Arpit Sharma
Indore,MP
Summary
ESG and Sustainability analytics Professional with 7+ years of experience driving digital sustainability transformation through data analytics, automation, and innovative technology solutions. Specialized in building enterprise-scale ESG data ecosystems, automating 200+ ESG KPIs through API-driven integrations, and developing cloud-enabled platforms to support regulatory reporting requirements including, CSRD, CDP, EPR, TCFD, GRI, and other sustainability frameworks.
Experienced in climate change, ESG reporting, GHG accounting, ESG ratings, sustainability analytics, and digital ESG transformation, helping global organizations embed sustainability analytics into business strategy and operations.
Overview
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Certification
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior consultant - Supply chain sustainability
Fractal Analytics
09.2022 - Current
- Successfully secured business opportunities worth $1.5 Billion+ through packaging ESG consulting, sustainability transformation pitches, and strategic client engagements for global enterprises.
- Driving two ESG Analytics project for Global CPG - Led projects worth $2.2bn and $700k ESG analytics engagement, standardizing data models across Manufacturing, Logistics, and Procurement, improving operational efficiency by 20%, and influencing 30+ stakeholders through scalable ESG dashboards.
- As a functional project manager, involved in big room planning for project pitching, project costing, timelines allocation discovery, development, Go-live and hyper care and other project management capabilities.
- Worked on Microsoft sustainability manager and Microsoft cloud for sustainability, Workiva & Watershed.
- Developed, managed and automated comprehensive 25+ sustainability dashboards including 170 ESG KPIs that tracked the progress in the key environment and social performance through data analytics for CPG companies from multiple frameworks and standards including EUCSRD, CDP, SASB and extended producer responsibility (EPR).
- Worked on data extraction from source systems like Enablon, SEDEX, SAP PLM, SAP GR, SAP ECC and others into GCP/SAP HANA. Built scalable ESG data pipelines, API driven integration, KPI logics mapping and executive visualization layer.
- Built a comprehensive tool for sustainability data for capturing data and visualization on Power Bi.
- Pitching new clients for different ESG use cases (ex- ESG data forecasting and Gen AI) for various industries like Apparel, CPG and Retail through interactive demos.
- Worked on SBTi target setting, vulnerability risk assessment, and Digital passport product.
- Expertise in various ESG workstreams like Packaging, Procurement, Logistics, Climate, Human rights, Manufacturing and Nutrition.
- Worked deeply on the major 10 categories of Scope 3 measurement, monitoring and calculation for Retail and CPG companies.
- Worked on automation of GHG inventory by connecting different data pipelines for various ESG KPIs for CPG clients.
- Life cycle assessment of finished goods for clients using the OpenLCA tool with different impact assessment methods.
- End to End data integration, harmonization and ingestion for extended producer responsibility for NA and Canada region.
Research Analyst - ESG
SG Analytics
11.2021 - 09.2022
- Team lead and QC analyst in the SFDR project. Giving training to new hires and writing SOP.
- Capturing and transforming raw data into meaningful information/ratings/ scores of 200+ companies globally for the clients following strict deadlines. Research on Assurance reports of companies globally.
- Researching and processing information of companies globally using multiple techniques and resources like annual reports, TCFD reports, ESG reports and Sustainability reports and policies in accordance with GRI standards.
Corporate sustainability- Management Trainee
Arvind Ltd.
05.2021 - 11.2021
- Sustainability reporting for Arvind Ltd. through ESG (CSA 2021 with S&P Global) and CDP. Calculating scope 1 and scope 2 emissions for the organization with various emission factors. GHG accounting and internal carbon pricing.
- Collected data for BRSR (previously BRR) from 8 plants of Arvind Ltd in coordination with heads from different teams.
- Ground-level experience with various local partner NGOs like SIED, WWF, SRIJAN, VRITI, MAHITI, and AKRSPI for organic cotton production from farm level till procurement.
- First-hand audit experience for NGOs in sustainable agriculture.
- Engaged in organic certifications (GOTS, NPOP, NOP, OCS, and Fairtrade for various stakeholders.
- Policy writing (Discrimination policy, Child labour policy, working conditions, Fair remuneration policy) of various farmers' groups to help them get the certifications.
Associate
Amazon
06.2017 - 05.2019
- Worked in abuse prevention team at Amazon Development center, Pune Facility.
- Managed a team of 12 associates who investigate fraudulent transactions on Amazon platform.
Education
Post-Graduation (MBA) - Forestry, Sustainability
Indian Institute of Forest Management
Bhopal, GOIGraduation (B.tech) - Computer science
SDM College of Engineering
DharwadClass XII - Science
DAV public school
RanchiSkills
- ESG analytics
- Sustainability management
- Team leadership
- Consulting
- Power Bi
- Supply chain analysis
- Tableau
- Project Management
- Client management
- Life cycle assessment
Internship & Fellowship
SustaiNida, 05/20, 07/20
· Helped the organisation to get the required sustainability certifications (Green Signal and Ecocert) needed at ground level.
· Developed a rating methodology for the green supply chain of sustainable suppliers and their products to achieve SDG goals through targets and indicators developed by UNSDG.
Successfully developed and tested the rating system on 2 vendors with 300 employees.
INDIA 360 Sustainability fellowship, 09/22, 10/22
Learnt about ESG reporting, GHG accounting, Project on Product Life Cycle Assessment through OpenLCA software, setting science-based targets.
Certification
- Post Graduate Certification in Climate Change - IGNOU (6 months)
- Setting Science based targets - United nations global compact
- Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS)
- Life cycle Assessment - University of Michigan (4 months)
- Introduction to ESG - CFI.
- Governing sustainable finance - ADBI institute
- Green Investments: Renewable energy - ADBI institute
- Fundamentals of life cycle assessment
- Setting science-based targets - United Nations global impact
- Carbon Taxation - UNITAR
- Mastering power Bi from Fractal (beginner and DAX)
- CBAM masterclass - EKI academy
- Fractal tableau data analyst
- Scenario analysis through TCFD
- Microsoft sustainability manager using Fabric (All certifications)
Accomplishments
- Won many awards for best performance Amazon.
- Head of Core committee team during engineering college.
- Won Gold Medal in Cricket Tournament and Second prize in chess at IIFM.
Languages
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
Senior consultant - Supply chain sustainability
Fractal Analytics
09.2022 - Current
Research Analyst - ESG
SG Analytics
11.2021 - 09.2022
Corporate sustainability- Management Trainee
Arvind Ltd.
05.2021 - 11.2021
Associate
Amazon
06.2017 - 05.2019
Post-Graduation (MBA) - Forestry, Sustainability
Indian Institute of Forest Management
Graduation (B.tech) - Computer science
SDM College of Engineering
Class XII - Science
DAV public school