Job description
Why we are here
Tony’s Chocolonely is committed to ending exploitation in cocoa. We are an impact company that makes chocolate, not a chocolate company that makes an impact. With incredibly tasty chocolate, we lead by example, demonstrating that ethical practices and success can go hand in hand. Through Tony's Open Chain (TOC), mission allies like Albert Heijn, Ben & Jerry's, Jokolade, and Aldi have embraced a fairer, more transparent supply chain for their chocolate.
Now we are on the hunt for our new Environment & Forest Conservation Intern to join our team in Amsterdam!
Here’s what you’ll learn:
- Forestry conservation & restoration: Get hands-on experience in conservation, restoration, and landscape-level thinking, and see how forests and agriculture interact in real supply chains.
- Deforestation & remediation: Learn about deforestation risk assessments and help roll out remediation plans that align with emerging industry and regulatory standards.
- Environmental science in action: Apply what you studied, from forestry ecology to sustainability, directly to challenges in cocoagrowing regions, tackling reduction of chemical use, and promotion of plant and animal biodiversity.
- Sustainability reporting, impact, data & audit readiness: Develop skills in sustainability reporting, data validation, impact communication and audit preparation. You’ll help shape Tony’s Open Chain’s annual impact reporting.
Here’s what you’ll do:
In the Climate & Environment team (5SP)
- Support deforestation remediation roll out, help research, develop and test approaches for remediation, using best practices and benchmarks from the sector.
- Contribute to forest conservation initiatives, work on restoration and conservation actions, mapping potential partners or service providers and support the design of projects.
- Integrate environmental preservation into cocoa farming: support execution and monitoring of sustainable cocoa farming practices through our cooperative-centric model via: research, data analysis, & project management.
- Support internal & external communications — help build presentations, policies, publications and materials on forestry, deforestation and sustainable cocoa production.
In the External Affairs & Reporting team
Support the full process of developing the 2025/26 Tony’s Open Chain Impact Report: gather inputs, draft and edit content, coordinate stakeholder reviews, collaborate on visuals, support KPI data collection and validation, update audit documentation and contribute to analytical publications such as:
- the Living Income Analysis
- the Productivity Programme Year 1 Reflection Paper
- Integrated & Profit & Loss Analysis (format TBD)
Job requirements
Job requirements:
- You’re studying for an HBO/university degree and are looking to gain practical experience in a real work environment with a sustainability focus.
- Raise the bar. Challenge yourself and team Tony’s to increase our ambition and to accomplish our mission. Make mistakes along the way and learn from them.
- Believe wholeheartedly in Tony’s mission. You live our core values: outspoken, In it together, Makes your smile, Entrepreneurial and Raise the bar.
Here are the hard facts:
- Starting on September 1st, you'll be part of our Tony's team for 6 months.
- You’re studying Environmental Science, Forestry, Sustainability, Conservation or a related field at Bachelor or Master level.
- We are all about being more in person than apart; this means we offer flexibility but see each other in our Amsterdam office on average 3 days a week. More is fine!
- You’ll be living in the Netherlands and enrolled in a school/study for the duration of the internship.
Here's what you can expect from us:
- You'll be part of an enthusiastic team of driven colleagues who share your love for Tony's and our commitment. We're a fast-growing international company, and we believe in doing things differently.
- As an intern, you'll have the opportunity to directly contribute to the success of Tony's Chocolonely. You'll be challenged to raise the bar and make a real impact in the world.
- You'll have 14 vacation days over the six-month period, and we'll provide you with a monthly €550 internship allowance for a full-time (40 h) internship.
- Our office in Amsterdam Houthavens is a pretty sweet workplace - you'll enjoy a fresh and tasty lunch, and plenty of snacks. We know how to work hard, but we also know how to have fun. And of course, you get to take home as much chocolate as you can carry.
Sounds like you?
If you're ready to take the chocolate industry to new heights with us, we'd love to hear from you!
Everybody is welcome to apply. From classics to limited editions, we know that different flavors make life more inspiring. And not just in our chocolate assortment. At Tony’s, we welcome everyone with equal enthusiasm – regardless of race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or veteran status. Crazy about chocolate, serious about people.
