Monika Kumar Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

1. Tackling marine plastic pollution in South Asia2. Leading a diagnostic on sustainable finance in Bangladesh

Washington, Dc, Us

Strategy and Accountability • Led strategy setting exercise to establish a Sustainability road map, and an accountability framework. • Formalized a cross-institutional Governance Body, co-chaired by two Managing Directors to provide accountability for the WBG Corporate Responsibility Program. • Managed the Corporate Responsibility team to deliver an expanding work program, defined annual budget, and coordinating work with 15 Focal Points across the institution.• Established a Multilateral Development Institutions group on Sustainability that meets annually.Sustainability disclosure to attract investors • Supported the World Bank Treasury in establishing a methodology for the first Green Bonds. Engaged Impact Investor community and ESG rating agencies to demonstrate the impact of IBRD bonds. • Coordinate the World Bank’s Sustainability Reporting deliverables (Annual Report, GRI Index, CDP) by drawing upon knowledge from across WBG units since 2010. Utilize XBRL taxonomy for GRI indicators in 2014. Coordinating discussions to adopt TCFD reporting. Thought-leadership on ESG and Circular Economy • Contributing author of World Bank Group report ‘Mobilizing Private Finance for Nature,’ discussing the need for context-based ESG disclosures to reduce information inequalities when attracting investors. • Contributing author of the IFC Toolkit on Disclosure & Transparency awarded WBG President’s Award for Excellence and Knowbell award for WBG Collaboration. • Provided capacity building workshops for corporate and stock-exchange clients in East Africa on utilizing the IFC Toolkit. Currently developing online training modules that will also help users construct a mock ESG report. • Established partnerships in the World Bank to integrate sustainability principles in various business lines. • Led the technical and approval process establishing a science-based target for carbon neutrality. Currently, leading a project to establish an internal price of carbon.

New York, Us

Providing guidance to maximize social and environmental benefits throughout the supply chain when creating Ichcha products. Currently looking to map the product supply chain from fiber to customer and quantify the value created for both the customer as well as the communities that create the products.

Bethesda, Maryland, Us

• Work with private wealth and institutional investors on defining their sustainable investment goals and the verification and engagement processes and capabilities needed to realize those goals.• Engage in designing and providing training for clients to strengthen their understanding of Environmental, Social, and Governance investment standards, Impact investing, and the significance of emerging regulatory guidance and taxonomies.• Advise clients on portfolio reporting strategies focused on sustainable investment, including ESG, Net-Zero, TCFD, SFDR, and other standard reporting frameworks.

• Aid in planning and coordinating panel series and annual summit in and around NYC.• Participated in team that explored demand for workshops on sustainability issues within multi-national corporations.• Developed and implemented marketing plan to expand the organization’s network.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Manage client projects that range from conducting Life Cycle Assessment of products; analyzing data and drafting content for sustainability reports; and benchmarking competitor practices. • Key player in Kinetix business development initiative responsible for enhancing and implementing marketing strategy, and developing marketing and prospecting materials. • Project manger of Kinetix stakeholder engagement initiative, tasked with developing, organizing, and managing monthly events, and maintaining virtual list-serve for the Sustainability Practice Network (SPN). • Support Kinetix recruiting efforts by interacting with University representatives; managing incoming applications; and supervising summer interns.

Zug, Ch

• Enhanced and updated Holcim’s corporate CSR/SD Handbook to aid Group Companies in applying corporate sustainability commitments locally and incorporating them throughout their decision-making process. • Initiated a comparative analysis of sustainability reports of competitors, recommending ways to further improve the company’s future sustainability reports. • Updated Group sustainability report according to GRI G3 Guideline recommendations.• Assisted with stakeholder needs assessment at project site (cement plant) in India.

Boulder, Co, Us

• Managed and coordinated activities of on-campus NYPIRG offices, supervised 10-30 students per academic year• Taught an Urban Studies course called “Organizing the Public”.

New York, Ny, Us

Part-time employee while attending college. Provided essential support to the Global Environmental Facility, the Legal Section and the Recruitment Section

Masters Of Environmental Management, Corporate Responsibility And Environmental Management

Noncredit Courses, Strategies For Sustainability Management, And Planning For Carbon Neutrality

Ba, Political Science, Environmental Studies