Entrepreneurial Futures Net Zero Internship and Leadership Programme

2024-2025
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Entrepreneurial Futures Net Zero Internship and Leadership Programme

2024-2025
 
The Entrepreneurial Futures Net Zero Internship and Leadership Programme was a funded internship opportunity placing current students or recent graduates of the University of Plymouth within business throughout Cornwall to work on a specific low-carbon challenge or opportunity. 

This internship programme was part of the Entrepreneurial Futures project, which ended in March 2025. 


Accelerating Net Zero Action in Cornwall

The internship programme provided invaluable support for Cornwall-based businesses while offering practical work experience and leadership development for current students and recent graduates.
Cornwall-based organisations benefitted from support on a range of net-zero projects, including:
  • carbon footprinting
  • B Corp applications
  • communications and market research
  • scope 3 emissions data
  • assessing sustainability initiative impact
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Enabling Future-Fit Change-Makers

The innovative leadership component included change leadership and personal development workshops for the interns to become future-fit as changemakers, leaders and role models of a low-carbon society.
These workshops focused on developing the necessary skills and tools, combined with the inspiration, confidence and ability, to facilitate compassionate and proactive change to tackle the climate challenge.
 
 
 

Internship providers

The internship programme has now closed. Interns were placed with the following companies:

  • ?Boconnoc Estate

  • ?Cafe Abundance

  • ?Carbon Sense

  • ?Circular & Co.

  • ?Cornwall Climate Action Network

  • ?Cornwall Climate Care

  • ?Falmouth Harbour

  • ?Hoffman Haulage

  • ?Kingfisher Pre-school

  • ?LEAP

  • ?Our Only World

  • ?Real Ideas Organisation CIC

  • ?Restord Earth

  • ?WilderMe

 
 
 
 

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