USA - Assurance - Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) - Intern - Summer 2025

About our business

At EY, the Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) team seeks to build a better working world by helping businesses and governments respond to societal, environmental, and economic challenges. We help businesses understand and evaluate the broader value impacts and outcomes associated with their organizations, operations, programs, and projects. Our Climate Change and Sustainability Services team is growing exponentially, and as a member of the group, you’ll play a key role in that growth. Working across all industries, you’ll develop your career by communicating creative, strategic goals both internally and externally. It’s all about listening to and understanding our clients to give them a truly exceptional experience in a field where there really are no off-the-shelf recommendations.

When you join EY Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS), you will utilize sustainability knowledge to help clients respond, adapt and innovate. You will collaborate with high-impact decision-makers and colleagues around the world to make informed, transformative decisions. You will assist companies in improving sustainability reporting and mitigating corporate risk. You will help drive sustainable innovation and growth.

As a Climate Change and Sustainability Services Intern, you will align to a solution (descriptions below) and will have the opportunity to work across various clients, projects and industries.

• Climate Advisory

• Assist clients in reducing costs and increasing operational performance; our advice spans climate strategy, climate risk, road-mapping and more. Help clients respond to risks and opportunities related to climate change.

• Sustainability Advisory

• Assist clients with all aspects of developing and implementing a successful ESG strategy, including goal setting, governance and stakeholder engagement. Help clients realize the value of sustainability through reducing costs, improving decision-making and delivering long-term value.

• Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Advisory

• Assist clients in reducing the risk of EHS events and improving workplace productivity and financial performance. Help conduct statutory, compliance, gap and risk EHS assessments, and help with data management and resource efficiency.

• Non-Financial Reporting Assurance

• Assist clients in communicating nonfinancial performance, identifying stakeholder expectations and providing reporting transparency. Help companies enhance their sustainability reporting and adhere to reporting standards.

• Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Digital

• Leverage our deep knowledge of digital solutions and data analysis to provide advisory services to assist clients with Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) compliance, reporting and goal ambition. Help document current state data, processes and controls enabling software analysis and selection.

What you will do

• Assist in the delivery of Climate Change & Sustainability Services, with an emphasis on complex and/or specialized issues within Assurance and/or technical sustainability reporting and advisory capacities.

• Work with clients in their efforts to identify, measure, and appropriately manage their business and reporting risks as they transition their organizations to respond to changing government environmental regulations and new trends in sustainability management and reporting.

• Identify and communicate trends, developments, and key performance drivers relevant to the client, while demonstrating a deep understanding of the industry and marketplace.

Job requirements and preferences

• Required qualifications

• You have or are working toward a bachelor\'s or a master\'s degree in accounting, environmental, industrial, or chemical engineering, sustainability, environmental science, environmental policy, computer science, data science, occupational health and safety, and/or related academic majors.

• Preferred qualifications

• Exposure or knowledge within environmental foot-printing, lifecycle analysis, sustainable supply chain planning and/or carbon markets is a plus.

• Exposure to voluntary and/or regulatory ESG frameworks such as Global Reporting Initiatives (GRI), the EU\'s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), and the SEC\'s climate-related disclosure rules.

• Willingness and ability to travel, as necessary.

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.