Sustainability Strategy & Transformation — Internship F/M/X

4- to 6-month internship (school agreement required), starting September 2026

🌍 Join Accor — a professional journey at the heart of a committed, international 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 as an intern means contributing to real projects and building your experience alongside engaged, international teams.

This is where your greatest challenge awaits:

Within the Group Sustainability Division, reporting to the Strategic Project Director, you join a team shaping and driving Accor’s sustainability strategy.

This division animates a rich sustainability ecosystem, both internal and external, in support of a deep and lasting transformation of the hospitality industry.

Your mission:

Actively contribute to shaping and deploying the Group’s Sustainability strategy, supporting the internal sustainability community and helping embed ESG principles across the organization:

• Market intelligence : support market watch and benchmarking efforts, gathering insights from peers, alliances & competitors to feed the team’s strategic thinking. Help monitor key market information (competitor moves, sector publications, financial news).
• Strategic presentations : help prepare documentation and presentations for top management and governance bodies (SteerCos, committees), in both English and French.
• Governance & coordination : support the animation of our sustainability internal and external ecosystem through the organization and preparation of internal and external meetings.
• Cross-functional support : contribute on an ad hoc basis to storytelling and content efforts to build and deploy sustainability initiatives across the Group.
• Event & engagement assistance : contribute to the organization of sustainability-related events, workshops, and challenges, supporting logistics and communication.

And you?

Your profile:

• Degree program: Master's (Sustainability, Hospitality Management, or related field)
• Internship duration: to be confirmed with the manager
• Preferred dates: to be confirmed with the manager

Appreciated skills:

• To be confirmed with the manager (no specific tool or technical skill provided in the brief)

Soft skills:

• 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.

Language(s): 

• French / English — fluent

💡 Why join us?

Your benefits during the internship

• Internship compensation in accordance with applicable regulations (internships over 2 months)
• Reimbursement of Navigo public transport pass up to 75%
• Reimbursement of SNCF train subscription up to 50% (can be combined with Navigo)
• Meal vouchers
• Sustainable mobility allowance (bike, scooter…)
• ½ day of authorized absence per month, cumulative over the internship period
• Access to collaborative workspaces, on-site restaurants, and wellness areas

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 development

• Quality supervision with a dedicated internship mentor and meaningful responsibilities.
• Regular feedback sessions to support you throughout your experience at Accor.

Your talent and motivation are our only selection criteria.

We value the richness of diverse nationalities, personalities, and professional backgrounds.

We adapt to the specific needs of our employees, particularly those with disabilities.

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

📋 Our recruitment process

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

• One or two interviews with the manager and team members,
• Personalized feedback.

A signed internship agreement from an accredited higher education institution is required.