Manager Sustainability

About The Role

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy & Integration:
• Collaborate with the Central ESG team and portfolio companies to define and implement an ESG strategy tailored to the India portfolio, informed by a materiality assessment of priority topics.
• Integrate Paris Agreement, aligned transition pathways into business planning, including science- based targets (SBTi) and decarbonization roadmaps.
• Work with cross-functional teams on initiatives covering emissions management, climate change, biodiversity, and life-cycle management of resources and assets.
• Track and monitor the impact targets committed to investors under ESG / transition funds, particularly GHG emission reduction and decarbonization outcomes
• Data & Performance Management:
• Develop and maintain systems for ESG performance data collection, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, waste, water consumption, and climate-related indicators.
• Manage inventories of ESG data to support transparency, accuracy, and reporting needs.
• Analyze key sustainability metrics and identify areas for improvement to help portfolio companies meet reduction targets and other ESG commitments.
• Compliance & Regulatory Alignment:
• Ensure portfolio compliance with EU Taxonomy and Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), including providing ESG KPIs and data for Principal Adverse Indicators (PAIs).
• Track and assess changes in sustainability standards and regulations (e.g., TCFD, GRI, CSRD, SBTi, GHG Protocol, Environmental Acts & Rules) and advise on potential business impacts.
• Verify implementation of taxonomy-aligned measures and coordinate inputs required byregulators and investors.
• Human Rights & Supply Chain:
• Assess and monitor human rights practices across portfolio companies, ensuring alignment with UN Guiding Principles, ILO conventions, and related frameworks.
• Support companies in embedding human rights due diligence in business operations and supply chains.
• Evaluate ESG performance in supply chains, set sustainability standards for suppliers, and promote responsible sourcing practices.
• Reporting & Disclosure:
• Coordinate sustainability and ESG disclosures at both portfolio company and asset management levels.
• Consolidate ESG data across businesses for internal and external reporting in line with global standards (GRI, SASB, TCFD, CSRD).
• Prepare regular updates for senior management and the global ESG team on performance, progress, and risk areas.
• Stakeholder Engagement:
• Support outreach efforts to engage internal and external stakeholders on sustainability performance, including waste reduction, emissions management, and broader ESG initiatives.
• Communicate progress effectively at all levels, ensuring transparency and alignment on ESG goals.
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master's degree in an area of Sustainability, Environmental Science, Env. Engineering or related field.
• 7 to 10 years of related professional experience in above mentioned fields.