Trucost, Internship, London, UK

Institution / company

Trucost Plc

Job title

Internship

Job location

London, United Kingdom

Job description

Hours per Week: From 2 to 5 days a week according to availability

Recruitment Process: A short list will be generated from submitted CV’s. Depending on the number
of applicants, there will be one or two rounds of interviews. First round interviews will be conducted by telephone. Second round interviews will usually be on-site.

Duties: Duties will involve searching company websites or directly engaging with companies for relevant environmental information in order to populate Trucost’s database. In many cases the intern will have the opportunity to conduct other research projects, such as researching the financial
implications of significant upcoming legislation.

Requirements / qualifications

Skills Required:
• Fluency in English
• High level of IT literacy especially with Microsoft Office
• Familiarity with financial and environmental reporting
• MSc or equivalent in relevant topic (preferred)
Interns will be working with minimal supervision and will be expected to be thorough in their data collection. Knowledge of corporate environmental reporting and interest in how companies disclose environmental performance is preferred.

Salary / benefits

Remuneration/ Expenses: £12,000 p.a (on a pro rata basis)

Institution / Company description

About Trucost Trucost Plc is an environmental research organisation that was established to help companies and investors understand the environmental impacts of business activities. Trucost provides data and analysis on company emissions and natural resource usage and presents these financial as well as quantity terms, providing the basis for an improved dialogue between companies, investors and ther stakeholders.

The external cost methodology employed by Trucost outlines company's environmental impacts in order of significance, enabling directors and auditors to focus their efforts on those impacts that are likely to be material to the business. This also forms transparent process by which a company and its auditors can assess whether it should make a public disclosure, for example under the EU Accounts Modernisation Directive. Fund managers and analysts increasingly need to know how environmental issues may have a financially material impact companies' future earnings and make comparisons between companies in a given sector. Yet ability to accurately assess this is currently constrained by the lack of consistent or comprehensive environmental data disclosure by companies.

Trucost's comprehensive coverage ensures that companies in an index are included, not just those that disclose environmental information. Trucost provides data and analysis on over 4,500 companies worldwide, including complete coverage of FTSE All-Share, S&P 500, Nikkei 225, DJ STOXX and MSCI indices.

Trucost has the support of an International Advisory Panel of leading academics in the fields of economics and the environment, who lend their considerable experience to the specialist research staff located London. Trucost's Board of Directors not only demonstrates a broad range of business experience, with a strong emphasis on economics and the finance industry, but it also brings together a variety
academic and professional disciplines. Trucost has the support of an International Advisory Panel leading academics in the fields of economics and the environment, who lend their considerable experience to the specialist research staff located in London.

Trucost's Board of Directors not only demonstrates a broad range of business experience, with a strong emphasis on economics and finance industry, but it also brings together a variety of academic and professional disciplines.