The hub for changemakers

The Shift brings together businesses, governments and social impact organisations to accelerate the sustainable transition – through knowledge-sharing, collaboration and influence on policy.

Meet leaders and innovators and work together to find solutions to your sustainability challenges.

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Participants in communities of practice

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Active ambassadors

What we do

The Shift breaks down barriers and gathers the unusual suspects around your table: colleagues from other sectors, leading companies, experts and policymakers. Together we tackle your most complex sustainability challenges. Because together you can see and do more.

We help you on your sustainability journey with insights, collaboration and strengthening public support for a new economy. We do this through three solutions:

Inspiration sessions

Going beyond theory

Learn what the latest regulations mean for you in practice, see the impact of
sustainable action on your business, explore other companies and see how
they convince their management

Communities of practice

Collaborate with unexpected partners

Together, you’ll find innovative solutions to specific challenges. Step by step, you’ll develop and implement a sustainability strategy that actually works.

Ambassadors

Your voice in media and politics

In tandem with leading companies, we have our say on Belgian policy and
present success stories to the media. We make sustainable entrepreneurship easier for everyone.

Impact stories

Find out how our members are making the sustainable transition happen and get inspired by real stories.

Finance as a lever for change

What if money isn’t an end in itself, but a way to bring people closer together? For Koenraad Belsack, founder and co-CEO of Upgrade Estate, entrepreneurship starts with that simple idea.

Hear from current members

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You sit together with like-minded people from very different organizations, yet all working around a similar mission. It is special to really get to work in such a group.

Igor Vervoort
Coordinator
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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Thanks to an organisation like The Shift, we’re able to look beyond our own sector. Co-creation and partnerships are the future of sustainability.

Ann Schoubs
Director General
De Lijn

Be part of Belgium’s largest sustainability network

Join hundreds of organisations looking to collaborate across sectors and boundaries on innovative solutions to the most pressing sustainability challenges.

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