The Brussels office of the public interest law firm Frank Bold is currently recruiting a Research Intern to start full-time in January 2017 for a period of four to six months.
This internship will require substantial research and analysis relating to corporate governance and sustainable business practices. Applicants must hold, or be studying towards, an undergraduate or advanced degree in law, business, economics or a related field and be comfortable analyzing and synthesizing complex information.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis; applicants are advised to apply at their earliest convenience.
Frank Bold is a purpose-driven law firm established in 1995 with four offices in the Czech Republic as well as offices in Brussels, Belgium and Krakow, Poland. The firm seeks to use the power of business and non-profit approaches to solve social and environmental problems. The firm leads the Purpose of the Corporation Project, a strategic and open-source platform for leading experts and organisations interested in promoting the long-term health and sustainability of publicly listed companies policy-making and business management. Frank Bold is a steering group member of the European Coalition for Corporate Justice, which promotes corporate responsibility within the EU.
For more information please visit our website as well as our dedicated website on the Purpose of the Corporation Project.
Frank Bold is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Please send applications to Susanna Arus, Communications Officer, with the subject line "Brussels internship" by November 10, 2017. Email: susanna.arus@frankbold.org.
Applications must contain:
Applications will be acknowledged upon receipt. Interviews will take place on a rolling basis, either in person in Brussels or via phone/Skype.
The European Court of Justice has ruled that mining at Poland’s sprawling Turów coal mine must cease while the court processes a Czech government lawsuit against Poland for illegally operating the mine. The Polish mine pushes right up to the Czech and German borders and is depleting people’s water supplies and undercutting houses in nearby communities.
Local groups and NGOs including Frank Bold, that is very active in the process, welcomed the Czech government’s decision to file a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice against the Polish government for the illegal operation of the Turów lignite coal mine, which has been dug right up to the Czech and German borders, damaging local water supplies for nearby communities. This is the first such legal case for the Czech Republic and the first in EU’s history where one member state sues another for environmental reasons.
Meeting the goal of the European Green Deal to achieve no net GHG emissions by 2050 requires at least half trillion euros of additional investments in the EU every year and will involve significant market and regulatory changes targeting every sector of the economy. This will profoundly change how companies and their directors need to integrate sustainability concerns in their strategies and business decisions.
