Raksha Rai

About Raksha Rai

Raksha is an EHS & S consultant at EY’s Climate Change & Sustainability Services with over seven years of experience. She is exclusively versatile as she brings wealth full of experience in diverse areas such as waste management, air pollution control, landfill emissions, sustainability and environmental remediation. At EY, she has been valuable in different service areas providing support to clients from different sectors in developing ESG strategy and planning, ESG program development, setting realistic goals, targets, and roadmaps. She supports EY’s financial audit team in the assessment of environmental liabilities and asset retirement obligations. Also, extends her support in the EHS assessments and advisory services in both international and US facilities.

Experience

1. Senior

   EY

   Jun 2020 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Provide support to companies in building their sustainability strategy that includes performing materiality assessment, peer benchmarking, ESG risk assessments, developing short and long-term roadmaps for ESG program development, setting goals and KPIs, external reporting and disclosure - Identify risks and opportunities arising from ESG issues and support in reporting of non-financial performance to stakeholders. In addition, identify key ESG performance metrics, develop robust measurement criteria, and establish data collection process for effective ESG performance monitoring - Assist clients in corporate ESG reporting and disclosures in accordance with sustainability reporting frameworks (GRI, SASB, TCFD, CDP and UN SDG)- Support clients meet their reporting requirements by accurately reporting on financial statements and providing meaningful insights into reporting matters as they relate to environmental remediation liabilities (ASC 410-30) and asset retirement obligations (ASC 410-20)-Perform Environmental, Health and Safety (EH & S) strategic gap analyses by evaluating client’s current policies and procedures against applicable US federal and state regulations, and industry best practices - Conducted gap analysis in accordance with Environmental Management System (ISO 14001) and Occupation Health and Safety Management System (ISO 45001)- Develop EHS programs including policies and procedures in accordance with USEPA and OSHA regulations (general industry)- Conduct EHS audits, governance audits, process safety audits in the US as well as international sites physically on-site and virtually.

Education

• Sri Jayachamarajendra College Of Engineering

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Environmental Engineering, 9.3

  2008 — 2012

• University of Illinois at Chicago

  Civil Engineering, Masters in Environmental Engineering, 3.77

  2017 — 2019