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Start date: 1 September 2025
Sustainable investing internship: Shareholder Rights project
Duration: 4-6 months
Are you a MSc student or MBA student looking to work at the cutting edge of academia and practice in sustainability? We have great research projects for you to learn in our SI Center of Expertise. Robeco has been recognized by Morningstar as one of the six global ESG leaders in asset management in their latest research. You can get a taste of it by becoming one of our SI interns.
The Active Ownership team conducts engagement with more than 200 companies in our investment portfolio to encourage companies to improve their performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG). 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.
A specific part of your research work will cover the state of shareholder rights and regulation facilitating the influence of institutional investors in portfolio companies across the globe. Shareholder rights and guidelines for stewardship enable institutional investors to adequately address strategic, sustainability related and other long-term risks in their portfolios. The research will be the starting point for Robeco’s global policy engagement on shareholder rights as part of our engagement priorities for 2025.
What we’re looking for:
MSc students with strong academic background in fields like environmental science, sociology, philosophy, biology to business administration and finance.
Knowledge of corporate governance is a plus.
Skills in company research and analysis skills, writing skills, ability to discern broad/vague information, communication skills, understanding of and ability to work in a diverse environment.
Affinity with sustainability.
Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Availability to work full time in Rotterdam for a period of 4-6 months.
All the internship vacancies at Robeco in Rotterdam are open to students enrolled at a university on at least the first month 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.
