Working Internship – Sustainability Strategy & Consulting

Internship within the Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition (DSGC)

Internship details

• Period minimum of 6 months
• Start date Beginning of September/October 2026

The work

Are you searching for an internship per beginning of September/October 2026 where you can play an active role in stimulating sustainability in the Netherlands? Accenture is facilitating partner, together with VNO-NCW, of the Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition (DSGC), where 8 leading multinationals of Dutch origin — Ahold Delhaize, AkzoNobel, dsm-firmenich, Heineken, KLM, Philips, Unilever, and Shell — work together to accelerate sustainability impact by fostering dialogue and knowledge exchange between businesses, the Dutch government, and other key stakeholders.

We offer you a working experience through internship for a minimum of 6 months for 32 to 40 hours a week, where you actively support the different activities of this leading coalition. During the internship, you can experience what it means to work at Accenture and contribute to one of its flagship sustainability initiatives.

• Team: Our consultants in Strategy & Consulting are changing businesses every day using deep industry insights, knowledge, and innovative ideas. Positioned at the crucial intersection of business, technology and industry, we devise creative new strategies based on trends, insights and data. With an eye for competitive advantage, digital disruption, operating models and the future workforce, we take on the challenge of designing and implementing transformative business solutions using the newest technology. The DSGC program management consists of two consultants, with whom you work daily. Many DSGC activities are organized utilizing other Accenture capabilities and teams, whom you work with on an activity-based basis.
• Daily tasks: As the DSGC intern you will support the DSGC program managers on a daily basis. You will have the opportunity to contribute to all ongoing activities at the coalition, ranging from strategy execution, program management, event organization, research on business strategies, government plans, NGO and knowledge institute initiatives, preparing discussions with policymakers, and communications. In agreement with the DSGC program managers, your role can be tweaked to your objectives and skills.

Within all our internships, we offer you the opportunity to develop, learn, orient, build relationships and gain insights into what it’s like to work as a consultant. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your work as well as your academic needs and help you navigate the beginning of your career.

Who we are - Strategy & Consulting

In today’s world, business leaders want to rapidly and confidently reinvent to increase resilience, mitigate risk, and grow with sustainable value. That’s where Accenture Strategy & Consulting comes in. We bring together strategic visionaries, industry experts, practitioners from across every enterprise function, business intelligence professionals, change specialists, data and AI authorities, and many other specialized skills to co-create each client’s unique path to reinvention.

Strategy & Consulting is one of six services that make up Accenture — the others are Operations, Technology, Song, Industry X and Security.