ESG Career Launch Guide with Prashant Wakare

The ESG Career Launch Guide is a practical, step-by-step resource for anyone looking to build a career in ESG and Sustainability.

From ESG fundamentals and reporting frameworks to portfolio projects, career positioning, job applications, interview preparation, and a 90-day execution system, this guide helps you turn ESG knowledge into credible career opportunities.

The ESG Career Launch Guide is a structured career and learning resource designed to help aspiring and transitioning ESG professionals move from “I want to work in ESG” to having the knowledge, proof, positioning, and practical roadmap to actually pursue ESG opportunities.

Instead of overwhelming you with frameworks and jargon, the guide takes you through a structured progression:

1. Understand ESG: Build a strong foundation in Environmental, Social and Governance concepts and understand how ESG connects with business, risk, strategy, and long-term value.
2. Learn the ESG pillars: Develop practical understanding of environmental, social, and governance issues and their business implications.
3. Understand reporting and frameworks: Navigate GRI, SASB, TCFD, CSRD, ESRS, ISSB, CDP, SBTi and other important ESG frameworks.
4. Choose your career direction: Identify relevant ESG career paths and assess your own career readiness.
5. Build proof, not just knowledge: Learn how to create practical ESG projects, case studies, analyses, and portfolio evidence that demonstrate your capabilities.
6. Position your existing experience: Understand how to translate transferable skills and previous professional experience into ESG-relevant value.
7. Build market access: Learn how to approach communities, professional networks, projects, and opportunities strategically.
8. Build a better job search system: Analyse ESG job descriptions, tailor applications, track opportunities, and iterate based on market feedback.
9. Prepare for ESG interviews: Strengthen your technical knowledge, structure your answers, prepare real examples, and communicate your thinking with confidence.
10. Execute a 90-day career plan: Turn everything you have learned into measurable weekly actions across learning, proof-building, visibility, access, applications, and interview preparation.
11. Assess your readiness: Use the included ESG Career Readiness Scorecard, learning resources, and final revision checklist to identify your gaps and next steps.

The guide is built around a simple progression:

Knowledge → Capability → Evidence → Positioning → Opportunity

It is designed to be studied, applied, revisited, and continuously updated as the ESG and sustainability landscape evolves.

Ideal for: students, fresh graduates, career switchers, working professionals entering ESG, and professionals looking to structure their existing sustainability knowledge into a clearer career path.