About Us
Our Approach
- Every business has a unique context; our sustainability strategy is customized for your needs.
- We take a holistic systems-thinking approach, combining the big picture business view with details required in specific initiatives.
- We create data-driven, practical incremental steps tailored to our client's needs and priorities.
- Using technology and innovation, we help organizations go beyond disclosures and reporting and create wins and opportunities from climate initiatives.
- Our comprehensive knowledge of sustainability frameworks and best practices makes us ideal partners for in-house sustainability teams.
- Implementing climate solutions in our own homes, we realize the challenges with costs, convenience, and availability of solutions in tackling climate change.
Focus on the triple bottom line:
People, Profit, Planet
Glacier National Park
Picture taken on my trip in 2013
A visual reminder of the impacts of climate change
Experience and Expertise
Nabha Rege
Nabha Rege is an expert in sustainability practices specializing in GHG Accounting protocols and industry standard sustainability frameworks like GRI and SASB.
In addition, she has a versatile technology background in computer simulation and modeling, telecommunication systems, and the Oil & Gas industry. Before founding Your Carbon Steps, Nabha was a Director of Portfolio Management at Techquity Capital Management, a private equity fund focused on commercializing Intellectual Property. She has also worked at AT&T Knowledge Ventures and Schlumberger Information Systems.
Nabha holds a Doctorate in Computer Aided Engineering, a Masters in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay.
What Sets Us Apart
We customize all projects to meet client-specific needs and offer flexibility with project scope to meet budget and time constraints.
We are your partners throughout the entire sustainability journey, from initial materiality assessment to collecting data, setting targets, and reporting in the format most suitable for your target audience.
We are truly passionate about sustainability and can help you answer questionnaires, get certifications and identify new opportunities to achieve returns on your sustainability assessment
Our Story
In Feb 2021, Hurricane Uri hit Austin, bringing over a foot of snow to Austin. It turned my yard into a picturesque winter landscape. This was not normal for Austin; we lost over 25 trees in our yard that year, bringing home the destructive impact of climate change.
Trained as an engineer, I’ve always been driven to take action when faced with problems. I started with personal lifestyle changes, but I knew the global nature of this problem required more widespread actions. This realization led me to expand my focus beyond personal lifestyle changes.I explored climate advocacy, but my action-oriented nature drew me more toward the immediate impact that companies could have on climate action.
Conversations with sustainability professionals revealed the multifaceted nature of their jobs, balancing disclosure requirements and planning forward-looking climate actions, garnering support from management and every employee, and creating business plans that capture the tangible and intangible benefits of sustainability initiatives.
I saw a pathway where technology, innovation, and rethinking business strategies could harmonically benefit the bottom line, society, and the planet.
This journey inspired the creation of Your Carbon Steps. My holistic systems-thinking approach, combined with my problem-solving and in-depth technical analysis skills developed through my education and experience, make me suited to helping organizations tackle this important challenge. My love for continuous learning helps me keep up to date with the latest technology and tools companies can leverage for cost savings and new revenue streams as they plan and implement a holistic sustainability strategy. My natural tendency to be a mediator aids in navigating the complexities of sustainability, which requires integration into all corporate facets and consensus-building across teams.
Stepping outside my comfort zone to establish Your Carbon Steps, I now guide companies to embark on their own transformative sustainability journeys, advocating for gradual yet impactful changes.