ARC
Your ESG deadline just became your best hiring pipeline.
Where careers take shape.
Arc turns Pakistan’s ESG and CSR mandates into a structured, cohort-based
pipeline of verified, work-ready talent.
What is ARC
Arc is Sustainadility’s virtual internship and start-up ecosystem, built to bridge the distance between academic ambition and real-world impact.
Every participant’s journey is tracked, measured and documented, because Right now, that means Arc’s internship track: a cohort-based program placing students inside real business problems at listed companies, supervised, evaluated, and certified against a national academic framework. The start-up and founder track sits on the same platform and follows in a later phase.
In practice: a company submits a real business brief, a cohort of students delivers it over 8 to 12 weeks, and both a compliance record and a hiring pipeline come out the other side.
THE CHALLENGE
Three deadlines are converging on the same balance sheet line
SECP's ESG disclosure mandate is already in force
Issued as a mandatory IFRS S1/S2 order, large listed companies have been reporting since July 2025, mid-tier since this July, every listed entity by July 2027.
The CSR Bill 2025 sets a hard number
Companies with PKR 1B+ turnover must direct 1% of net profit to CSR, including youth upskilling.
HEC now mandates supervised internships
a minimum of 3 credit hours for every undergraduate degree in Pakistan.
WHO WE ARE
Four audiences, one platform
Listed companies
Phase I large-cap firms already reporting, Phase II mid-tier firms now in scope, Phase III firms with until 2027.
Universities
Required to deliver supervised internships under HEC's Outcome-Based Learning model, at scale.
Every faculty
From engineering and IT to medicine, law, sciences and the arts. Business problems exist in every department, not only ESG teams.
Early-stage founders
Through Arc's start-up track, once live: a structured path from idea to investor visibility.
HOW IT WORKS
One cycle, five steps, eight to twelve weeks
01
Company brief
02
Students assigned
03
Academic review
04
Fortnightly supervision
05
Certificate and credit
WHAT WE HANDLE
- Role design and skills mapping
- Talent sourcing and screening
- Mentorship and weekly reporting
- Live dashboard and reporting
WHAT YOU DO
- One conversation to define the role
- Four one-hour check-ins per cycle
- Review progress on the dashboard
STUDENTS & UNIVERSITIES
- Apply, complete tasks, engage mentorship
- Confirm learning outcomes fit
- Grant credit, assign academic supervisor
HOW MATCHING WORKS
Every student is scored against every open role on six weighted factors, so the cohort you get is the cohort that actually fits the brief.
HOW CERTIFICATION WORKS
A certificate is issued only once four things clear a threshold, not simply once a cycle ends.
Technical and domain competency, scored by your supervisor
Soft skills and professionalism, across six dimensions
Weekly report quality, reviewed by the academic supervisor
Time and attendance, logged and approved
WHAT YOU GET
Six things, every cycle
Compliance- ready data
Auditable ESG Social-pillar and CSR Bill 2025 data, generated automatically every cycle.
Screened talent pipeline
A cohort per role across every discipline, building your own pre-vetted hiring pool.
Full visibility
A live dashboard showing every intern's progress and graded output, no added admin.
Pay for what you approve
Interns gain the experience regardless. You pay a stipend only for approved work.
Verified credentials
Certificates issued against a completed project and evaluation, with QR verification.
Full-service delivery
We manage administration, technology, content, and quality assurance end to end.
The Data Behind It
- Every role is mapped to Pakistan's HEC 12-PLO outcome framework and a three-year cognitive progression: Year 2 foundational application, Year 3 intermediate analysis, Year 4 higher-order synthesis.
- Certification requires a completed workplace-based project, evaluated jointly by the corporate and academic supervisor, not just attendance.
What it Means for You
Listed company
Your disclosure and CSR spend get documented as a byproduct of solving real problems, and you build a talent pipeline before your next hiring cycle.
1
University
You deliver HEC's mandatory internship requirement at scale, across every faculty, and your employability numbers move where rankings measure them.
2
Graduate
You leave with verified experience, credit toward your degree, and a portfolio, in a market where 1 in 5 peers land a role in year one.
3
WAYS TO ENGAGE
Book a 20-minute onboarding call. If it's a fit, your first cohort can be live within the month.
Single cohort
One role, one cycle, the fastest way to see how it works before committing further.
Annual partnership
Postings run continuously across the year's three cohort cycles, building a standing talent pipeline instead of a one-off project.
University partnership
Arc embedded as a credit-bearing track across your faculties, with a dedicated academic liaison and PLO mapping done for you.