Akhyata Pattanaik
Gurgaon
Summary
Sustainability & Climate Change Consultant with over 6 years of experience in managing ESG, decarbonization, and climate risk initiatives for clients in the Global South and beyond. Expertise in developing and executing effective climate strategies and reporting frameworks, including GRI, CDP, and TCFD. Demonstrated ability to achieve significant emission reductions and promote sustainable development. Committed to enhancing global climate leadership through impactful initiatives in emerging economies.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Manager
Schneider Electric
Gurgaon
10.2024 - Current
- Led delivery of ESG and sustainability reporting projects, ensuring timely, high-quality outputs.
- Oversaw project planning, resource coordination, financial tracking, and risk management across multiple clients.
- Provided subject matter expertise in GRI and CDP reporting; directed materiality assessments.
- Designed and managed stakeholder engagement activities, ensuring compliance through interviews and workshops.
- Mentored junior consultants, enhancing Schneider Electric's sustainability consulting offerings.
- Directed strategic decarbonisation project, preparing initial GHG inventory and CDP report for a client.
- Delivered double materiality matrix for an Indian automotive client with operations in India and Japan.
- Conducted climate risk assessment for a data centre operating in Brazil.
Senior Analyst
Inrate AG
Remote
05.2022 - 09.2024
- Developed bespoke ESG rating frameworks to enhance sustainable portfolio management.
- Interpreted global sustainability frameworks for corporate and investor application.
- Maintained in-house ESG rating services to ensure relevance with evolving standards.
- Created standardized Sovereign GHG Emissions assessment methodology for client data offerings.
- Designed custom ESG maturity evaluation framework for NASDAQ, covering 30,000 corporates.
- Delivered ESG maturity and peer benchmarking report for Tesco, identifying strategic improvement levers.
- Developed standardized TCFD maturity assessment offering to support climate risk reporting.
Senior Consultant
EY Global Delivery Services
Mumbai
10.2021 - 05.2022
- Developed market strategies while contributing to thought leadership via white papers and handbooks.
- Researched sustainability across stakeholder groups, supporting RFPs and project scopes effectively.
- Built comprehensive data inventories to enhance ESG integration strategies for clients.
- Advised on ESG integration for portfolio companies across Insurance, Banking & Capital Markets, and Wealth sectors.
- Performed climate regulation analysis for bus fleet operator in Southeast Asia, focusing on compliance.
- Prepared detailed carbon emission inventories for transport sector clients.
- Authored white paper addressing ESG integration challenges faced by Insurance CFOs.
- Executed peer benchmarking study for Southeast Asian bus fleet operator regarding climate change initiatives.
Analyst
SG Anlaytics
Pune
08.2020 - 10.2021
- Led sustainability research projects with full accountability across diverse asset classes.
- Developed ESG models and custom research methodologies; supported project scoping and RFPs.
- Created tailored ESG service offerings aligned with stakeholder needs and regulatory changes.
- Interpreted ESG regulations, providing strategic advice on implementation and innovation.
- Managed client engagement for a major US stock exchange group, aggregating ESG data for 30,000+ entities.
- Conducted benchmarking study for Zur Rose, Europe’s leading e-commerce pharmacy in ESG practices.
- Delivered comprehensive asset-level ESG benchmarking study focused on integration maturity in asset management.
- Introduced unique sentiment analysis methodology to assess public sentiment regarding peer institutions.
Analyst
Goodera
Bengaluru
04.2019 - 08.2020
- Managed program delivery and client engagement for CSR and sustainability projects.
- Developed and assessed sustainability programs, frameworks, and reporting mechanisms.
- Executed data analysis and performance reviews for non-profit organizations.
- Oversaw project delivery of Sustainable Supply Chain Policy at Godrej Consumer.
- Led client interactions and KPI monitoring for Tata Chemicals and Bharat Petroleum.
Authored Sustainability Reports for Toyota Kirloskar Motors and Bharat Petroleum. - Compiled Annual Report documenting CSR initiatives for Suzlon Foundation.
- Implemented CSR project reporting processes for United Breweries Ltd.
Education
MBA - Sustainability Management
Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneshwar
Bhubaneshwar, India03-2019
Bachelor of Arts - History
Loreto College, University of Calcutta
Kolkata, India03-2017
Skills
- Climate risk assessment
- Materiality assessment
- ESG framework interpretation
- ESG reporting
- Stakeholder engagement
- Strategic advising
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Cross-functional team coordination
- Team mentoring
- Problem solving
Certification
- Integrated Reporting (certified by IIRC and KPMG)
- Tableau 10
Languages
Oriya
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Bengali
Advanced (C1)
C1
French
Beginner
A1
Timeline
Senior Manager
Schneider Electric
10.2024 - Current
Senior Analyst
Inrate AG
05.2022 - 09.2024
Senior Consultant
EY Global Delivery Services
10.2021 - 05.2022
Analyst
SG Anlaytics
08.2020 - 10.2021
Analyst
Goodera
04.2019 - 08.2020
MBA - Sustainability Management
Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneshwar
Bachelor of Arts - History
Loreto College, University of Calcutta