A look back at our 2025 Octopus in Colour internship
As part of Octopus Energy's outreach to young talent from underrepresented groups, we run an annual Octopus in Colour Internship exclusively for young Black professionals, with the ultimate aim to increase diversity & representation in the world of energy and tech. In our 5th year running(!)* we had 30 brilliant interns across our London and Manchester offices, gaining practical experience in compliance and law, asset management, content creation, data science and more. Interns chose from a selection of 19 different departments and were with us for 8 weeks in total. After some training, they all got stuck into live project work, to give them a taste of what their role would look like full-time. Apart from socials (like bowling and games nights) and site visits to our wind farms and R&D centre in Slough, each intern also put together their own presentation which they gave in front of senior leadership, their mentors and the rest of the cohort in their final week - these were an absolute hit and included a mix of reflective run-downs of projects they'd been working on, and innovative new ideas for the business - the floor was theirs!
Folasade Imole
Marketing Intern
