ESG Professionals in India - Data & Supply-Chain Infrastructure

What I’m Learning from Studying ESG Startups in India I’m currently studying India’s ESG and sustainability market from a founder-research perspective. Not as an expert with all the answers, but as someone trying to understand where the real infrastructure gaps are. One thing is becoming clearer: ESG in India is moving from branding and annual reports toward compliance, data, operations and supply-chain systems. BRSR has changed the conversation for listed companies. But the deeper challenge is not only reporting. It is whether companies can collect ESG data from internal teams, suppliers, vendors, plants, logistics partners and business units in a clean, verifiable and repeatable way. That is where I see a major gap. Large enterprises may have access to consultants, enterprise tools and sustainability teams. But India’s mid-market layer - suppliers, exporters, industrial SMEs, manufacturers, logistics firms, textile units, packaging companies, chemical businesses and regional operators often do not have the same ESG infrastructure. Many are not ignoring ESG. They are simply not equipped for it yet. They may struggle with: • Baseline emissions data • Supplier-level documentation • ESG policy templates • Audit-ready evidence trails • Clear internal ownership • Recurring data-collection workflows • Tools that convert compliance language into daily business action This is what I am trying to understand better. I’m currently studying: • BRSR reporting and BRSR Core • Carbon accounting • Supply-chain traceability • Climate SaaS and ESG workflow tools • Consulting and assurance • Green fintech • Circular economy models My working thesis is simple: The opportunity may not be only in helping companies write ESG reports. It may be in helping them build the operating infrastructure behind those reports. That means better data collection, supplier onboarding, documentation, carbon visibility, workflows and evidence trails. I may be wrong. This is still a working thesis. But I believe India’s ESG market becomes more interesting when we stop looking at it only as a reporting requirement and start looking at it as an infrastructure problem. I’d be grateful to speak with people working in: • ESG reporting • BRSR • Carbon accounting • Sustainability consulting • Supply-chain compliance • Procurement and vendor management • Climate SaaS • Green finance • Industrial MSMEs and export-led businesses I’m not looking for polished answers. I’m looking to understand the messy reality: Where does ESG data get stuck? What do suppliers struggle with? Where are consultants still doing manual work? Where can software actually help? Where is the opportunity being underestimated? If you work in this space, I’d value a conversation. I’m studying the market seriously and trying to learn from people closer to the ground.