Start date: 1 February 2026
Duration: 4-6 months
Deadline to apply: 01 December 2025
At Robeco, we believe that integrating ESG factors enables us to make better-informed investment decisions. Actively exercising our influence and stewardship responsibilities through engagement and voting is an integral part of Robeco’s approach to sustainable investing.
The Active Ownership team conducts engagement with more than 200 companies in our investment portfolio to encourage them to improve their performance on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues. The objectives of our engagements can range from ensuring companies adopt climate transition plans and conduct due diligence on human rights in their supply chains, to appointing independent directors and safeguarding shareholders’ rights.
What you’ll do
Interns support this process by taking part in the baseline research project group that defines the engagement objectives. The projects typically take 4 to 6 months and the interns are an integral part of the project working group, delivering significant research output for our clients. You will also participate in the conference calls with the companies we invest in to discuss their sustainability strategy.
The projects cover all aspects of the sustainability investing research space. This can range from individual assessments of companies’ sustainability performance, to preparations for engagement through the analysis of peer groups, regulatory developments, and salient issues affecting companies globally.
Examples of previous projects include assessing companies' climate transition plans, developing assessment frameworks for climate physical risk management, researching corporate operations in Conflict Affected and High-Risk Areas (CAHRAs), supporting biodiversity-focused engagements along the supply chains of transition minerals, and assessing companies’ potential contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
What we’re looking for
We are interested in working with final stage MSc students from a broad range of studies from environmental science, sociology, philosophy, or biology to business administration and finance.
Research, analysis, and writing skills for company profiling, with an ability to discern broad/vague information; strong and clear communication skills; and an ability to work comfortably within a diverse environment.
Availability to work full time (40h/w) for a period of 4-6 months.
All the internship vacancies at Robeco in Rotterdam are open only to students enrolled at a university during the entire duration of their internship. Our interns must also be eligible for a residence permit to do an internship in the Netherlands. This means we can recruit EU citizens studying at a global university or non-EU citizens studying at a Dutch university.
Interested?
You can apply by sending your application to si_internships@robeco.nl
Make sure to include the following information in your application:
A two (2) minute motivation video
CV mentioning the date until you are enrolled at university
Writing sample that helps us assess your writing and research skills on a sustainability-related topic.
All applications will be treated with the utmost confidentiality. An assessment and integrity test may be used in the selection procedure.