# MBA Fellow Develops an ESG Proposal for Kyndryl

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October 14, 2022 ![Kirsten Abel Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/Kirsten%20headshot%20%281%29.png?itok=K55XWohX) During the summer of 2022, Kirsten Abel (MBA '23) interned as an [NYU Stern MBA Sustainability Fellow](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/career-development/student-programs/corporate-sustainability-and-human-rights-summer-fellowship) at Kyndryl. Read on to learn more about her time there:

**Name**: Kirsten Abel
**Year**: 2023
**Specialization**: Sustainable Business and Innovation

**Briefly describe your internship experience (company, department, your focus projects/deliverables).**
ESG Strategy Intern with Kyndryl. During my internship I had two key projects. One project related to leveraging Kyndryl’s recently completed Materiality Assessment. I conducted a competitive analysis to identify priority issue areas. I developed a project to have meaningful impact for a material ESG issue. My final deliverable included a proposal of project scope and next steps. My second project expanded on how the UN SDGs could be leveraged to measure and report impact. My final deliverable was a roadmap of potential metrics, communication recommendations, and proposed next steps to implement the metrics.

**How will this experience add value to the rest of your time at Stern? How did it prepare you for your future career path?**
I learned so much from my summer interning at Kyndryl. Prior to Stern, I worked at a small start-up nonprofit and I knew that I was interested in the intersection of business and sustainability. I wanted an opportunity for my summer internship that allowed me to gain a greater understanding of what roles relating to that would look like, as well as the opportunity to work at a large public company. Working at Kyndryl fit both of these criteria! It allowed me to apply my past work experiences as well as deepen my understanding of concepts I learned as an MBA1. I am now taking this experience into the classroom this year to see further applications of my work. During my internship, I focused a lot of research on Human Rights and decided to add the class Global Markets, Human Rights, and the Press with Professor Posner this fall. Overall, I feel better equipped to pivoting with hands-on ESG experience.