FELLOWSHIPS

We are working to connect talented students with career and learning opportunities at the intersection of business and human rights.


Business sustainability and human rights FellowshiP

The NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights and the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business offers first-year MBA students a paid opportunity to work at a company on sustainability and human rights issues during their summer. Students will participate in pre-internship training and become deeply immersed in sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and human rights issues faced by their company through their summer internship. Past participating companies include Bloomberg, IFC, Microsoft, Williams-Sonoma, and Nespresso.

Applications for the 2021 Fellowship are now open. Please note: the deadline to submit an application is February 5, 2021. To apply, please review the job descriptions for each position below and submit your application here.

  • BBMG: BBMG is a brand and innovation consultancy dedicated to creating brands of enduring value. The Brand Strategy Fellow will support the team in creating content for brand and innovation projects, support project management directly with clients, and research and synthesize brand landscapes and consumer reports.

  • Buro Happold: From helping shape entire cities to adapting infrastructure to deal with the climate emergency, a career at Buro Happold presents the chance to make a difference. The Sustainable Cities Fellow will generate initial findings and recommendations for strategy development and perform geospatial analysis and visualization for a range of geographies

  • International Finance Corporation (IFC): IFC, the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector in developing countries, is seeking internationally-oriented Fellows to join its Climate Business team. The Climate Business Fellow will work on deliverables including impact accounting and reporting of green bonds and use of proceeds and preparing a business plan for the replication and implementation of the Green Banking Academy.

  • MarketAxess: MarketAxess has revolutionized the fixed-income market by creating a single platform using proprietary technology that connects the world’s most influential financial institutions. The ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) Fellow will work across Sales, Marketing, Research, and Finance teams to investigate and identify areas for growth in sustainability and will examine the company’s carbon footprint, monetize sustainability efforts and goals, and help to develop a concrete ESG strategy that can be implemented across departments at all levels.

  • Microsoft: The Human Rights Team at Microsoft prioritizes and coordinates our human rights due diligence, identifies emerging risks and opportunities related to human rights, and promotes harmonized, rights-respecting approaches to human rights across the company. The Fellow will be responsible for supporting priority human rights due diligence of sales and business activities; helping to draft Microsoft’s annual human rights transparency report, and helping to prepare the Human Rights Team’s participation at the UN General Assembly.

  • Nespresso: Nespresso's mission is to be recognized as the ultimate coffee experience worldwide. The Marketing and Sustainability Summer Fellow will support this commitment by analyzing of existing sustainability programs, measurement, and brand strategies on sustainability, and will make recommendations for new programs or improvements to existing recycling initiatives.

  • Qintess: More than a technology, innovation or digital solutions company, Qintess is a people-to-people company that focuses heavily on sustainability. The ESG and Technology Fellow will develop an independent appraisal of Qintess ESG present practices as well as best practices recommendation and guidance for short term implementation to allow further progress on the subject theme.

  • Williams-Sonoma, Inc.: Williams-Sonoma, Inc. aims to be Good By Design. From our factories to our customers’ homes, we strive for quality, safety, and sustainability. The Sustainability Fellow will work on projects related to supply chain innovation, sustainability, circular economy, worker education and empowerment, and ESG reporting. The post will involve research, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and strategy development.

Important Dates:

January 11, 2021: Positions will appear in MBA Career Platform, 12Twenty

February 5, 2021(11:59 pm EST): Deadline to submit an application.

February 15-16, 2021: Qualified applicants will be interviewed by NYU Stern and "matched"; applications will be sent on to companies.

Late February - Mid March: Company-led interview and hiring process

Late May: One-day training program

If you have questions about the fellowship or the application process, please contact Kerin McCauley and Eliza Heeks.

Past Placements

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BERNSTEIN-MASIYIWA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Periodically the Center partners with the NYU School of Law to host a Bernstein-Masiyiwa Fellowship. This fellowship places NYU Law JDs at leading human rights organizations for one year following graduation.

For more information about the Bernstein-Masiyiwa Fellowship Program, please read here.