We want to invest in you and your talent, and prepare you for your future work life. HMS was founded from following a thesis project from the University of Halmstad, Sweden and we haven't forgotten our roots! We highly value the fresh ideas, can-do attitude and collaborative input students and young talents give us.
Are you passionate about sustainability and ready to take on real-world challenges? We are excited to offer projects within different unique master thesis projects ideas that focus on creating sustainable solutions in industrial communication technology (ICT). These projects provide a fantastic opportunity for students who want to contribute to a more sustainable future through innovation, critical thinking, and research.
OUR SUGGESTIONS FOR PROJECTS
1. Risk Management within Sustainability
- Review Risk Management at HMS and identify what is needed from a TCFD perspective at HMS. Aim to do a pre-studie and a draft on TCFD (Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures) for HMS.
- You will need to have competence within Sustainability and Risk Management. Since this assignment is connected to CSRD - Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the TCFD will be part of the annual reporting.
- In this you will have to be able to analyse the data from HMS and the current annual report incl HMS Risks to understand the gap. By this if needed arrange interviews or needed workshops to build a plan for HMS to have TCFD in the annual report.
- As a person your strength are communication, analytic and a problem solver. It is more a complex task and thereby you need to embrace and love a challenge, preferred to have an Environmental education with and understanding of the ESG and sustainability development goals, climate change etc as a background.
- Here you need to have the ability to be working by yourself. It is important to be able to be at the HQ in Halmstad and if needed there is also possibility to work from distance, according to alignment with HMS. The scope of the assignment can also change based on competence & background.
- Important internal stakeholders: Director Sustainability & Quality, Global Sustainability Coordinator, Group Finance Director and COO.
2. Master data within Sustainability
- Awareness, data & efficiency are the key to success. Within Sustainability at HMS, we have a great deal of data points and different requirements. The assignment is to review the available material & data at HMS and identify ways of working smarter with data and pre-studie on needed training session knowledge even more internally. Example of sessions are (CSRD, SBTi, Environmental awareness etc).
- In this assignment there is no need to be an expert within the sustainability area rather have general awareness of it. You need to have experience of creating content and material based on audience incl having IT knowledge within data.
- Here you need to have the ability to be working by yourself. It is important to be able to be at the HQ in Halmstad and if needed there is also possibility to work from distance, according to alignment with HMS. The scope of the assignment can also change based on competence & background.
3. Sustainability Commitment - CDP – Carbon Disclosure Project
- With Sustainability we are part of reporting towards CDP, the assignment is to review Ways of Working and identify best way of reporting including the value of reporting. Outcome to create a proposal on future reporting.
- In this we need to understand the scoring and get an overview on what we need to archive to improve our scoring. The assignment includes having dialogue with contact and benchmark what others are doing within this area.
- In the assignment it is important to understand the UN Sustainability Development Goals, Awareness of process Management and Risk. Important to be able to work and communicate to different stakeholders.
- Here you need to have the ability to be working by yourself, you do not need to be at the HQ often, but it is important to understand the culture and the need / the scope.
GOT YOUR OWN IDEA?
In addition to the suggested projects, we are open to hearing your ideas! If you have a proposal for a thesis topic that aligns with sustainability, we encourage you to reach out. We are always keen to support innovative ideas that could contribute to positive environmental or social impact.
ABOUT YOU
We are looking for motivated and innovative bachelor's and master’s students who are:
- Enrolled in programs related to sustainability, environmental science, engineering, business, or related fields.
- Passionate about finding practical and scalable solutions to sustainability challenges.
- Able to work independently, but also eager to collaborate with our team and different stakeholders.
- Strong in critical thinking and have a problem-solving mindset.
ABOUT US
At HMS, we believe that connecting matters in everything from making machines talk to engaging with our customers. Our state-of-the-art technology provides a fast and easy way to network millions of industrial devices all over the world. From factory automation to connected buildings, remote solutions, and future technologies, we provide innovative solutions that save you time and money creating a more productive and sustainable world. HMS stands for Hardware Meets Software ™.
HMS is a truly international company, and we like to think that we share a common culture. Heart, Mind and Soul is a summary of how we do things (makes for a pretty good abbreviation too).
Welcome to HMS, this is HMS!
ABOUT THE APPLICATION
The selection process will be conducted ongoing, so do not wait to submit your application.
If you want to know more about the thesis projects, please contact Sustainability & Quality Director Ermal Devce, erde@hms.se.
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