Sustainability Internship - Thought Leadership

Robeco; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 15,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diverse and inclusive work environment

Collaboration with experienced teams

Modern office near Rotterdam Central

Job summary

Robeco in Rotterdam is seeking current master students for a 4-6 month internship in Sustainable Investing. Interns will enhance analytics and research trends relating to finance and sustainability.

The role requires analytical abilities, programming skills, and proficiency in Python and MS Excel. Robeco values diversity and aims to create an inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• Current master students with a strong academic background in finance or sustainability.
• Availability to work full time in Rotterdam for 4-6 months.

Responsibilities

• Support the Thought Leadership team in enhancing analytics.
• Update and improve existing methodologies.
• Research trends and correlations with financial performance.

Skills

Analytical skills

Programming skills

Python

MS Excel

AI-tools

Education

Current master's student

Tools

Artificial Intelligence tooling

Job description

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 Sustainable Investing Thought Leadership team drives research, analytics, and strategy on Robeco’s Sustainable Investing priority areas, including climate change, biodiversity, social rights, sustainable development goals, ESG integration and SI data. Interns support our work though focused projects that typically take 4 to 6 months. These projects aim to further develop Robeco’s SI strategy and IP, giving you an opportunity to interact with, and learn from, colleagues across Robeco’s teams.

Main areas of responsibilities

The intern will support the Thought Leadership team in enhancing our analytics. The aim is to update and/or improve our existing methodologies. The project can include:

• Analyse biases and test suggestions for improvement
• Test introduction of new data or techniques for reducing data volatility
• Research trends and correlations, e.g. with financial performance
• Using Artificial Intelligence tooling to scrape new innovative data points.

The intern will report to a senior researcher and collaborate with colleagues across Robeco’s SI Centre of Expertise and investment teams to bring the model to usage.

What we are looking for

• Current master students that have a strong academic background in fields like (quantitative) finance or sustainability.
• Analytical and programming skills, affinity with sustainability
• Proficiency in Python, MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Familiarity with employing AI-tools, including prompt design, would be an advantage
• Availability to work full time in Rotterdam for a period of 4-6 months. Starting date: March 2027
• All the internship vacancies at Robeco in Rotterdam are open 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.

What We Offer

• Collaboration with experienced teams across Europe and beyond.
• A modern, spacious office directly opposite Rotterdam Central Station, making sustainable commuting easy.
• A collaborative, diverse and inclusive work environment where innovation is encouraged and your voice genuinely matters.
• An informal, energetic, and highly motivated team that values trust, collaboration, and shared success.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Robeco, we want to grow every day: as a company and as an employer. To do better, we listen to and learn from society, our clients and, first and foremost, our colleagues. We treasure the diversity of our people and the range of perspectives and thinking they bring. Just as we diversify within our investment strategies to be more successful, we know these differences within our own company make us more innovative, flexible and resilient: for ourselves and all our stakeholders. Together, we aim for a culture of connection and create a workplace where colleagues feel safe, included, valued and empowered to be their best, regardless of the way they look, where they come from or who they love. Because when we all thrive, so can Robeco.

About Robeco

Robeco is an international pure-play asset manager founded in 1929 in the Netherlands. We help clients achieve their financial and sustainability goals by providing superior investment returns and solutions, with a strong focus on sustainable investing, quantitative strategies, fundamental equity and fixed income investments. With over EUR 406 billion in client assets (as of June 2026), we serve a broad client base - from institutional to private investors - across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. Headquartered in Rotterdam with 16 offices worldwide, we combine an entrepreneurial spirit with collaborative, international mindset.

We are actively growing our global market presence and continue to integrate technologies like generative AI and machine learning in our investment processes. These efforts are supported by a strong commitment to operational excellence and to talent development in an inclusive and equitable workplace.