The Group Sustainability department is divided into three units:
i. Sustainable Investment,
ii. Sustainable Insurance,
iii. Corporate Sustainability.
The Sustainable Investment team is responsible for defining the sustainable investment policy to apply while
managing the portfolio of SCOR invested assets. As an institutional investor, SCOR is determined to play its
part in contributing to the well-being and resilience of society, notably by preserving natural capital.
The internship will take place within the Sustainable Investment team to support existing and new research
topics on sustainability.
Responsibilities:
As an example, these analyses and syntheses may require to:
- Collect and analyse sustainability data to develop extra-financial indicators to apply to the SCOR
investment portfolio,
- Study external methodologies on ESG indicators to apply to the SCOR investment portfolio,
- Monitor activity regarding sustainable finance topics.
The subjects delt with by the intern vary depending on periods of time. As an example, it could be studies on
carbon or biodiversity footprints or climate & nature risks.
Qualifications:
- You have good knowledge of market finance and of environmental and social issues.
- Former professional experience linked to those subjects is necessary.
- You are proficient in Excel, VBA, and ideally Python and SQL. Having used these tools in a professional
context would be very appreciated. - Your English level allows you to evolve in an English-speaking environment. French would be appreciated but is not mandatory.
- Rigor, autonomy, intellectual curiosity, sense of initiative, and a very good relational ability are qualities sought after.
- You wish to supplement your higher education training (business school, engineering school or post-
graduate, with ideally a finance specialisation) with an end-of-study or gap year internship within the
sustainability team of a listed company.
As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying “The Art & Science of Risk,” SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.
Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry – actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others – as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.
As an international company, our common culture is defined by “The SCOR Way.” Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.
SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.
Skills Required
- Good knowledge of market finance
- Knowledge of environmental and social issues
- Prior professional experience related to sustainable finance, environmental, or social topics
- Proficiency in Excel
- Proficiency in VBA
- Professional English proficiency for an English-speaking environment
- Higher education in business, engineering, or postgraduate studies, ideally with a finance specialization
- Python proficiency
- SQL proficiency
- French language proficiency
What We Do
SCOR, one of the world’s largest reinsurers, serves more than 5,000 clients worldwide, providing a diversified and innovative range of solutions to control and manage risk. SCOR delivers advanced financial solutions, analytics and services across all dimensions of risk in Life & Health, Property & Casualty, and Investments. Reinsurance lies at the intersection of technical expertise and scientific progress. Models, data, and pricing and reserving tools are essential, yet they are never sufficient on their own. Sound risk decisions require expert judgment, experience and perspective. This is what we call the Art and Science of Risk. Reinsurance is a knowledge industry, where expertise grows through accumulation, transmission and practice. Across the Group, 3,600 experts based in more than 35 offices worldwide contribute to this collective intelligence. Actuaries, underwriters, risk management specialists, and Tech & Data experts transform data into insight, explore extreme scenarios, define the boundaries of insurability and help anticipate emerging risks. Together, they strengthen the resilience of SCOR, our clients and the societies we serve. This expertise is built through shared experience,continuous questioning and collective reflection. Like artists, we belong to schools of thought, learning first to observe, then to replicate, and ultimately to innovate. This ongoing transmission of knowledge enables SCOR to develop a distinctive approach, combining rigor, creativity and long-term vision in the service of risk mastery. This shared commitment underpins SCOR’s role as a global reinsurer. By turning risk into resilience and sustainable value, our collective of experts acts with responsibility and purpose. Together, we help protect the future, and shape it, for our clients, for society and for generations to come.
