Sustainability Advisor

Job Description

Location - Chennai/ NCR/ Mumbai/ Pune/ BangaloreExperience Range - 5 to 10 years

BG /Unit/Account - Sustainability advisory, Global Sustainability Services PracticeRole Name - Sustainability Advisor - BusinessPreferred Specializations (optional) - Environmental management/ MBA (finance/ supply chain/strategy)/ Sustainability/ EnvironmentPreferred Skill Set (Optional) - Preferably with domain context & technology enablement - sustainability strategies & frameworks like GRI/ CSRD/ CSDDD/ SASB/ TCFD/ BRSR etc.; Net Zero, Decarbonization, climate resilience, energy transition, sustainable finance strategies; Base location of the candidate (post joining TCS)

Brief about the Unit:

Powered by OneTCS mindset & TCS' full services capabilities, the Global sustainability services practice (GSSP) focusses on driving innovation and ecosystem led sustainable growth for clients across all industries across the globe.Consulting practice within strategy & advisory unit of GSSP focusses on driving cross industry advisory services for client's via co-creating the strategy and building the roadmap to achieve the same. Specific cross industry focus areas include ESG reporting, Climate, Biodiversity, Decarbonization, GreenIT, Circularity, Sustainable supply chain, Safety, DE&I etc.

Responsibilities / Expected Deliverables:

Establishing/ Refining overall sustainability strategy strategy/ plansDriving focused assessments/ initiatives for specific areas like Circularity/ Biodiversity/ Decarbonization/ Climate risks/ LCAs/ reporting frameworks or regulations etc.Enable integrated roles, processes, systems and insights towards triple bottom line across the enterprise or for specific domains like green finance, sustainable supply chainsBuilding cross industry thought leadership insights for focus areas, in terms of point of views, research papers, PoCs, oversight for specific digital solutions etc.Influence and drive change towards target operating model as per sustainability roadmap/ plansOversight for selection and deployment of technology enablement such as data, systems/ tools.

Desired Competencies (Technical/Behavioral Competency):

Must-Have

Consulting & Coaching mindsetExperience with leveraging data to build insights for specific industries/ domains.Awareness of reporting frameworks and specific areas like circularity/ climate/ decarbonization etc.Experience of driving transformation programs with digital enablementProficiency in Microsoft 365 tools suite.Excellent communication skills, storytelling, business problem identification and framing skills

Good-to-Have1. Sustainability & domain certifications2. GenAI awareness3. Change Management experience

Description of the Project (Representative):

Few sample projects you could be involved with -

Reporting framework readiness advisory You will be working as part of the consulting team focusing on delivering as an example a CSRD readiness assessment, which involves mapping roles/ KPIs/ systems etc and identifying the gaps to be covered as per material CSRD requirements.

Sustainable supply chain managementYou will be working with advisory team on defining and/ or implementing the sustainable supply chain roadmap. This could involve analyzing current process/ roles/ systems/ insights, selecting and recommending the right mix of tools/ ERP modules and leveraging the digital technologies for enabling decision making