About Me

Sanaya Kriplani

New York, New York | +1 404 610 9577 | workwithsanaya@gmail.com | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanaya-kriplani/

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Sustainability professional with experience in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accounting, ESG strategy, climate-related financial risk assessment, stakeholder engagement, project management, clean energy, climate policy, and regulatory disclosures aligned with TCFD, CSRD, SASB, ISSB, GRI, PCAF and CDP frameworks. Proficient in data analysis, climate data integration, ESG ratings, sustainability reporting, and creating executive-level communications for internal and external stakeholders, to support corporate sustainability, net-zero and decarbonization strategies. Parallel experience in healthcare and brand marketing industries with a strong passion for managing partnerships and supporting events.

SUSTAINABILITY EXPERIENCE

+CIRCULARITY – Consultant, Sustainability Program Development | New York City, NY | September 2024 – December 2024

• Created a sustainability program plan for a FEWR (Food Education & Waste Recovery) initiative in Ohio high schools, incorporating metrics to track climate-related community impacts, resulting in 2000 tons of waste diversion and inclusion of circularity principles in youth education.

WORLD WILDLIFE FUND – Consultant, Nature-Based Solutions | New York City, NY | June 2024 – August 2024

• Conducted supply chain and procurement research on U.S. sourcing activity to enhance external private-sector engagement strategy.

• Streamlined operational workflows, increasing efficiency by 75% through migration to Monday.com and process automation.

• Created executive-ready presentations in collaboration with cross-functional teams to analyze and communicate WWF’s nature-based solutions opportunities to clients, senior leadership and cross-sector partners.

LITTERPIC – Consultant, Waste Management and Community Engagement | New York City, NY | May 2024 – August 2024

• Developed a strategic business plan for the gamified redesign of the LitterPic app, including financial, marketing, and user engagement

recommendations to boost app retention and user experience, and improve waste management in New York City.

VIA’S COOKIES – Consultant, Greenhouse Gas Accounting | New York City, NY | January 2024 – April 2024

• Produced a Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions inventory aligned with GHG Protocol, identifying key transition risks across value chains.

• Developed decarbonization strategies and integrated emissions data into risk assessment frameworks to support operational planning and risk mitigation.

BURROW – Consultant, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) | New York City, NY | January 2024 – April 2024

• Conducted an LCA for a wooden stool, identifying environmental impact hotspots across supply chain, manufacturing, and material sourcing.

• Developed a sustainable redesign strategy with material substitutions and design modifications to reduce impacts across all measured

categories.

MN8 ENERGY – Consultant, Corporate Sustainability Reporting | New York City, NY | September 2023 – December 2023

• Conducted materiality analysis, stakeholder interviews, peer benchmarking, regulatory gap analysis and ESG data collection of Key

Performance Indicators (KPIs) to develop a thorough ESG disclosures report aligned with GRI, SASB, and TCFD reporting frameworks.

KPMG – Climate change, ESG, and Sustainability Analyst | Pune, IND | June 2021 – December 2021

• Led strategic analysis of ESG rating standards (MSCI, Sustainalytics) and peer-benchmarking of ESG practices across sectors, synthesizing quantitative and qualitative data to develop ESG assessment framework aligned with global reporting standards (GRI, SASB, TCFD, and CSRD).

• Spearheaded materiality assessments, ESG reporting initiatives, stakeholder interviews with C-suite executives, and GHG data collection.

COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE

AMREEKA WALE DESI – Social Engagement Manager | New York City, NY| May 2024 – Present

• Built a comprehensive data repository of 3,000+ South Asian individuals, artists, and businesses by leveraging direct communications and personalized outreach through digital platforms like Instagram, fostering collaborations that promote cultural, environmental and social impact.

• Led marketing campaigns for 50+ high-impact cultural events, using targeted strategies, market and impact analysis, leveraging ad tools and designing creative campaigns to drive high conversion rates, repeat engagement, a 25% increase in new engagement, and over 1200 people in attendance.

PUBLIC CONSULTING GROUP – Proposal Coordinator | Jersey City, NJ | November 2022 – June 2023

• Solved complex proposal challenges by streamlining the proposal development process, training teams on new automation tools, and developing training materials, SOPs and templates, resulting in 10% increase in bid success rate for the healthcare consulting team.

• Managed 5-10 government RFPs weekly, coordinated proposal writing and production efforts, analyzed competitive intelligence reports, and reviewed proposals to deliver high-quality, compliant proposals and ensure strategic positioning.

BOLLYHEALS – Brand and Communications Lead | New York City, NY | January 2022 – May 2024

• Drove sales by revamping brand identity, contributing to website redevelopment, and building social media presence to over 10,000 students across platforms. Implemented community engagement strategies to promote classes and improve brand recall.

• Personally managed all direct communications with students.

EDUCATION

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY – Master of Science in Sustainability Management | New York, NY | August 2023 – December 2024

Coursework: Sustainability Metrics, ESG-aligned Corporate Governance, Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Strategy, GHG Accounting, Climate Finance and Sustainable Development, Life Cycle Assessment, Energy and Sustainable Development, Value Creation and Profitability

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – Bachelor of Science in Biology | Atlanta, GA | August 2018 – May 2022

Additional certificates: (1) Environmental sciences (2) Biomedical scienceSKILLS AND LANGUAGES

Skills and Competencies: GHG Accounting, Climate Risk Assessment, Sustainable Investing, Climate policy, Green energy, Project Management, Sustainability Reporting (GRI, ISSB, MSCI, SASB, Sustainalytics, TCFD, TNFD, CSRD, CDP), Stakeholder Engagement, Materiality Analysis, Life Cycle Assessment, Circularity Analysis, Climate Scenario Analysis, Regulatory Gap Analysis, Proposal Writing, Data Analysis (MS Excel, Power BI, R), Sustainable Minds LCA, Canva, MS PowerPoint

Languages: English (Fluent), Hindi (Fluent), French (Intermediate)

LEADERSHIP AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY – Teaching Assistant | New York, NY | September 2024 – May 2025

Teaching assistant for Reversing the Biodiversity Crisis course, focused on Nature-Based Solutions.

SUMA EQUITY ALLIANCE (SEA) – Director of Communications | New York, NY | September 2023 – December 2024

Led communication efforts to promote climate justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion through coordinated events and campaigns within the Columbia community.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CLUB – VP of Marketing and Analytics | New York, NY | April 2024 – December 2024

Spearheaded marketing and engagement strategies to raise awareness on biodiversity loss and climate action, enhancing community involvement.

GEORGIA TECH 4 WILDLIFE – Project Manager | Atlanta, GA | January 2020 – June 2021

Managed an inter-disciplinary team and developed a Red Fox Rabies vaccine biscuit distribution and management plan for the on-campus red fox population, in order to protect wildlife and the Georgia Tech community.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

SUSTAINABLE DESIGNS LAB AT GEORGIA TECH  | Atlanta, GA | January 2020 – May 2022

Conducted interdisciplinary research on bio-inspired designs for sustainable mechanical systems, creating an ecological structure database and validating a resilience matrix using MATLAB. Findings were presented at IMECE 2020 and published in conference proceedings.