Vaishali Nigam Sinha is Co-founder of ReNew, a leading decarbonisation solutions company listed on NASDAQ. As Chairperson Sustainability, Vaishali has been responsible for helping ReNew emerge as a global ESG trailblazer, advancing the Net-Zero agenda, and delivering outcome-driven ESG strategies with top global rankings.
Vaishali is the Founding Chair of the ReNew Foundation—the company’s philanthropic arm—driving the ReNew India Initiative for pathbreaking work in corporate social responsibility. Initiatives led by Vaishali have had an impact in the remotest corners of India, positively shaping more than 1 million lives in the country.
She is also Co-Chair of the Finance and Infrastructure Task Force of B20, the Global Business Forum of G20 Brazil.
A member of the World Economic Forum’s South Asia Regional Action Group and a senior advisor at their Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders, Vaishali is an active member of their global advisory council for the 1 Trillion Trees Initiative.
Vaishali sits on multiple boards, including the UN Global Compact Network India, and is the founder chairperson of their gender committee. She is also the chair for the South Asia Women in Energy (SAWIE). Additionally, Vaishali is on the advisory board of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and the Columbia Global Centre, Mumbai.
A regular speaker at international forums such as the Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, WEF, Financial Times Climate Capital Live, and Reuters Global Energy Transition Summit, Vaishali has written extensively on the energy transition, sustainability, supply chains, corporate social responsibility, and gender parity in India and abroad. Vaishali is co-editor of the T20 compendium of essays, ‘Pathways to Equality’, which explores the social, political, and economic facets of achieving gender equality.
In 2024, Vaishali was listed among Fortune India’s ‘50 Most Powerful Women’. She is also the recipient of the ‘Edie Sustainability Leader of the Year’ award (2024). In 2022, she was profiled among ‘100 People Transforming Business’ by Business Insider.
Vaishali has completed the Owners and Presidents Management Program from Harvard Business School and has a Master’s in Public Policy from Columbia University’s SIPA, where she has been an American Association of University Women scholar.