ESG Advisory - Associate Director

CARE Advisory Research and Training Limited (CareEdge Advisory):

CareEdge Advisory is a wholly owned subsidiary of CARE Ratings Limited, India's leading ratings agency, and offers services in the areas of Corporate Advisory, Project Evaluation & Monitoring, ESG, Credit Analytics, Customized Industry and Company Research, Due Diligence and Gradings. CareEdge Advisory provides credible, high-quality research and analytics to Corporates, Financials Institutions, Banks and Institutional Investors with business solutions which are tailored made, pragmatic and practically implementable.

Position: ESG Research & Advisory

Position Purpose

Role requires the person to develop and maintain ESG product / service and support the relationship teams.

The role requires candidate to work in environment with diversity of work, and someone who

embraces to work both independently and in teams.

Candidate should have research and analytical bent of mind to understand and make use of various research reports on ESG topics and can incorporate the knowledge & understanding in development of products and services.

The role requires the candidate to demonstrate the high degree of problem-solving capacity

and ability to come up with innovative solutions

Strong knowledge on concepts like ESG, climate change, ESG assessment, frameworks, reporting standards and regulations

Key Responsibilities

Awareness about ESG and sustainability disclosures by companies GRI, CDP, TCFD, BRSR etc.

Candidate should be aware about key environment, social and governance aspects that can be identified and factored into the company analysis

Prepare high quality case profiles based on the analysis undertaken on companies. Thus, role requires excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) and strong conviction skills

Ability to develop ESG strategy, metrics, KPIs, policies and sustainability reporting

Partner with across teams on various ESG assessments, including developing proposals, tracking and applying to tenders and engage with companies on various ESG related deliverables

Ideal candidate should have knowledge/ awareness about following:

Knowledge on ESG, key developments around it and awareness on upcoming regulations

ESG reporting standards domestic and global

Good writing skills. Candidate should be able to write crisp and effective summary of findings in research report

Basic to intermediate Microsoft Excel and PPT skills

Ideal candidate should have knowledge/ awareness about following:

Knowledge on ESG, key developments around it and awareness on upcoming regulations

ESG reporting standards domestic and global

Good writing skills. Candidate should be able to write crisp and effective summary of findings in research report

Basic to intermediate Microsoft Excel and PPT skills

Education and Experience:

Master's degree in related discipline (environment and/or social sciences, energy management, sustainability, engineering, or related fields);

Bachelor's qualification in environment or sustainability areas

Previous work experience in below areas

ESG consulting and advisory, ESG assessment & research publication