Sustainability Carbon & Energy Intern (F/M/X)

🌍 Join Accor – a professional journey at the heart of a committed, international and transforming group

Accor, a global leader in hospitality, present in more than 110 countries with 5,500 hotels, welcomes you to its offices located in Issy-les-Moulineaux.

This is where the Group’s global expertise comes together: strategy, finance, human resources, legal, technology, marketing, sustainability, communication, audit, procurement, etc.

Joining Accor means actively contributing to defining, structuring, and supporting the transformation of an international group, in direct connection with operational teams around the world.

As a supporting member of the Group Sustainability Division, the Sustainability Intern will assist the Carbon & Energy VP across a range of missions, from carbon calculation and reporting to the development of operational tools for regions and brands.

1. Understanding Energy in Accor’s world

• Analyzing data to shed light on the differences in energy consumption across regions and brands
• Sharing insights on hotel energy consumption to identify trends across regions and hotel typologies

2. Organization of Energy Week

• Supporting the team in the structuring, planning and content creation for Energy Week, taking place in October
• Coordination through the different Region&Brands actions & support them

3. Project Structuring — Energy Audits

• Working closely with the team on the analysis and structuring of an energy audit database
• Exploring the added value and potential services that could be developed on this basis
• Developing a strategy for collecting and aggregating audit data, and creating value-added services for hotels based on these insights

4. CSRD – Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive Preparation

• Contribution to the drafting of the Transition Plan as part of the group's CSRD compliance roadmap
• Close collaboration with the Sustainable Finance team and internal project leads
• Support in structuring and formalizing content in line with CSRD regulatory requirements (ESRS standards)

Currently enrolled in a Master’s degree program (Sustainability, Energy, or related field), you speak fluent English and French and demonstrate:

• Strong interest in sustainability and corporate responsibility, with motivation to learn both strategic and operational aspects.
• Good communication and writing skills, with the ability to synthesize information clearly.
• Organizational abilities and attention to detail, capable of supporting multiple projects simultaneously.
• Analytical mindset, with curiosity to explore sustainability data and field insights.
• Team spirit and adaptability, comfortable working with diverse stakeholders across brands, regions, and functions.
• Creativity and initiative, eager to contribute ideas and support innovative sustainability engagement.

This is a 6-month internship contract, starting in September 2026, for an on-site mission based in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.

💡 Why join us?

And what are our commitments?

To the world

• Accor is committed to the world around us, with a strong employer culture focused on the development of our 300,000 talents.
• We adopt a continuous improvement approach to reduce the environmental impact of digital across all our projects.

To your career

• We enable all our employees to maintain a healthy work-life balance and give them the means to shape their working environment in their own image.
• Dedicated Talent Management, continuous improvement, and training and development paths are defined both individually and collectively so that we can grow together, every day.

Concretely, at Accor:

• Remote work possible several days per week from France and flexible working options: work from home, our offices, or even our hotels and coworking spaces thanks to Worklib.

Your talent and motivation are our only selection criteria.

We value the richness of diverse nationalities, personalities, and professional backgrounds.
We know how to adapt to the specific needs of our employees, particularly those with disabilities.
We encourage all applications, without distinction of gender, so dare to apply!

For us, recruitment is above all a story of encounters.

Does this role appeal to you? Apply, and we will offer you:

• One or more interviews with managers and team members,
• A final interview with our Human Resources team to discuss our Group culture, working environment, training program, and career prospects, as well as the different Group benefits.