About the Role
• The ESG Lead will play a pivotal role in integrating sustainability and ESG principles into the company’s carbon credit project development activities and investor reporting.
• Develop and implement ESG strategies across carbon credit projects.
• Ensure projects comply with Carbon credits standards and methodologies (VCS, CCB and similar methodologies) and global ESG standards such as GRI, SASB, TCFD, or SDGs.
• Oversee the assessment and monitoring of project-related environmental impacts.
• Lead stakeholder engagement with local communities, ensuring projects deliver tangible social benefits.
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Requirements
• Master’s degree in Environmental Science, Sustainability, Business Administration, or a related field. Relevant certifications, such as CFA Institute Certificate in ESG Investing, GRI Certification, or SBTi training, are highly desirable
• 5+ years in ESG roles, project management in the carbon credit or renewable energy sector and sustainability consulting.
• Proficiency in Carbon credit methodologies, ESG frameworks and sustainability certifications.
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About the Company
Varaha is a global, leading, climate tech venture focused on carbon removal solutions such as - regenerative agriculture, afforestation, biochar, and enhanced rock weathering - that support smallholder land stewards at scale. In just the third year of operation, they are removing and avoiding more than 1 million tons of CO2 and distributing the majority of the revenues to more than 100,000 smallholder land stewards in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Backed by leading global investors, the founding and management team comes with a stellar track record of successfully scaling projects and products to millions of smallholder land stewards at leading Agriculture and tech businesses.
