Inder Poonaji

Director of ESG & Sustainability at Modulaire Group

Speaker

Inder’s experience includes Board Level ESG and Sustainability, Change Management, and Strategy Development and implementation. Experienced working in a variety of global cultures and geographies, both in the service and manufacturing sectors.

Inder is ESG and Sustainability Director at Modulaire Group, leading ESG in 23 countries. He has designed and led the blueprint strategy for ESG called “Loops within Loops”, focusing on the Circular Economy, Net-Zero, Low carbon products innovation, and Natural & Social Capital. In 2021 he helped achieve a 2.75 billion euro sustainability linked loans and bonds.

He is currently a Visiting Industrial Fellow in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge.

Inder was the former Head of Sustainability for Nestlé and provided sustainability expertise on key brands such as Nescafé and KitKat for several years.

He created innovative programmes; integrating organisational systems, supply chains, and stakeholders that resulted in various awards; FDF Gold Environment Award, Nestlé awards for Sustainability, Finalist for “Sustainable Leader 2013, winner of the “Environment Efficiency Award” 2014,” and “Ethical Sourcing Award 2014”. He has chaired various groups for the FDF, Environment Agency, and WRAP.

He frequently speaks on ESG and sustainability, presenting at conferences and serving as a guest lecturer at universities in the UK and France.