BE-CAUSE - ESG & Supply Chain Intelligence

    Who we are

    The people behind BE-CAUSE

    We help EU/US listed companies and global brands meet CSRD/CSDDD requirements with supplier-level data their auditors accept — accelerating the transformation of commercial activities to net zero through strong, technology- and data-backed propositions rooted in profit, people, and planet.

    25+
    Years of Experience
    30+
    Customers
    20+
    Countries

    Founders

    Co-founders

    Emmanuel DELPLANQUE & Zola HONG — co-founders of BE-CAUSE

    Co-founder & CEO

    Emmanuel DELPLANQUE

    洪长森

    With over 25 years of experience in logistics, supply chain management, and carbon reduction, Emmanuel is known for his people-centric leadership and innovation-driven approach. He excels in making complex concepts actionable, combining operational expertise with sustainability knowledge.

    Previously leading a 400+ people team in Europe, managing a €130M budget and daily operations of 600 trucks, he reduced operating costs by 15% and carbon emissions by 25%. Emmanuel specializes in carbon footprint analysis, LCA, circular supply chains, and regenerative business models. He also teaches sustainable development as a visiting professor at several universities.

    • ✓Double Master in Environmental Science and EMBA
    • ✓Expert Professor in 10 EU and Chinese Top Institutes
    • ✓Certified Sustainable Supply Chain Expert (25+ years)
    • ✓VP, BritCham SH ESG Committee
    • ✓Founder of Be-Cause Consulting in France
    • ✓Ex Head of Supply Chain of Europe in TEREOS

    Co-founder & GM

    Zola HONG

    洪恺晨

    With over 10 years of branding and marketing experience, Zola is an expert in understanding and anticipating market trends in China, especially in the context of sustainability. She excels in guiding brands through transitions to align with changing consumer demands and environmental goals.

    Zola has successfully helped over 150 Western companies localize their brand strategies in China and facilitated OEMs' transformation into branded products for global markets. Her work emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility.

    • ✓10+ Years in Branding & Marketing
    • ✓ESG Expert in Brand Globalization
    • ✓La Ruche ComEx
    • ✓Benelux Chamber ESG IPG
    • ✓La FrenchTech External Relations Lead
    • ✓Ex General Manager of Branding Records

    We're hiring

    Internship — AI & Cloud Engineer

    Join us in Shanghai to fight greenwashing with AI.

    Shanghai, China — Remote-friendly
    6-month internship · ASAP

    About BE-CAUSE

    BE-CAUSE is a scalable ESG+ platform built around a Verified Truth Engine — an AI-powered system that certifies supplier compliance across 6 categories, 20 sub-categories, and 250 cross-validated questions, giving listed companies and global brands the Tier-N, auditor-ready evidence CSRD/CSDDD demands. We leverage Generative AI (DeepSeek V4, LangChain/RAG), NLP document intelligence (ClimateBERT, OCR), and a Graph-based cross-validation engine (Neo4j) to fight greenwashing across global supply chains.

    Who we're looking for

    A motivated AI engineering student or graduate with hands-on experience building intelligent pipelines combining LLMs, RAG architectures, and NLP models deployed on cloud infrastructure (Microsoft Azure and/or Alibaba Cloud), passionate about applying AI to real-world ESG and sustainability challenges for listed companies and global brands under CSRD/CSDDD.

    Skills & Stack

    Large Language Models (LLM)

    DeepSeek V4 · LangChain · Prompt Engineering · Fine-tuning

    Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

    Vector databases · Semantic search · Document pipelines

    Natural Language Processing (NLP)

    Text classification · NER · Greenwashing detection · ClimateBERT

    Microsoft Azure

    Azure OpenAI · Cognitive Services · Azure ML

    Alibaba Cloud

    PAI · DashScope · OSS · Function Compute

    What you'll work on

    • →Building and optimizing RAG pipelines for document intelligence
    • →Deploying LLM-based applications on Azure or Alibaba Cloud
    • →Developing NLP models for classification, extraction, and anomaly detection
    • →Working on ESG / sustainability AI use cases

    Apply

    Send your CV and a short note via email — WeChat introductions welcome.

    Ready to make your Scope 3 data audit-ready?

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