Sustainability & Strategy Analyst

Ambienta is a European environmental sustainability investor across private equity, public market and private credit. Operating out of Milan, London, Paris, Munich and Stockholm, Ambienta manages over €4.0bn in assets with a focus on investing in private and public companies driven by environmental megatrends and whose products or services improve Resource Efficiency or Pollution Control.

In private equity, Ambienta has completed 73 Investments to date. In public equity markets, Ambienta has pioneered one of the world's largest absolute return funds entirely focused on environmental sustainability and manages a full suite of sustainable products ranging from low-risk multi-asset funds to equity long-only. Ambienta has also recently established a private credit strategy with the same environmental sustainability focus as the other asset classes.

An industry pioneer, Ambienta was one of the first UN PRI signatories in 2012 and attained B-Corp in 2019. In 2020, Ambienta became IIGCC member and in 2023, as one of very few asset managers, continued being a positive role model for the industry by committing to the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi). www.ambientasgr.com

Your Role and Responsibilities: You will join the cross-functional Sustainability & Strategy (S&S) team. This internal consulting group plays a crucial role in supporting the firm's investments across all asset classes and countries to deliver above-average market returns. The team collaborates closely with all investment teams to achieve these objectives.

In your role, you will support senior team members by analysing industry trends and environmental issues, as well as assessing business cases and investment opportunities across various sectors influenced by these environmental trends. You will work under the guidance of a senior team member, allowing you to effectively contribute while enhancing your expertise in sustainability and investment strategy.

Your main task will be:

To conduct analysis to build, update, and maintain Ambienta’s knowledge on environmental trends and industrial sectors. Develop insights on the impact of environmental trends on value chains, identifying successful business models and their competitive advantages

To assist senior S&S team members and investment professionals in analysing investment opportunities. The main objectives are: to drive the generation of investment ideas, engage with target companies, enhance due diligence for effective investment selection, and provide support throughout the investment lifecycle as needed. This work is primarily focused on the phases leading up to the final investment decision

To prepare Environmental Impact Analyses for companies and targets across asset classes (Private and Public), applying impact methodologies to ensure consistency. This involves collecting data from target and portfolio companies, analysing results using new and existing models, and preparing reports for investors

To contribute to the preparation of reports and presentations for various stakeholders’ engagement activities within the firm. This includes creating presentations for new investment ideas, internal knowledge meetings, investor relations, the development of new financial products, and other general purposes

Your Skills

Outstanding academic background from Engineering Universities or other STEM disciplines

1-3 years of experience within a major professional services organization/consulting firm or within the strategy/BD/M&A department of relevant industry players

Familiarity with a specific industrial sector (e.g., Industrial Machinery, Waste management, Chemicals, etc.)

Interest in environmental topics

A proactive attitude and the ability to work in a team

The ability to manage multiple streams of activities and meet deadlines

Languages: fluent in English and Italian; other languages will be considered a plus

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