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Asst Manager - Sustainability

  • Company

    Godrej Industries

  • Location

    Mumbai Maharashtra India

  • Employment Type

    Full-Time

  • Functional Category

    CSR

  • Experience

    4 - 8 years

  • Date Posted

    22-Aug-2025

About Godrej Industries

Godrej was founded in 1897 by Ardeshir Godrej to help build India’s economic independence. A significant portion of our profits from our innovations was donated to India’s freedom movement. During the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 we made the first soap from vegetable oil with no animal fat. In 1951 we crafted the ballot boxes for Indias first general election giving both women and men the equal right to vote. At the Godrej Industries Group (GIG) we are committed to growing this legacy. The revenue of the Group is USD 6.1Bn with a market capitalization of USD 27.5 Bn (as of 31 March 2024). By serving over 1.1 Bn consumers globally through are businesses with market leadership positions in consumer products real estate agriculture financial services and chemicals. Godrej Consumer Products is an FMCG leader in Home and Personal Care in Asia Africa and Latin America. Godrej Properties is India’s leading real estate developer by sales. Godrej Agrovet including its production of compound feed and crude palm oil addresses key challenges in Indian agriculture improving productivity for farmers. Godrej Chemicals our oldest business services diverse industrial applications through one of India’s largest oleo-chemicals derivatives and specialty chemical portfolios. Godrej Fund Management is the real estate private equity arm and Godrej Capital the newest company has a fast-growing financial services business. We believe we are only as good as what we do next. We strive to continuously improve our business and impact on the world shaping a more sustainable and responsible future by placing our planet and people alongside profit. Through Godrej Good & Green we aim to create a more inclusive and greener planet aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the needs of local communities. At the Godrej DEI Lab we empower inclusion within the group build DEI ecosystems and bring DEI-related ideas and innovation to the mainstream.

Overview of the Role

The incumbent shall be responsible for driving sustainability initiatives aligned with the Sustainability Strategy of the business and Good and Green Vision of the Organization covering Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) at GIL-Chemicals.

Job Description

• Driving the projects related to improvement in energy water waste and emissions aligned with GChem long term targets.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the schemes related to energy efficiency water savings waste reduction and emission reduction.
• Conducting Life Cycle Assessment of the product
• Energy audit water audits evaluate the gaps identified and take lead in addressing the gaps.
• Track and keep an update of the monthly performance of the initiatives in place at operational sites and its yearly outcome/ impact on targets set for Sustainability.
• Identify opportunities in ESG disclosures and work in collaboration with cross-functional teams to improve upon disclosures For ex. Sustainability Report BRSR CDP Eco Vadis Award applications etc.
• Drive and oversee data collection and analysis
• Build capacity of internal teams when required.
• Drive disclosures with a focus on high quality and improving scores.
• Get BRSR Report prepared and reasonably assured – co-ordinate with cross functional teams and third-party consultants as well as assurance agencies.
• Support the Sustainability lead in conducting
• Benchmarking primary & secondary research trend analysis on global and national ESG practices.
• Track initiatives taken by the peers group companies and identify the projects/initiatives to implement for the GChem.
Keep exploring the latest development in the technologies for green KPI improvement.
Conduct technical evaluations of the existing and new technologies and help implement them at the operational units for improving environmental indicators of the organization as aligned with the long-term goals.
Scout for Projects and technologies to replace conventional technologies with sustainable environment friendly solutions.
Prepare monthly performance reports and conduct gap analysis.
Training & capacity building of team members on various sustainability aspects
Onboard new sites on GChem sustainability journey.

Required & Preferred Qualifications

Skill

• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Must have technical understanding of the basis engineering principles (heat and material balance unit operations and unit process power plant operations energy power and related units of measurement).
Self-motivated Team Player critical thinker with a passion to get projects executed.
• Ability to collaborate with cross functional teams.
• Innovative thinking & proactive approach.
• Strong technical orientation.
• Ability to read scan and interpret through large amount of reading material quickly.

Education

BTech/ master’s degree in Environment/Energy/ Chemical

Experience

4 to 8 Yrs in relevant field