BrITE Foundation
BrITE is Haskoning’s employee-led charity supporting people and planet.
About the BrITE Foundation
At Haskoning, our colleagues are passionate about making a positive difference in the world. Through the BrITE Foundation, they can contribute their time, skills or donations to support meaningful causes.
BrITE funds small-scale charitable projects that benefit people and the planet. Every project is suggested by a Haskoning colleague and reviewed by the BrITE Board made up of employees, making BrITE a truly employee-led initiative.
Since 2015, BrITE has supported more than 50 projects around the world. Below, you can read about some of the most recent initiatives.
BrITE stands for Brightness, Integrity, Team spirit and Excellence - values that reflect the energy, honesty, collaboration and knowledge our colleagues bring to every project.
Nepal
Helping the Red Cross help Nepal
Following the devastating floods in Nepal in August, BrITE donated €10,000 to the Red Cross to support relief efforts for thousands of people. The donation will help provide temporary shelter, safe drinking water and sanitation facilities, helping communities recover and reducing the risk of disease outbreaks. While BrITE typically funds small-scale community projects proposed by Haskoning colleagues, we also recognised the importance of supporting the flood victims in Nepal. Copyright picture: Red Cross
Venezuela
Supporting earthquake relief
BrITE has donated €15,000 to UNHCR to support relief and recovery efforts following the earthquakes that struck Venezuela in June 2026. The earthquakes caused thousands of deaths and damaged homes, schools, hospitals and other essential infrastructure. By August 2026, many people are still staying in collective shelters, with relatives or in temporary accommodation. They have limited access to basic services and little capacity to recover on their own. Copyright picture: A Venezuelan mother of six currently living with her family in a transitional site in La Guaira. © UNHCR/Diana Diaz.
Worldwide
World Cleanup Day 2026
Over the years, many colleagues have joined local cleanup efforts, helping to create cleaner, healthier and more enjoyable places to live and work.
To again support this global movement, BrITE is donating €3,000 to the Dutch Cleanup Club, reflecting its ongoing commitment to initiatives that benefit people and the planet. BrITE is also providing materials for staff cleanup events worldwide, helping colleagues collect litter safely. Picture: Manila colleagues during a previous World Cleanup Day.
Timor-Leste
Enabling early childhood education in rural Timor-Leste
BrITE is joining forces with Educating The Future (ETF) to construct and fit out a pre-school classroom in Poetete for some 90 young children. Education is a fundamental driver of long-term social and economic development, and this project directly addresses inequality in access to preschool education. Through locally sourced labour and materials, the project will improve learning environments for young children while supporting local employment and capacity building. The project was suggested by one of our colleagues in Australia who participated in ETF projects before. BrITE is donating €15,000. Copyright picture: Educating The Future
Netherlands
Enabling safe rides
Cycle Buddies (Fietsmaatjes) Oosterhout helps people who are unable to cycle independently because of age, illness or disability get outdoors, stay active and connect with others through rides on specially designed duo bicycles.
A €5,000 donation from BrITE will help cover essential repairs and adjustments to the bike fleet, so Cycle Buddies can continue offering safe rides. The project was put forward by a colleague in the Netherlands whose father, a retired Haskoning employee, volunteers with the organisation.
Copyright picture: Fietsmaatjes Oosterhout
Australia
Supporting disabled surfers
Suggested by one of our colleagues in Sydney, BrITE is donating 6,550 euros to the Disabled Surfers Association (DSA) to purchase colour-coded rash vests. DSA is organising surf activities for people with disabilities and these vests will be used as of February 2026 to identify participants, carers, volunteers, beach marshals and team leaders, and are critical for safety, coordination and sun protection.
Previously BrITE donated a beach access wheelchair and custom-designed surfboards. Our colleagues also regularly volunteer at the DSA. Copyright picture: Disabled Surfers Association
Indonesia
North Sumatra and Aceh Emergency Response
Suggested by colleagues in Jakarta, BrITE is donating 2,500 euros to support the emergency efforts to help the people in Aceh and North Sumatra after the flash floods end November 2025. Although the floodwaters have mostly gone down, a lot of people struggle to get clean water, food and roof over their head. The money is going to Save the Children Indonesia with an additional 1,000 euros coming from Haskoning Indonesia. Copyright picture: Save the Children Indonesia
Netherlands
Supporting the Participation Kitchen
In December 2025 we decided to help the Participation Kitchen with a donation of 10,000 euro to buy a new electric van to collect surplus food that will be used to prepare soup for the homeless and offer affordable meals for people who really need it – supporting a large group of people who live in poverty or struggle with loneliness. The Participation Kitchen operates in the greater The Hague region in the Netherlands. The suggestion to help them came from a colleague from our nearby Delft office. Copyright picture: Participatie Keuken
Indonesia
New library for rural junior high school
After storm damage, students at SMP Niukbaun, a rural junior high school in East Indonesia, lacked a proper library. With almost 12,000-euro BrITE funding, a new environmentally responsible library building is being constructed by Happy Heart Indonesia and equipped with reading materials and furniture. This project, suggested by one of our colleagues in Jakarta in October 2025, benefits students, teachers, and the wider community, promoting literacy and fostering a love for reading. Copyright picture: Happy Hearts Indonesia
United Kingdom
Conserving seagrass
We’ve been supporting Project Seagrass - a global facing charity committed to conserving the threatened seagrass ecosystems through education, research and action. Seagrass meadows support thousands of marine species, produce oxygen, store carbon, stabilise coastlines and keep our oceans clean and clear. On the back of a 5,000-euro donation in end-2023 and a first donation of 10,000 euros a year earlier, they have been able to purchase a Seed Lab to house seeds and conduct research to see whether different meadows influence seed morphology and viability. So far (October 2025) Project Seagrass was able to plant more than 2 million seagrass seeds.
Vietnam
New Community Garden for SOS Children’s Village
In August 2025, we were thrilled to donate 7,000 euros to SOS Children’s Village in Ho Chi Minh City to help them build a community garden benefitting the 200+ children living there. The garden is meant to improve the wellbeing of these vulnerable children, enhance their environmental awareness and foster a sense of community.
The suggestion to support this project called ‘Future Seed’ came from one of our colleagues in Ho Chi Minh City. The garden is planned to open in October.
Ukraine
Supporting the transport of materials
Mid-2025, we supported the Dutch NGO called Dopomoha (meaning aid in Ukraine) by funding the transport of materials they collected to (re)build hospitals and classrooms in underground shelters, and provide emergency aid to the people in Ukraine. To transport these materials from the Netherlands to Ukraine, BrITE donated 3,000 euros. The suggestion to support them came from one of our colleagues in Zwolle who is helping this NGO.
Netherlands
Friendly wild bees find new home on fortresses
December 2024, we partnered with Dutch nature foundation Landschap Erfgoed Utrecht to help them restore Fort Rhijnauwen (photo) and Fort Ruigenhoek. New greenery will be added to provide a good habitat for the friendly wild bee that is threatened with extinction. The project will also contribute to the overall biodiversity as well as to the educational and recreational functions of the fortresses.
This collaboration originated from a suggestion made by one of our colleagues in the Amersfoort office that is close by these fortresses. We are supporting the foundation with 10,000 euros.
Australia
Coral larvae for the Great Barrier Reef
October 2024, we decided to support Australia’s Reef Restoration Foundation to massively increase the spawning of coral stock in mobile nurseries to add billions of fertilised coral larvae back to the Great Barrier Reef.
One of our Brisbane colleagues suggested we support them purchasing a special optics device that will help to mimic the wild environment where the coral will be taken from to achieve the best results. We donated 9,500 euros to assist with this.
United Kingdom
Rewilding the Scottish Highlands
Put forward by our Edinburgh colleagues, we decided to support the Trees for Life charity in Scotland who are restoring a vital part of Scotland’s natural heritage by protecting and developing a living, thriving forest landscape where wildlife and people can flourish together. Not only did we donate 10,000 euros to support their wild seed collection project for enhancing the availability of more native trees, we also joined their seed collection day in the beautiful Glen Finglas in October 2024. During this event, 6.8kg of hawtorn berries were collected which could grow an estimated 11,000 hawtorn trees.
