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PROSPERITY 2024
HIRING & INTERNSHIPS
At Mercuria, we embrace diversity through attracting and recruiting
top talent of all ages and backgrounds, from interns to seasoned
veterans.
We believe that by integrating fresh perspectives and cutting-edge
skills, we can stay ahead of the curve and continuously challenge
ourselves to improve, building the future, together.
For over 10 years, we have been a supporter of the École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Forum,
Europe’s largest recruitment fair that sees more than 200
companies and 100 start-ups gather to meet students and
graduates from EPFL. Each year we recruit several students
onto our internship program. In 2024, we again recruited
several interns as part of their Masters program and we were
able to offer a permanent role within Mercuria to every
intern on completion of their degree.
In 2024, we also continued our annual veteran recruitment
at the Recruit Military job fair in Houston, Texas. We
participate in other university recruiting events to hire top
talent.
In North America, we attend recruitment fairs at campuses
across Texas, including at Harmony Public Schools, a system
of 60 Texas public charter schools that provides rigorous,
high-quality education focused on Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Math. Through a caring and collaborative
environment, Harmony provides students from traditionally
underserved communities the opportunity to excel through
project-based learning where they learn the skills necessary
to become a contributing global citizen.
↑ Mercuria’s booth at the EPFL recruitment fair
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
As a Group we have ambitions to transform both the way the industry
operates and the industry itself. We have both a leading role to play in
the energy transition and we seek to bring cutting-edge technology
into the industry.
We believe that the way for the industry to revolutionize and be
disrupted is to work together to bring about real success and change.
Mercuria supports revolution and digitalization of the
markets in which we trade and we are committed to using
technology and innovation to advance our business and to
help the energy transition.
We have dedicated teams of technologists who are working
to develop new applications and solutions that can help us
to achieve our goals. One of our key areas of focus is on the
use of remote sensing data. Remote sensing data can be
used to track a variety of factors, including weather patterns,
deforestation and biodiversity. We are using this data to
develop new applications that can help us to reduce risk,
increase transparency, and improve our decision-making.
For example, we are using remote sensing data to track
deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. This data is being
used to identify areas that are at risk of deforestation, to help
develop strategies to prevent it and mitigate the effects of
climate change. This technology is deeply integrated into
our operations in Silvania.
We believe that transparency and standardization are
essential for fair and safe markets. We support these
objectives by working with a number of industry
consortiums and tech companies on the development of
new technologies.
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