Kumar Gaurav

Background

About Kumar Gaurav

I am an ESG / sustainability specialist with 4 years of experience across the climate change and sustainability currently working as Sustainability Analyst at Nexontis, Germany. Prior to joining Nexontis, I have worked as Methodology Specialist, ESG Methodology and Quality Team at ISS ESG, I specialised in the developing methodology for ESG products based on regulatory frameworks and delivering data and tools to quantify environmental, social and governance risks to assets, projects, companies and investment portfolios. I had led the development of innovative EU Taxonomy Alignment Solution focusing on enabling Institutional Investors to align their investment portfolio with European union's (EU) Taxonomy. I had also worked as a researcher at Indian Council of Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER, a New-Delhi based Think Tank) in Climate Change and Sustainable Development team, where my role was to provide advisory to Government of India, on G20, G7 and BRICS negotiations. I hold a Masters and Bachelors degree in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science from IIT Bombay.