ICG are a global alternative asset manager with $112bn in AUM and more than three decades of experience generating attractive returns. We operate from over 20 locations globally and invest our clients’ capital across: Structured Capital  |  Private Equity Secondaries  |  Real Assets  |  Private Debt  |  Credit

Our exceptional people originate differentiated opportunities, invest responsibly, and deliver long-term value. We partner with management teams, founders, and business owners in a creative and solutions-focused approach, supporting them with our expertise and flexible capital.

Our Inclusion strategy aims to support different perspectives to enhance our firm’s performance and wider contributions, applying a holistic Inclusion lens to both internal and external-facing activity.

We cultivate a variety of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives where debate and challenge are not just encouraged, but also expected. This forms the basis of our resilience and innovation, and ultimately enables us to drive exceptional results. Together, we create an environment in which each colleague can fulfil their individual potential and contribute to our collective goals.

ICG recognises that sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors can be an important driver of investment value and source of investment risk. We believe that by identifying and assessing these factors as a core part of our investment process, and by ensuring that these issues are properly managed over the lifetime of our investments, we can create value for our clients and support more successful and sustainable businesses over the long term. If you care about Sustainability and ESG matters and wish to be part of a leading firm, this is a rare and exciting opportunity.

The Sustainability Team sets ICG’s sustainability strategy for our numerous asset classes and strategies, and works to strengthen and embed our sustainability frameworks, tools, and practices into each respective investment approach with investment teams. The team engages extensively with ICG’s client services team to support our fundraising and client engagement activity. Additionally, the team works with numerous other functions within the firm to support ESG-related regulatory compliance, generate robust and accurate disclosures, and ensure transparent and effective communication regarding ICG’s position on sustainability topics.

This role will provide support to the team’s efforts across all of our work. It will offer a great deal of variety and a chance to learn more about sustainability topics, as well as visibility across the firm, as sustainability matters cut across nearly everything we do.

Primary responsibilities for this role include (but are not limited to):

• Background research to support investment due diligence and monitoring
• ESG data analysis to support reporting for our various stakeholders
• Research and information-gathering to support sustainability training and/or support materials for deal teams, portfolio companies, and others
• Document review and edits to materials for clients
• Note-taking and meeting minutes in team/cross-team meetings
• You can expect a variety of tasks and projects, particularly given how much and how frequently the sustainability landscape changes over time

This position offers an exciting opportunity to be part of a highly experienced and dynamic Sustainability Team in a successful alternative asset management firm. You would work closely with and learn from every member of the team to ensure sustainability is integrated into our investment decision-making, portfolio management, and reporting across different asset classes and strategies, working to strengthen our approach as a critical part of our business.

Skill requirements:

• Clear and concise communication, both written and oral
• Research capabilities
• Data analysis skills, including some knowledge of Excel
• Proficiency with PowerPoint
• Excellent organisation abilities
• Ability and willingness to manage more than one project at a time

Personality traits:

• Self-starter, takes initiative and seeks opportunities to contribute
• Collaborative; kind, thoughtful and willing to work with a variety of people
• Great attitude, willing to work hard and learn new skills/topics
• Critical thinker and intellectually curious about sustainability matters