Introducing

Partners of Shift

IESA Shift works together with its partners to spread knowledge and opportunities for our members. You find more info about our partners and what they do on this page.

BlueCity is a hub for the circular economy located in a former indoor tropical swimming pool in Rotterdam (The Netherlands). BlueCity hosts the Circular Challenge, which offers you the opportunity to join the circular economy. We challenge you to develop a circular business case and a tangible proof of concept within six weeks. During these six weeks, you will be guided by circular frontrunners, designers and financial experts. You will work in a small, multidisciplinary team of high potential and get the opportunity to transform a waste stream into a circular product for one of our participating companies. The most promising teams are guided towards setting up a real start-up.

The layout of the living environment makes an important contribution to the well-being of people. Think of unimpeded mobility, a clean and safe environment, suitable housing and good healthcare. AT Osborne contributes to this with sustainable solutions. Our focus is on future-proof infrastructure, a healthy society and a sustainable living environment. Our motto is: “Urban Matters, People Matter”.

What makes us different is that we make connections, between the parties involved and between plans and practice. We are tenacious, because we know from experience that there is a solution for every problem. However far it may seem to look in daily, unruly practice. With our many talents, we are uniquely able to look from different perspectives. With more than 150 specialists, (legal) consultants and (project) managers, we work with our clients to achieve the best result.

VVM is the network of environmental professionals. Sustainable thinkers and doers meet in our association.
The approximately 1300 members have very diverse backgrounds. From independent noise expert to researcher of sustainable mobility and from employee in circular economy at a commercial company to specialist in climate adaptation at the province, at the VVM you meet them all.

Find an internship or job
As a member, you can easily search the online member database. Useful if you want to find relevant interviewees for your thesis or are looking for an internship or job.
Active members
It is also possible to become active in one of the 20 sections on themes such as: climate & energy, biodiversity, soil & land use and water. For students and starters there is the section Young.
Activities
You can find inspiration at more than 40 activities each year. From climate conference to networking drinks for young professionals.
Becoming a member
All activities are free of charge for students. For 20 euros a year you can become a member if you register with the promotional code: SHIFTVVM. And: the VVM donates your contribution to Shift!

Want to know more?
Contact the VVM ambassador, Joline Frens at j.c.frens@umail.leidenuniv.nl or read more on https://www.vvm.info/student/en.

Our mission: sustainability on equal footing with finance.

What we do: We take ESG reporting to the next level by simplifying impact tracking through live data connections, automized calculations, and real-time results.

We offer our clients a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform that simplifies and automizes corporate ESG accounting and reporting. In doing so, we capture the entire organization and supply chain, calculate impacts according to most authoritative international standards, and enable our clients to take immediate action.

Where we come from: Salacia emerged from the ambition of the founders to truly contribute to a more sustainable world. And leave their children a better world than they found it. They said goodbye to their well-paid job as a consultant: they preferred more action. Doing, instead of thinking.

At Salacia we work with an open heart and mind, and we love delivering. Reciprocity is a sine qua non for Salacia. To the world, to each other, to our clients and partners. All the time.

As Industrial Ecology is part of CML we are closely related. Their main goal is to be the center of excellence for strategic and quantitative research and education on sustainable use and governance of natural resources and biodiversity. Besides IE, the master programme Governance of Sustainability is also part of CML. Their student association is young, but Shift will partner up where possible with our younger brother.

Talented engineers and consultants with ambition
Witteveen+Bos offers its clients value-added consultancy and top-quality designs for water, infrastructure, environment and construction projects. With a staff of more than 1.400 employees, we are part of the top ten Dutch engineering and consultancy firms. We use our high-end expertise to
resolve complex issues and are a committed partner for our clients. Our vision is to offer the very highest level of quality. This means: aiming to be very good at what we do, collaborating with other top experts, and maintaining a culture of entrepreneurship and trust.

Multidisciplinary and fascinating projects
Our multidisciplinary approach to projects is the distinctive feature of the way we work. We serve our clients from seven offices in the Netherlands and thirteen international offices. Our consultancy work includes the entire process from planning, design, engineering, preparation to supervision and project management.

Open for talent and ambition
We attach great importance to our independence and to our corporate culture, which allows all of our employees to excel, utilise their talents to the full and maximise value for clients. Engineers and consultants working at Witteveen+Bos are continuously searching for new challenges, together with young and enthusiastic colleagues in project teams.

Are you interested in working at Witteveen+Bos?
Visit our website www.witteveenbos.com where you can find information about our vacancies, internships and thesis possibilities.

And many more......

Next to the partners mentioned above, Shift is working together with a number of organizations. Find more info about what they do by clicking on their logos.