Duration: 6 months · Location: Palais Brongniart (Paris 2nd) · Format: face-to-face + partial remote work
Do you want to put science at the service of the transition? Join theESG Lab Of ILB Labs, the R&D unit of the Louis Bachelier Institute, to contribute to high-impact projects combining sustainable finance, ESG data and modelling.
About ILB Labs
Created in 2008 by the Ministry of Finance, theLouis Bachelier Institute (ILB) is a partnership-based research network in economics and finance. Its mission: amplifying the impact of research by bringing together academics, businesses and public authorities.
Les ILB Labs bring together:
- one ESG Lab (sustainable finance analysts);
- one Data Lab (R&D engineers in data science).
Positioned halfway between research and advice, the Labs deliver results operational in project management formats inspired by consultancy, with the support of a network of 1,000+ researchers can be mobilized according to expertise.
Examples of ESG Lab projects
- Net Zero Alignment of a portfolio of car credits/insurance, with impact modeling levers of action.
- Development ofgreen financial engineering tools For a solution geothermal energy.
- Methodology ofAlignment of financial centers.
- Frame ofsocial impact assessment for financing offinancial inclusion.
- Automatic extraction information from extra-financial documents.
- ESG data integration for risk management and regulatory compliance.
Internship missions
In direct contact with the ILB Labs managers, you will be required to:
- Contribute to the structuring of offers and applied research projects.
- Participate in a main project and to short missions in sustainable finance:
- Literature review and methodological panoramas (alignment, scenarios, impact methods, etc.).
- Development and testing methodologies (e.g. Net Zero alignment of activities/portfolios) on real data.
- Analysis results and recommendations.
- Preparation and presentation deliverables (analyses, hypotheses, results) to partners.
- Project organization: expert exchanges, preparation of meetings, follow-up.
- Conduct a Thematic research (green/sustainable finance) to be presented internally and/or be the subject of a non-academic article.
Framing : you will be supervised by João Paulo Sertã and supervised by Louis Boulanger. Interactions with recognized experts (e.g. Stéphane Voisin, depending on the project) are planned.
What you are going to learn
- Key concepts of sustainable finance and monitoring of scientific/regulatory news.
- Better understanding of ESG data and challenges Data.
- Work standalone and As a team, rigor of research, critical thinking.
- Communication written/oral to internal teams and partners.
Profile wanted
Technical skills
- High-level training in Finances, climate science or engineering.
- First experience in sustainable finance appreciated.
- Knowledge: ESG regulations, green finance products/mechanisms, bases of climate science.
- Ease in frenchmen and English (written/oral).
- Mastery Office pack (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and the ability to clearly present technical work.
Human skills
- Curiosity, autonomy, strength of proposal (technical & organization).
- Esprit organized, creative, entrepreneurial, taste of teamwork.
- Interest in projects innovators advancing the state of the art.
Even if you don't check all the boxes, Apply : the diversity of profiles is our strength.
Conditions & benefits
- Debut : January 2026 · Duration : 6 months
- Location : Brongniart Palace, Paris 2nd · Partial telework possible
Send your RESUME + one motivational paragraph, specify the type of internship (hyphenation / End of studies) and your Availability date To:
📩 recrutement.esg@institutlouisbachelier.org
ILB is committed to a caring and inclusive work environment. We promotework/life balance and offer development opportunities In a team International of about twenty people, from excellent training. Join us!
