Internship - 6 months - ISR Project Manager - F/H

• Internship
• 18738
• Paris

Company Description

AEW represents the real-estate management platform of Natixis Investment Managers (NIM). NIM is part of BPCE Global Financial Services, Europe’s 5th financial Institution and France’s 2nd largest banking group in France through its subsidiaries Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne.

AEW is one of the world’s largest real estate investment managers with EUR 82.2 billion assets under management in Europe at the end of 2021 and is also present in North America and Asia.

In Europe, over 450 employees successfully implement core, value-added and opportunist investment strategies to serve our clients. AEW operates in promising real estate markets notably in Logistics, Offices, health, residential and retail asset sectors.

As an employer, we offer our employees equal access to job opportunities regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual preference, social status, handicap, and age. We strive to develop a fulfilling and an inclusive working environment as we believe diversity enriches us and fosters collective intelligence.

Job Description

Position and missions

You join our team that is looking for a ISR Project Manager , for an internship of 6 months from February 2026.

Within the Funds and Mandates Directorate, the SRI (Socially Responsible Investment) Directorate is responsible for SRI policy of AEW, the SRI strategy of the funds, the development of operational tools, the control of compliance with ISR procedures and reporting to investors.

This department manages all relations with AEW’s institutional clients. She manages the strategy and management of the Funds and Mandates. She is in charge of the development of the AEW activity. In this context, the managers are responsible for several funds and mandates that have integrated SRI criteria. This department is in contact with the different European offices.

In collaboration with your tutor, your main tasks will be:

1) Operational management

• Strategic Management:
  • Monitoring compliance with real estate funds' ESG strategies;
  • Implementation of SRI management procedures for Asset Management and Investment, institutional and general public;
  • Implementation of methodological tools, standard documents and digital tools, to enable compliance with ISR procedures;
  • Control of compliance with ISR management procedures;
  • Monitoring of indicators on SRI funds;
  • Contribution to calls for tenders on ESG aspects;
  • Management of innovative projects: biodiversity, renewable energies, health, waste, food waste, circular economy, etc;
• Acquisition and Asset Management:
  • ISR valuation of assets at acquisition;
  • Exemplary operations and testing of technological innovations in connection with the teams from Asset Management and the Technical and Sustainable Development Department, certifications, ENR, health, IAQ, biodiversity, charging stations, etc.;
  • Intervention on new operations and work with promoters to implement innovative solutions and exemplary operations;
  • Monitoring of asset improvement plans on SRI funds;
• Reporting:
  • Implementation of automation tools for data collection and reporting production;
  • Periodic ISR reporting to investors according to contractual provisions;
  • Annual calculation of the carbon footprint of portfolios, and reporting to investors;
  • Training and Communication;
  • Monitoring technological innovations in DD/ISR;
  • Regulatory monitoring on ISR;
  • Responses to international assessments of SRI funds;
  • Training in ISR operational practices for internal teams;

2) Representation

• Participation in occasional forum groups on SRI, the SRI label, green finance, etc.;
• Communication and marketing of the SRI actions carried out;

3) Corporate management

• Monitoring and communication on SRI policy;
• Monitoring of global indicators;
• Participation in responses to AEW international assessments;
• Participation in reporting to shareholders on ESG shares;
• Contribution to calls for tenders on ESG aspects;
• Support of the European teams on topics related to ISR.

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As a Top Employer, we place our employees at the center of our attention. Internal mobility, career development and training devices allow you to grow and flourish throughout your journey.

You evolve in an inclusive and collaborative work environment that will give you every chance to succeed in this new mission.

You also have the opportunity to commit yourself in favor of society and causes that are dear to your heart through our corporate foundation.

You benefit from an internship allowance based on your training and level of education, also a paid day of authorized absence for each month worked and access to the company’s restaurant.

Required Skills/Qualifications/Experience

Student at the Bac + 5 level, you follow a Grandes Ecoles/Business schools/Universities type training with a specialization in Sustainable Finance. You have excellent interpersonal skills, adaptability, a spirit of synthesis and curiosity. You are a dynamic, willing, rigorous person. You master the office pack. And last but not least, you are perfectly fluent in English. You will be contacted by one of our recruiters before meeting our business experts. An ideal moment of exchange to highlight your personality as well as your project.