ENTREPRENEUR: Sascha NICK VENTURE: CO2-monitor AG WEBSITE: www.co2-monitor.ch BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ABOUT US CO2-monitor makes private citizens aware of their personal climate and energy impact and motivates them to set a personal goal and take action. Participants are employees of partner organizations such as Swisscom, Credit Suisse, Piguet Galland, Axpo, Telekom Austria, SAM, Eawag, WWF, Canton of Zug, Umweltbundesamt Austria, in Switzerland, as well as Austria, Belgium, France and Hong Kong. CO2-monitor is auto-financed and cash-flow positive, reaching excellent employee engagement metrics and general customer satisfaction. However the company remains small, winning one client at a time - no acceleration levers have been successfully implemented yet. Currently, our team is six people, mostly part-time. Finding a way to accelerate development, including new collaboration business models, partnerships, company and sector focus etc. will be the focus of this internship. If successful, a permanent position will be created to implement and scale the new approach. This will be a highly interesting project and excellent learning opportunity, possibly (and hopefully) leading to a permanent position - and chance to make a significant sustainability impact! Raising awareness and motivating people to act sustainably is one of the biggest and most interesting challenges today - and CO2monitor has a proven track record at a small scale and potential to achieve much more. THE INTERN’S ROLE THE INTERN’S PROFILE While the detailed action plan will be defined together during the first week of the internship, the objective of this internship will be to: • understand at which stage in their sustainable development do organizations seek to involve actively their employees, and which hurdles they encounter, and • explore partnerships and business models to overcome these hurdles The work will mostly consist of contacts with clients and partners, actual and potential, and brainstorming with the CO2-monitor team, to develop and try new approaches. • • • • • • general understanding of and passion for sustainability good communication skills ability to work independently fluent in English and either French or German a bachelor degree is required, a master degree would be a big plus work experience in sustainability would be appreciated, but is not a requirement This is a full-time (or almost full-time) internship position. As part of the contacts are expected to lead to client projects, these will be compensated at the rate of 20% (first CHF 10k cumulative) or 10% (thereafter). Also, all work-related expenses will be reimbursed.