Pavan Jaini and Niksa Khemka, Climate Corps Fellows 2025, Mahindra Group
Climate Corps Training
Building your path to climate impact.
Prepare for careers in sustainability through expert-led, hands-on training designed to equip you with the skills, tools, and confidence to drive real-world climate action.
Why Climate Corps Training Matters
Addressing the climate crisis requires more than intent; it requires professionals who can translate ambition into action.
Climate Corps Training equips you with:
- Foundational knowledge in climate and sustainability
- Practical tools used by industry professionals
- Strategic frameworks to solve real-world problems
- Exposure to real business and policy challenges
Whether you aim to work in corporate sustainability, climate finance, policy, or consulting, this training sets the foundations to enable you to contribute meaningfully from day one.
What You Will Learn
Core Focus Areas
Our training covers the most in-demand areas in climate and sustainability:
Climate Risk Assessment
Identifying physical and transition risks, estimating financial implications, integrating climate risk into business strategy, understanding risk mitigation strategies for identified climate risks, learning relevant regulations and reporting requirements
Climate Finance & Carbon Markets
Exploring innovative green finance instruments (green bonds, sustainability-linked loans, etc.), climate funds, global and Indian carbon markets (compliance and voluntary markets), carbon trading methodologies, carbon project development, etc.
Supply Chain Sustainability
Measuring and reducing Scope 3 emissions, implementing sustainable procurement strategies and supplier engagement, integrating renewable energy and resource efficiency, developing criteria for sustainable supply chain and their assessment
ESG Reporting & Disclosures
International & national ESG frameworks, standards, and ratings, India’s BRSR framework & alignment with ESG metrics & national guidelines, impact on investment decisions & stakeholder trust, double materiality, reporting challenges & tech-led solutions
Sectoral Context
You will learn how sustainability plays out across key sectors:
Agriculture/Food Systems
Incorporating climate smart practices, measuring and reducing emissions across the agricultural and food value chains
Sustainable Finance
Climate risk assessment, sustainable financing, climate-related policy and disclosures, investing in net-zero transition
Freight & Logistics
Reducing Scope 3 emissions, engaging suppliers on sustainability initiatives, zero-emission medium and heavy-duty vehicle fleets
Manufacturing
Reducing emissions, incorporating material circularity to manufacturing processes, enabling efficient industrial operations
Beyond Technical Skills
Climate leadership requires more than technical expertise. We also focus on:
Vision Builiding & Goal Setting
First Principles Thinking
Communication & Storytelling
Careers in Sustainability
Professional Networking
How the Training Works For Climate Corps Fellows
The Climate Corps Training is a blended learning experience, designed as a structured three-phase journey:
Asynchronous Training
Self-paced learning to build fellows’ foundational understanding before diving deeper into topics
Level Up Training
Live training, with a focus on both Understanding and Practising concepts, to equip fellows with technical knowledge and hands-on experience for your fellowship projects & beyond
Continued Learning
Live training to expand on the experiential learnings and emerging questions as fellows work on their fellowship projects
What Makes This Training Unique
- Designed with industry relevance – aligned to real organisational needs
- Integrated with real projects – especially for fellows
- Strong peer learning environment – for fellows
- Taught by practitioners – learn from experts working in the field
- Application-oriented – not just theory, but implementation
Who Is This Training For?
While the live Climate Corps Training is attended by the fellows, the learning material and session recordings have now been made available to all. The training material hosted on this page is open to:
- Students exploring careers in climate and sustainability
- Professionals looking to upskill in ESG, climate risk, or sustainability
- Early-career professionals transitioning into climate roles
- Climate Corps Fellows (as inherent part of their fellowship journey)
Access Training Resources
Register below to access Climate Corps training.
2025: List of Sessions
- Clean Transition of Freight and Logistics Sector
- Climate Finance & Carbon Markets
- Climate Risk Assessment
- Embedding Sustainability in Supply Chains
- Government-Led Climate Action – Insights, Policies, and Sectoral Contributions
- Green Manufacturing
- Nature-based Solutions
- Operational decarbonization and RE integration
- Reporting and Disclosures
- Sustainable Agriculture and Food
- First principles thinking for climate solutions
- An Indian pathway to shared sustainable prosperity
2024: List of Sessions
- Strategic Thinking for Climate Change
- Reporting, Frameworks and Digital tools for Climate Change and Sustainability
- Operational Decarbonization and Renewable Energy Integration
- Internal Carbon Pricing to Manage Climate Risk
- Industrial Efficiency – Manufacturing
- Clean Transition of Freight and Logistics Sector
- Environmental Due Diligence
- Value Chain Emission Inventorization and Mitigation Strategies
- National-level Climate Action Plans
- Carbon Markets
- Climate Smart Agriculture
- Communicating Climate Change for Effective Climate Action
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the training, you will be able to:
- Understand and apply key climate and sustainability concepts
- Analyze emissions, risks, and decarbonization opportunities
- Navigate ESG frameworks and reporting requirements
- Contribute to real-world sustainability projects
- Communicate climate strategies effectively
What Our Fellows Say About Training
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