Priti Mishra
Mumbai
Summary
Experienced ESG professional with 3+ years in sustainability research, data analysis, and sustainable finance. Proficient in ESG ratings, carbon accounting, and integrating ESG into financial strategies. Skilled in governance policies and data-driven decision-making to enhance corporate sustainability. Seeking a challenging role to apply expertise in data analysis, ESG evaluation, and financial management to deliver impactful solutions.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
ESG Associate
Protiviti
Mumbai
10.2023 - Current
- As part of the ESG team, conducted industry-specific research and contributed to the preparation of Sustainability Reports, Roadmap Reports, Policy Formulations, BRSR Reports, and Materiality Assessments across various industries and sectors.
- Designed a comprehensive Data Governance process flow from data collection to sustainable reporting in the multinational IT industry, specializing in Scope 3 emissions as defined by the GHG Protocol.
- Performed ESG vendor assessment for a company to prepare their ESG scorecards by conducting in-depth research using both primary and secondary data sources.
- Conducted Materiality Assessments to prioritize key ESG issues aligned with the organization’s business strategy, stakeholder expectations, and long-term sustainability goals.
- Conducted ESG performance benchmarking against industry peers and best practices to identify organizational strengths, areas for improvement, and competitive positioning.
- Developed ESG committee charter outlining roles, responsibilities, and communication processes to effectively drive ESG initiatives, along with preparing ESG policies.
- Worked with cross-functional teams to integrate sustainability goals into business operations and ensure the timely preparation of sustainability reports.
- Guided the development of key performance indicators (KPIs) to track and assess the success of ESG initiatives.
- Having in-depth knowledge of key sustainability standards & frameworks and ratings, including GRI, SASB, TCFD, UNSDGs, CSRD, CDP and DJSI, with a solid understanding of their application and impact
- Achievement: Recognized with the Team Accelerator Award (December 2024) for exceptional contributions to research quality and team support.
Research Associate I (ESG Risk Rating – Quality Control)
Morningstar (Sustainalytics)
01.2022 - 10.2023
- As a member of the Quality Control Team (Quality Assurance) responsible for analyzing the company-level data points and metrics from annual reports, sustainability reports, proxy statements, CDP reports, TCFD reports, etc.
- Conducted research and quality checks on Environmental, Social, and Governance performance metrics for 700+ companies, maintaining a consistent accuracy rate of 98%.
- Reviewing the work of over 100+ analysts within the Risk Rating Pillar, ensuring consistency and compliance with methodological standards.
- Source and process data from multiple platforms, including annual reports, CSR reports, websites, quantitative data feeds, and web crawlers, covering both quantitative and qualitative ESG metrics.
- Act as the team’s SPOC for methodology and research-related queries, supporting ad-hoc analytical requests using tools like Excel and PowerPoint.
- Contributed as part of the Licensed Rating Team, working on confidential issuer/client documents, and preparing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the process.
- Enhanced ESG rating methodologies by contributing to process improvements, refining analysis approaches, and documenting methodologies to improve transparency and knowledge sharing.
- Mentor and train new team members, facilitating their onboarding process, and ensuring proficiency in ESG research methodologies.
Education
MBA - Risk & Insurance
Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
Varanasi01.2020
Post-Graduation Diploma - Business Economics
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi01.2018
Post-Graduation - Economics
MGKVP University
Varanasi01.2013
Graduation - Economics
VBSP University
01.2011
Skills
- ESG Research and Analysis
- ESG Rating
- ESG Frameworks & Standards
- BRSR and Sustainability Reporting
- Materiality Assessment and Peer Analysis
- Policy Development
- Capital Market
- Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
- MS Excel
- PowerPoint
Certification
- Corporate ESG and Sustainability - 101 level
- Introduction to ESG: Environmental, Social, and Governance
- Designing MRV System for Entity-level Greenhouse Gas Emission' certification by World Bank
- NISM VIII: Equity Derivatives
- CSRD Fundamentals by CSRD Institute
- Deep Dive on The Double Materiality Assessment for CSRD Reporting
- Introduction To Climate Related Disclosure (TCFD)
Timeline
ESG Associate
Protiviti
10.2023 - Current
Research Associate I (ESG Risk Rating – Quality Control)
Morningstar (Sustainalytics)
01.2022 - 10.2023
MBA - Risk & Insurance
Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
Post-Graduation Diploma - Business Economics
Banaras Hindu University
Post-Graduation - Economics
MGKVP University
Graduation - Economics
VBSP University
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