Real Assets Sustainability - Investment Management - Off-Cycle Intern

About Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Real Assets

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) and its advisory affiliates oversee more than 1,300 investment professionals globally and managed or supervised assets totaling $1.9 trillion as of December 31, 2025. The platform is focused on delivering durable long-term performance, high-quality client service, and a broad range of investment management solutions to clients around the world, including governments, institutions, corporations, and individuals.

Morgan Stanley Real Assets (MSRA) is the firm’s worldwide real assets investment management business. It includes four investment teams covering private real estate equity, private infrastructure equity, and private real assets credit strategies. With 20 offices across 13 countries in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, the team combines international perspective with local market presence and deep transaction experience. As of December 31, 2025, MSRA managed $80 billion of investable capital globally.

Internship Overview

This internship provides practical experience supporting sustainability work across a global real assets platform, with the main emphasis on real estate. You will partner with the Sustainability team and work alongside colleagues in investment, asset management, and operations.

The assignment gives exposure to how sustainability is woven into the investment process, including data gathering, reporting, asset-level projects, and communication with investors. It is designed to help you contribute to impactful work while building a strong foundation in real estate sustainability.

The internship is expected to last four months initially.

What You Will Work On

• Help roll out sustainability initiatives across the real estate portfolio.
• Support sustainability due diligence for new acquisitions, including review and quality assurance work.
• Track and assist with sustainability actions at the asset level.
• Contribute to sustainability data collection, validation, and ingestion into internal tools.
• Assist with investor reporting and benchmarking work, including GRESB and INREV-related reporting.
• Respond to investor sustainability information requests across real estate funds.
• Prepare supporting materials for investor meetings.
• Research sustainability regulations, climate-related risks, and market trends.
• Help carry out climate risk screening across real estate portfolios.
• Assist in creating content and coordinating internal sustainability training sessions.
• Support the Sustainability team on active projects and work with colleagues across functions to move key topics forward.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The preferred candidate is proactive, well organized, execution-driven, and able to work with limited supervision. They should be comfortable turning complex technical information into clear, executive-ready communication and pushing initiatives ahead in a collaborative, fast-moving environment.

Compensation and Additional Information

The starting base pay for this position is $35 per hour. Final compensation is determined individually and may also include commission, incentive pay, discretionary bonuses, and other short- or long-term incentive arrangements, along with Morgan Stanley-sponsored benefits.

Morgan Stanley offers a wide range of employee benefits and perks, and employees may also have opportunities to grow within the business if they demonstrate strong commitment and performance.

The firm is committed to equal opportunity, diversity, and inclusion. Hiring, development, and advancement are based on skills and talent, and the workforce reflects a wide range of experiences and backgrounds across the global communities where the company operates.