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Animesh Srivastava

Bengaluru

Summary

I am astute and highly – motivated ESG professional, having experience in providing advisory, consultancy, internal audit and secondary research service to client and delivering ESG and sustainability research for index providers, ESG rating agencies. I can comfortably work within cross cultural and international project environment. With strong inclination toward ESG, Sustainability, Sustainable Finance, Climate Change and Strategy – I am always open to opportunities to learn, be challenged and develop my career and willing to work with organization which offers an excellent cooperative working environment.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Associate

BDO India LLP
Bengaluru
06.2025 - Current
  • Led ESG Due Diligence assessment for portfolio companies, including data collection, stakeholder engagement, regulatory review, site visits, risk identification, and development of Environmental & Social Action Plan (ESAP) aligned with IFC performance standards, World Bank EHS Guidelines and national regulations.
  • Evaluated a Sustainable Finance Framework for issuing ESG-labelled bonds, ensuring alignment with ICMA, SEBI and International standards. Assessed project eligibility, use of proceeds, ESG performance targets, and reporting mechanism and contributed to draft a Second Party Opinion (SPO) report to strengthen compliance and investor confidence.
  • Performed limited assurance of ESG disclosures in line with GRI standards, reviewed data management processes, conducted sampling and verification, and prepared assurance reports with key observations, improvement areas, and a final assurance statement.

ESG Consultant

EY GDS
Pune
05.2022 - 05.2023
  • Conducted the detailed draft ESG Report validation for client, with ensuring alignment with supporting documents and regulatory requirements. Evaluated source document for quality, addressing discrepancies and collaborated across teams to enhance report accuracy.
  • Supported the development of comprehensive ESG Risk Universes across 17 sectors (including Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Power & Utilities, and Real Estate) in alignment with CSRD and ESRS requirements. Identified top global companies, categorized material topics using SASB standards, mapped sector-specific risk topics, and identified risk drivers (inside-out, outside-in). Developed Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) and potential mitigation measures to ensure compliance with CSRD and enhance sector-specific risk management.
  • Provided support to the onshore EY team in the EY Risk Transformation Award 2024 project by conducting a pilot run and quality testing of questionnaires using the EY Assess tool. Additionally, deployed the questionnaire in the main production environment of EY Assess for response analysis and reporting.
  • Involved in the Internal Audit activity for GHG and Water related information for client.
  • Developed a comprehensive ESG benchmark framework to evaluate sponsor applicants for COP 28, aligning with SBTi, RTZ, and TPT framework. Assessed applications based on ESG initiatives, past disclosures and public data. Conducted detailed review to rank sponsor compatibility, key controversies, SBTi non-alignment, scope 3 emissions and disclosure gaps. Delivered capability maturity model and provided actionable recommendation to COP 28 committee, ensuring alignment with sustainability goals.

Senior Research Analyst

Arabesque S-Ray
Delhi
03.2021 - 04.2022
  • Worked on analysis of ESG data, Climate Change, TCFD framework to develop Temperature Score and assessment report of different domicile companies.
  • Quality Check experience of peers within organization and also for the data provided by third party vendor with 99% of accuracy and within time allotted.
  • Experience in interviewing fresh candidate and provide them training over ESG framework.
  • Worked on various reports like - Annual report, Corporate sustainability report (CSR), 10K (US Companies), DEF 14, Governance report, GRI Index, SASB, CDP report, BBBEE certificate and many others as per projects.
  • Worked on various Project like - Emission Plus, EU Taxonomy, SFDR, TCFD, Gender Equality Index, Water Management, Waste Management, SASB Project and many other.

Analyst

Wipro Ltd (Client Company Bloomberg USA Princeton)
Delhi
09.2019 - 03.2021
  • Project worked – Bloomberg GEI index, Employee diversity, Emission management, Waste management, Water utilization, etc.
  • Experience of working on ESG matrices of Bloomberg and Researching Qualitative and quantitative Data of Different Company like Mining, Retail Company, Oil & Gas, Food and beverages, Pharmacy, Bank on E&S matric, GRI standards, SASB and UNGC principles and representing it on Bloomberg terminal.
  • Experience of quality check for Bloomberg Client on ESG disclosure.
  • Experience of providing training to fresher analyst on ESG matrices of Bloomberg.

Education

Masters in Business Administration - Lucknow

University of Lucknow
Lucknow
05.2019

Bachelors in commerce - Lucknow

University of Lucknow
Lucknow
05.2016

Skills

  • Due Diligence
  • Assurance
  • Risk Assessment
  • Process Controls
  • Client Facing
  • Secondary Research
  • Internal Audit
  • Business Development
  • Team Management

Certification

  • Introduction to ESG Materiality Assessment
  • Carbon footprint and Carbon Taxes
  • MS Office Suite (Excel/PowerPoint/Word)
  • SQL
  • Power BI

Disclaimer

I Animesh Srivastava hereby declare that the information provided above is true and the best of my knowledge.

Timeline

Senior Associate

BDO India LLP
06.2025 - Current

ESG Consultant

EY GDS
05.2022 - 05.2023

Senior Research Analyst

Arabesque S-Ray
03.2021 - 04.2022

Analyst

Wipro Ltd (Client Company Bloomberg USA Princeton)
09.2019 - 03.2021

Masters in Business Administration - Lucknow

University of Lucknow

Bachelors in commerce - Lucknow

University of Lucknow

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