Rahul Sharmesh

○ Lead and support Environmental & Social Due Diligence (ESDD) assignments in line with IFC Performance Standards and other interantional frameworks across renewable energy, manufacturing, real estate, healthcare, financial sectors, etc; ○ Conduct E&S risk screening, gap assessments, and compliance reviews against IFC PS, ESF/ESS, other international frameworks, and applicable national regulations; ○Deliver Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA) for utility-scale renewable energy projects: - 300 MW solar project, Fatehgarh, Rajasthan; 400 MW solar project, Fazilka, Punjab; 450 MW solar project, Vijayapura, Karnataka, etc; ○ Perform portfolio-level desktop due diligence for 23 renewable energy assets (solar and hydro) across Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and other states of India as well; ○ Execute Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) for greenfield and brownfield sites, identifying environmental liabilities and investment risks; ○ Develop and operationalize Environmental & Social Management Systems (ESMS) aligned with IFC PS1 for clients across clean-tech, healthcare, manufacturing, and across various sectors; ○ Support financial institutions and investors in integrating ESG considerations into credit appraisal and investment processes; ○ Contribute to preparation of Environmental and Social Action Plans (ESAPs), monitoring frameworks, and lender reporting requirements. My core strengths include ESG due diligence, IFC PS compliance, climate risk integration, ESMS design, stakeholder risk identification, and regulatory alignment. Further, I demonstrate ability to deliver high-quality outputs across multi-sector and multi-location projects.

- ESG due diligence, Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) in accordance with ASTM 1527-21 standard, Environmental Social Management System (ESMS) manual preparation and implementation, gap analysis, desktop review, report preparation, photolog preparation, Information Request List (IRL) preparation, and stakeholder management. - Conducting Phase I audits and preparing photo docs, figures and reports involved in various sectors such as drivetrain and e propulsion systems, manufacturing with fabrication and assembly, harness manufacturing and assembly, etc. - Conducting ESGDD and preparaing red flag reports, summary reports, photo docs, Environmental & Social Action Plans (ESAPs) involved in various sectors such as manufacturing of RECD, real estate, food industry, solar and wind power projects (SPP & WPP) etc.

• Was deputed at client site, UBS a financial services sector • Looked after Environment and Sustainability for Pan India facilities (10 offices across Indian states) • Conducted 20+ EMS Internal audits in top multinational banks & assisted in 10+ EMS third party Internal audits • Business Sustainability, Environmental Management, Environmental legal compliance, developing strategies w.r.t organizations sustainability goals, supervising environmental matters (including but not limited to sustainable consumables, carbon reduction initiatives, trainings, travel, vehicles, engineering and waste), conducting EMS Internal Audits, assisting in external audits, review/update EMS documents, vendor coordination & management, data collection, quality assurance and reporting (Enablon), energy controlling, continuous improvement of environmental management, target achievement, etc.

Carrying out the Source Apportionment Studies and Carrying Capacity for Nalgonda & Sangareddy towns, Telangana, India. key responsibilities include conducting field surveys for the selection of sites for air monitoring, on-site air sampling for Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), calibration of air samplers, gravimetric analysis, extraction of air filters for Ion Chromatography (IC) analysis, IC analysis of anions and cations contained in PM10 and PM2.5 samples, data analysis and preparation of reports, expertise on software tools such as EPA PMF, Originpro, R, QGis, and Saga.

Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS). Key responsibilities included: Review of Hazard Analysis (HAZAN), audit for safety objectives, audit for ISO-45001:2018 compliance in industry, sampling and analysis Air Quality Parameters (NOx, SOx, PM2.5, PM10), sampling and analysis of treated effluents BOD, COD, Oil & Grease, PH, TSS & detailed functioning of ETP and RO plant.

Roles of responsibilities held: planting trees and watering, composting food waste, maintaining dry compost toilets, sorting community waste for processing in nearby recycling centers, inspecting huts for bee and termite damage, working in the gardens, preparing meals in the kitchen, working in the gaushala, gathering and processing firewood, following vegan lifestyle and trying to achieve zero waste concept, using buckets showers to conserve water.