CDP, S&P (DJSI), MSCI, Sustainalytics, ESG Book, Bloomberg) and develop our KPI master datasheet further to incorporate the above indicators.
• Sustainability Methodologies: Engage with sustainability teams to collate existing KPI/metrics methodologies, tidy up (incl. creating/refining standardised template) and work with teams to draft methodologies where we have gaps.
• Peer benchmarking: establish a template, as well as where & how to store data, then assess key competitors sustainability strategies, mapping out targets & KPIs, performance, positions on topics (lead/match/follow) and communication/ reporting channels and formats.
• Team admin: Refresh sustainability team IT folders/sharepoint architecture – work with teams to set up new structure and move everything across, archiving old documents etc. Work with sustainability reporting team to manage sustainability mailbox, discarding old/spam emails and support with drafting responses to enquiries using an agreed Q&A file.
• Quality Management System: Support the team with mapping all of our sustainability policies / standards against template and guidance, including speaking with the teams to get their compliance-linked activities mapped, identify gaps and cleanse
• Supplier benchmarking: assess key suppliers sustainability strategies, mapping out targets & KPIs, performance, positions on topics (lead/match/follow) and communication/reporting channels and formats.
• Customer data requests: review and update the sustainability data held within Walmart Sustainability Hub
• Various other tasks to support the team in delivering the strategic priorities

What you’ll need

You should be working towards a sustainability related degree and/or have demonstrable sustainability or data management/reporting experience. In addition, you’ll have:

• A genuine desire to build your knowledge and understanding of sustainability
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Ability to handle several projects at once with excellent attention to details
• Ability to work independently - you’ll be a motivated self-starter, but someone who also thrives as part of a team
• Be highly organised, in terms of both personal approach and reporting
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially excel, and Sharepoint

Equality

At Reckitt, we recognise that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. That’s why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. Come and join a team whose purpose is to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner and healthier world.

All qualified applicants to Reckitt will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.