AXA - Infrastructure - responsible investing intern (July '25)

AXA IM Alts
AXA IM Alts is a global leader in alternative investments with over €184 billion of assets under management comprising c.€85 billion of primarily private real estate, over €88 billion of private debt and alternative credit, as well as c.€11 billion in Infrastructure and private equity. 

We take a 360° approach to real estate & infrastructure investing with over €115 billion of assets under management in direct opportunities, held indirectly through debt and listed equities and via long term private equity investments into operating platforms. ESG is fully integrated into our investment decision making processes with our responsible investment approach anchored by the three key pillars of decarbonisation, resilience and building tomorrow.

AXA IM Alts employs 835 people located in 15 offices around the world and serves the needs of more than 600 clients from Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and Middle East. We are the number one property portfolio and asset manager in Europe and one of the largest worldwide.  

Description of the department

As one of the world’s largest real assets managers, we believe that the decisions we make when investing can do much more than generate financial returns. We can contribute to a sustainable future by minimising the environmental impact of our assets, protecting them against the effects of climate change and working collaboratively to unleash the transformative potential of our ingenuity.

Our responsible investment strategy is built on three key pillars: Decarbonisation, Resilience, and Building Tomorrow.  The built environment contributes significantly to the world’s annual carbon emissions, giving us the opportunity to make an important contribution to decarbonisation. We are actively investing towards a low carbon future, be it through the creation of infrastructure for renewable energy, developing best-in-class real estate, or regenerating and transforming 
existing building stock worthy of a place in the low carbon future. 

AXA IM Alts global Responsible Investment team is in charge of supporting the integration of the Responsible Investment (RI) strategy in all our activities. It is composed of experienced, multicultural, multi disciplinary and passionate individuals, based in London, Paris, Bruxelles and Frankfurt. It relies on a network of local ESG leads in its key regions to provide insight and guidance to asset management teams in delivering on internal KPIs and ESG related targets set out by the business.

The main responsibilities of the role

The global Responsible Investment team is looking for an intern to support the implementation and oversight of the real assets Infrastructure  portfolios approach to Responsible Investment. 

The future intern will contribute to the team, focusing on three key projects: 

ESG integration across infrastructure investments 

The intern will contribute to supporting the infrastructure equity and debt teams in embedding  and strengthening ESG factors integration in their investment and management processes:

• Participate in developping frameworks, tools, solutions and standard documentation to help with portfolio ESG risk analysis & management, 
• Perform ESG performance assessment and benchmarking, as well as impact assessment, 
• Set-up and carrying out engagement activities whenever relevant. 
• Bring support in the review and development of key regulatory frameworks (SFDR, EU taxonomy, Loi energie Climat, FCA) and their respective impact and reporting requirements for the different asset classes under management

Climate strategy and decarbonization targets monitoring:

The intern will bring support in the implementation of to the infrastructure investments’ climate strategy, to address physical and transition risk:

• Support rolling out the decarbonization strategy for infrastructure equity and debt asset classes, based on carbon accounting & disclosure guidelines as well as science based frameworks such as the  GHG Protocol, NZIF framework, PCAF guidelines and SBTI recommendations.
• Support the deployment of our climate physical risk assessment and monitoring process for infrastructure assets.
• Bring support in the training of internal stakeholders from different departments
• Support carbon data research and benchmarking , interact with carbon data providers and consultants to support the rollout of carbon reduction strategies , progress monitoring tools and reports.

GRESB reporting preparation:

GRESB Infrastructure reporting preparation:

The intern will bring support regarding the GRESB reporting process for infrastructure investments:

• Assist in the implementation of expected change in the reporting and adjustment of current process at fund and asset level.
• Ensure data is collected and coordinate with key stakeholders accordingly (investee company, PM, ESG leads, fund team…)
• Support the onsolidation of the data, answers and evidence required to complete GRESB infrastructure reporting. 

The intern might also be involved in the sustainability day to day tasks, such as:

• Market research and ad-hoc research in ESG related topics such as biodiversity preservation, just transition.
• ESG research to enhance our real estate and infrastructure platforms’ ESG integration frameworks 
• Market watch, peer reviews and regulatory monitoring (EU taxonomy, TNFD, SFDR…) and gap/ impact analysis.
• Investment teams, sales group and fund management’s support in producing investor’s ESG due diligence questionnaires and reportings. 
• Research and assistance in developing thought leadership topics.