Senior Manager
RTI International
Total years of experience :18 years, 9 Months
I work with our clients to evaluate market and commercialization potential, identifying partners, undertaking stakeholder consultations, evaluating
competition, carrying out financial feasibility assessments, developing business models and creating go-to-market strategy
I am associated with CGI Group Inc (CGI) as their Group Environmental Reporting Lead. CGI is the fifth largest independent information technology and business process services firm in the world with annualized revenue is in excess of C$10 billion and 71, 000 members located in 400 offices across 40 countries
1. Core member of the Global Corporate Responsibility team for CGI and reporting directly to the Group Environment Lead. The key responsibilities of the core team includes:
a. Inclusion of CGI in sustainability indexes like DJSI and DCP
b. Reduction of CGI’s relative carbon footprint and environmental impact through plausible abatement levers
c. Support bids, RFPs and certification initiatives
d. Support ISO 14001 countries with periodic environmental performance reports to track and assess compliance to set KPIs.
e. Develop community awareness programs aligned with our clients
f. Promote CGIs CSR services and solutions
g. Develop a philanthropic strategy aligned with our values
2. Manager for both line and operational functions for the Group Environmental Reporting team
a. Maintain & improve environmental reporting principles & guidelines at group level
b. Support countries in setting country-specific reporting standards and calculation sheets.
c. Review and approval for of process documentation for the each environmental indicator
d. Responsible to perform group level review and sign-off of values reported against each environmental indicator
3. Scope of reporting includes - Energy, GHG emissions (office energy, business travel and commute travel), water and waste on a quarterly basis
4. Coordinate the environmental reporting process globally across 20+ geographic regions and facilitate environment disclosure statement to the CEO’s office, CDP, DJSI, country specific ISO 14001 and other compliance requirements and other stakeholders
5. Identify and track progress (including feasibility studies and stakeholder consultation) of potential projects (policy intervention, technology intervention) with positive impact on the operational environment of the company - energy reduction, GHG abatement, reduction in fresh water intake, waste management etc
6. Implementation a group wide Supplier Code of Conduct for the selection of suppliers that includes aspects like human rights, labor standards, the environment, anti-corruption and ethical business practices
1. Environmental performance review for leading business houses in India. Industries covered include - Tobacco, Hotels and Cement
a. The key aspects audited covered include - Energy, water, raw materials, emissions, effluents and waste
b. Compliance to applicable regulatory clearances
c. Environment reporting process review to identify gaps / areas of improvement in data collation, reporting, review and approval procedure
2. Wind power due diligence for one of largest banking and financial service organizations in the world with over 7, 800 offices across 132 countries. As a part of the client’s corporate strategy to reduce its Carbon footprint, the client was exploring plausible renewable energy solutions. The scope of work included providing an independent review of the proposal document, principally from a regulatory and strategic perspective based on the knowledge of risks and opportunities in the Indian renewable energy market and desk based research and review the cash flow financial model that is embedded in the Proposal document
3. Wind Power due diligence for a flexible plastic packaging manufacturing company. The client was exploring the viability of setting a wind power project on an IPP model. The scope of work included carrying out a comprehensive techno-commercial due diligence between shortlisted WTG suppliers.
4. Global review of carbon footprint accounting and reporting, one of the top 4 IT companies, Bangalore, Karnataka - 2011 to 2012 - Our scope of work included a review of Scope 1 Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions as reported in the 2010 CDP report for the client’s IT business. The review included a comparison of current accounting practices with respect to the GHG Protocol and the leading practices in the area. The deliverables included short term and long term recommendations to improve coverage, accuracy, and reproducibility of client’s carbon accounting and reporting.
5. Power procurement strategy, one of the largest IT parks in India, Bangalore, Karnataka - 2012 - The client was planning the expansion (phase 2) of its existing IT park in Bangalore. As part of this engagement, we have conducted viability assessments for various power procurement scenarios. These included (i) 70% of power from a DPP with diesel as fuel and 30% of power from the state grid, (ii) 70% of power from a DPP with gas as fuel and 30% of power from the state grid, and (iii) 95% of power from the state grid and 5% of power from LT diesel generators (backup generators).
1. Reporting directly to the Global Head - Energy & Sustainability Services (ESS) and responsible for India sales.
2. Managing the ‘build’ module of the ESS consulting arm - Capacity building of the team, build credentials, develop white papers and thought leadership material and build a competent team in phased manner
3. Act as the internal advisor for all sustainability service offering, working with the sales channel and key customers.
4. Explore the market to articulate customer requirement and device solutions by working with the relevant domain experts within Wipro EcoEnergy
5. Work closely with the top management to define the go-to-market strategy, product positioning, key benefits, and target customers.
6. Define & document all steps of the product life cycle
7. Sustainability (Energy, Water and Waste) Assessment for a Hotel Major (over 90 facilities)
1. Development of Environmental & Social Management Framework for 4 states on behalf of a Central Government department - World Bank funded project
2. Facilitating in Corporate Sustainability Reporting for a Iron & Steel major
3. Environmental Impact Assessment for 3 Units of a Pharmaceutical Major including presentation of the case to respective state and centre expert committees
4. Environmental Due Diligence for an office complex of an MNC
5. Terminal evaluation of Environmental Opportunities facility - IFC funded project
6. Facilitation of CDM feasibility assessment for NG based power project and Bio-diesel production facility.
7. Health & Safety performance review of an MNC for its India, China and Japan Operations as a part of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting initiative
8. Facilitation of CDM documentation (PIN & PDD), validation and verification for power (wind, biomass, hydro), waste to energy (waste heat recovery, co-generation) projects
9. Facilitation of OHSAS 18001 management system for an FMCG company
10. Facilitation of Integrated Management System for renewable energy power company
11. Social program performance review of an NGO aided by an MNC to gauge at the impact of the initiative and define KPI for NGO in the subsequent years