Yoga,Painting,Music,Photography,Teaching
Shweta Iyer
ESG and Sustainability Advisory
Bengaluru
Summary
Highly motivated and focused individual with more than 11 years of experience specializing in Sustainable Business transformations in ESG, Circularity, Corporate Responsibility and Compliance working on Corporate Strategies and Implementation.
Diverse experience across various industries underpinned by a strong commitment to training and ethical practices. Passionate about innovating for a greener Industries and helping business grow with framework on People, Planet and Profit at their base.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages
Work History
Sustainability Services Manager
TUV SUD South Asia
12.2023 - Current
- Developing and maintaining an up-to-date knowledge database of the company's products and services
- Review and Analysis of Sustainability,GRI and BRSR Reports
- Developing solutions as per requirements of specific customers from various industries including: Automotive,Aerospace,IT,Fashion,Pharmaceuticals Industries with respect to ESG Roadmap Development,GHG Accounting, Water Neutrality, LCA,PCF,EcoVadis and related Assurances and Disclosures
- Working across areas of ESG Framework along with water,waste,energy management
- Identifying customer needs and communicated benefits of products and services relating to Sustainability Management across Enterprises and Sustainability based ISO Certifications
- Participating in industry events of Sustainability and Supply Chain to promote the company's products and services.
- Business expansion strategies and methodologies development to target 1 cr in the region
Lead Sustainability Consultant
Rajesh Bheda Consulting
01.2023 - 11.2023
- Align to RBC Sustainability goals and implement, run initiatives across India to help drive purposeful growth
- Develop and implement strategies to ensure profitable growth of Sustainability related/ESG services offerings for Consulting Firm
- Drive sustainable transformational identified initiatives and ensure RBC meets its statutory obligations in Environmental and Social Performance within Firm
- ESG based Market Research and analysis of companies across manufacturing sectors and develop new business opportunities in fashion industries including 15 retailers and manufacturers ( Primark,Landmark,Decathlon,Raymonds etc ) and creation on research proposals considering ESG framework.
- Support RBC team in India and Bangladesh to understand, evaluate the broader value on environmental impacts and drive outcomes associated with their Services, operations, programs and projects
- Innovation Writing Benchmarking Profitable Growth Communications
Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Officer
PVH (Tommy Hilfiger and CK)
10.2020 - 09.2022
- Implement Supply Chain transparency and traceability project aligning towards Forward Fashion Goals, leading internal sustainable projects, working on social and environmental compliance with 250 suppliers across India,Sri Lanka,Bangladesh considering Sustainability Initiatives across Waste,Water,Energy, Health and Safety areas enabling CAP and Remediation
- Working on data collection for Social Impact on Goodera as part of pilot program initiation across 60 indicators
- Working on development of Internal Scorecard for Sustainability Parameter for supplier evaluation for Tier 1 Suppliers on Environmental and Social Indicators
- Working on understanding corporate division brand strategies, new technologies and conduct bench- marking /competitive analysis potential technologies
- Implementation of Value Chain of Future Project for Supply Chain Replication in Fashion Industry in alignment with best practices in Aerospace, Agriculture, Pharmaceutical and Diamond industries working specifically towards various tracer technologies including block chain
- Market Research on potential brands at PVH to lead pilots with brands and collaborate with cross functional teams on timelines
Fashion Business Lecturer and Industry Consultant
Mody University
01.2016 - 07.2018
- Guiding as consultant and lecturer for Fashion Business and Merchandising; Strategy development and course curriculum development for batches
- Acting as Industry Interface about new technologies
- Research on India traditional textiles and their sustainability component
- Lead generation through SEO - Marketing - Fashion show arrangements and management - Industry visits - Business development and entrepreneurship
Buying House Merchandiser
Padma Textiles Ltd
01.2014 - 10.2015
- Buying House Merchandiser - Looking after Spanish Market Brands like Zara Kids, Springfield Men and Women - Worked with both knitted and woven product developments
- New fabric development co-ordination with fabric suppliers - Coordinate with buyers to get orders - Order confirmation - TNA Development and buyer communication - Costing - Work with TARGET Software for costing - Development of Proto, Fit, FPT, GPT samples
- Execute pre-production and production activities from raw material procurement to shipment - Quality inspection and order follow up in different factories
Senior Technical Correspondent
Fashion Technology Journal-Stitchworld
01.2013 - 04.2014
- Article writing for magazine - Study best practices of different garment companies - Machinery and related technology profiling
- Visit to various textile and apparel trade fairs - Worked in communicating, reporting, and creating articles for Stitch World Apparel Online Magazine using MS Word and other software tools on Industrial Engineering Based Research including time study and method analysis on different processes and on implementation scope of Technology, cost, energy saving and ROI assessment of upcoming machineries.
Industrial Engineering Lead
Leather Crafts India
07.2012 - 10.2013
- Worked in various projects with French Consultants from Louis Vuitton for Industrial Engineering Research based projects relating to micro motion analysis, time study, layout, and work aid development planning in Lean factory with implementation of Andon and Kaizen system for production efficiency improvement.
Education
Sustainability and Social Impact -
IIM Kozhikode
11.2023 - Current
Master Of Fashion Technology in Sustainable Innovations And Industry - undefined
National Institute Of Fashion Technology
07.2018 - 05.2020
MBA (International Business ) - undefined
Pondicherry University
01.2016 - 04.2018
Skills
Corporate Responsibility and Strategy
Retail,Manufacturing,IT Industries
IT,Automotive,Textiles
ISO Certifications-ISO 14064,26000,46001,30415
Tech driven platform for sustainability troubleshooting with suppliers
Sustainability in Energy,Waste,Water Management in Factories
Sustainable Value Chain Creation in Retail
Supply Chain Transparency and Traceability
Entrepreneurship and Business Development
Industry 40
Microsoft Office ( Word, Excel, Visio)
Primary/Secondary Research and Article Writing (Publishing)
Competitor Analysis
Project Management
Business Analytics
Projects Internships
- International Graduate Program Trainee in Sustainability, CIEL Group India (Laguna Clothing ), Bengaluru, 01/01/20, 07/01/24, Predictive Analytics for Sustainable Energy Consumption using Industry 4.0 tools including IoT, Study of entire process flow of factory and its functions, waste flow mapping of each department and brainstorm requirement of activities related to maintenance and digitalization of processes and figure out crucial areas for initiation of project management activities, Report Development for Sustainability Parameters, Identified issues, analyzed information, and provided solutions to problems with analysis of wastages produced of different forms in different areas and brainstorming possibility of waste and energy saving measures
- Sustainability Internship, CIEL Group India (Tropic Knits), Coimbatore, 07/01/19, 12/01/24, Study best practices of sustainability across CIEL Group including Laguna, Tropic Knits and Aquarelle - Initiatives taken for energy saving in various factories - Follow-up of SDG's - Construction and environment-based initiatives, Study of various measures taken for improvement of Higg Index - Social initiatives - Waste management measures, Lead Carbon Emission Evaluation for Apparel products including product components and in facility carbon emission produced at Tropic Knits, Integration and alignment with Industrial Engineering, Maintenance, Supply Chain teams to develop holistic Plan
Place Of Birth
Lucknow
Personal Information
Nationality: Indian
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 15 cross functional Sustainability Team Members driving Sustainability Initiatives across organization
- Did new business expansion strategy and implementation for growth of 50%
- Collaborated with leadership teams across globe for initiation of Sustainability based Communication
- Advisory and initiation for sustainable product development
- Worked accros teams of Supply Chain, Raw Material,Production,Marketing and Business Development
- Finance Planning and Strategising
Interests
Timeline
Sustainability Services Manager
TUV SUD South Asia
12.2023 - Current
Sustainability and Social Impact -
IIM Kozhikode
11.2023 - Current
Lead Sustainability Consultant
Rajesh Bheda Consulting
01.2023 - 11.2023
Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Officer
PVH (Tommy Hilfiger and CK)
10.2020 - 09.2022
Master Of Fashion Technology in Sustainable Innovations And Industry - undefined
National Institute Of Fashion Technology
07.2018 - 05.2020
Fashion Business Lecturer and Industry Consultant
Mody University
01.2016 - 07.2018
MBA (International Business ) - undefined
Pondicherry University
01.2016 - 04.2018
Buying House Merchandiser
Padma Textiles Ltd
01.2014 - 10.2015
Senior Technical Correspondent
Fashion Technology Journal-Stitchworld
01.2013 - 04.2014
Industrial Engineering Lead
Leather Crafts India
07.2012 - 10.2013