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Sustainability Intern Review

at BAT

Placement (10 Months+)

Sustainability

Southampton

Review Submitted: August 2026

Overall Rating

4.9 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

5/5 - Overview of Role
5/5 - Skills Development
5/5 - Support and Guidance
5/5 - Company Culture
4.5/5 - Overall Experience
5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Data analysis of LCA results, creating and maintaining a data lake for these results as well as presenting them in formats such as a power bi dashboard. Data collection for reporting as well as supporting the wider sustainability team with data collection and analysis.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, I was key point of contact for multiple workstreams as well as having the opportunity to support large projects.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Further developed data analysis skills due to the nature of my role. Had the opportunity to learn how to use power bi through the creation of my own power bi dashboard.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

5/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

The support given from from both my team and the support from the internal placement has honestly been incredible. There is so much support available to help you personally as well as helping you develop professionally through both soft and technical skills.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

5/5

How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

The company culture is good, there is a tendency for people to work outside working hours but that is highly individual and most people tend to have a good work-life balance.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

5/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

5/5

How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I have had a really good experience on my placement. There has been lots of good opportunities for me to develop and grow as well as working on lots of different types of work streams. However, I did have mostly desk based data analysis work. While this was what I was expecting going into the placement some of the work was very manual and time consuming. Despite this I still had a really good time and learnt a lot from the people I worked with.

Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

4/5

Please rate how your experience met your expectations

5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend BAT to a friend?

Yes

What advice would you give to others applying to BAT

Get to know the products, you don't have to be a user but knowing the products will help you significantly both in the application process as well as in the role.

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at BAT

5/5

Did you receive an offer to return as a graduate?

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