Shivani
Maudgal Datta

Bharti Airtel Limited, Gurugram

A dual mandate: enterprise sustainability and statutory compliance for a national business of 20,000+ employees and 2,000+ suppliers, working with the Board ESG Committee and ESG Management Council.

• Developed the Sustainability Enterprise Maturity & Integration Framework, anchored in ISO principles, and designed and led the first Double Materiality Assessment with 70+ stakeholders.
• Developed the re-validation approach for science-based targets across all scopes (~7.5 MtCO₂e), including new subsidiaries, and took it through internal management review and approval.
• Technically guided the shift of major SIM-card volumes to recycled PVC using validated LCA evidence: >165 t virgin plastic and >690 tCO₂e avoided in one year.
• Anchored sustainability disclosures in the Integrated Annual Report, taking BRSR Core metrics through reasonable assurance and non-core metrics through limited assurance; established ESG data controls across Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions underpinning assurance readiness for CDP, S&P Global, MSCI and Sustainalytics.
• Launched the Sustainability Ambassadors programme with 8,000 volunteers and 1,100 hours of voluntary ESG learning in FY26; led the business case for a new Compliance Management System.
• Led ESG ratings and disclosures, with results building over successive reporting cycles: a first-ever ISS ESG Prime status; led CDP disclosures through the 2026 cycle, improving Supplier Engagement and Water Security scores on the previous year; Sustainalytics Low Risk rating maintained; a Corporate Knights Clean200 debut for sustainable revenues; a rise from #251 (2024) to #178 (2026) in TIME World's Most Sustainable Companies; internal visibility for 10 years of FTSE4Good inclusion; and Gold at The Asset Corporate Sustainability Leadership Awards 2026.

Rio Tinto, Gurugram

Global strategic advisory on value-chain sustainability in the Environment Area of Expertise, Group HSES, across 36 countries and all product groups.

• Set up the value-chain sustainability programme from 2021: built a cross-functional network across procurement, commercial and environment teams, ran a baseline gap assessment, and developed the programme plan using PESTLE and market assessment, including CSRD/ESRS readiness.
• Designed and ran a 47-company value-chain benchmark on 49 indicators, presented the supplier benchmarking report to Group HSES management leadership, and introduced ESG data and due-diligence tools such as Bloomberg, RepRisk and OECD guidance to the team.
• Built a Power BI analysis linking supplier ESG risk with procurement value and presented horizon-scanning findings to the Global CFO; co-authored a product stewardship white paper with ERM and supported the Supplier Code of Conduct rollout.
• Represented Corporate Environment on the HSES Transformation taskforce defining the group's environmental digitisation roadmap, working with global functional and site teams.

Rio Tinto, Gurugram

Ran Rio Tinto's group-wide Social & Environment (S&E) Survey: the annual performance data behind its sustainability reporting, from every managed operation across 36 countries, all product groups and commodities.

• Ran the S&E Survey with a small team, covering environment (water, waste, air emissions, land, biodiversity, GHG and energy), social (communities, social performance and health) and product stewardship data; the survey supplied around 30% of the group's GRI-linked sustainability disclosures in 2019.
• Led internal verification of GHG, water, waste, air emissions, health and community data, later bringing in a Big 4 firm for the annual internal verification and reviewing its verification work; recognised in 2016 for internal verification of global water targets.
• Final approver for all outputs from the S&E Survey desk.
• Launched the “Do you know the S&E Survey?” internal series to show contributors how their data shaped external disclosures.

Ernst & Young, Gurugram

Policy, climate and reporting advisory for Indian industry.

• Developed the Climate Change Policy Tracker for Indian States with a leading conservation organisation; managed E&S due diligence on an ADB-funded renewable energy project.
• Led sustainability, reporting and assurance advisory (GRI, ISAE 3000, AA1000AS) across energy, pharmaceuticals, cement, glass fibre, zinc and fertiliser sectors.

Deloitte, Gurugram

The foundation in GHG accounting, climate mechanisms and environmental systems.

• Supported the Government of India's Montreal Protocol commitments, monitoring 250+ industries.
• Led GHG inventories, carbon footprints and CDM advisory; developed an in-house GHG inventory tool; designed ISO 14001 / OHSAS 18001 systems.

Indo Canadian Consultancy Services, Noida

Where it started: environmental and social impact assessment in the field.

• Managed the ESIA for a 192 MW IFI-funded Category A hydropower project, working with government, IFIs and project-affected communities.