Balaji Sampathnarayanan

Balaji is a Global Sustainability Strategy Leader at Cummins with 15 years of experience bridging control systems engineering and environmental compliance. He specializes in operationalizing science based 2030 decarbonization roadmaps, having successfully scaled sustianability projects at 30 manufacturing sites spanning Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas.

By aligning corporate targets with SBTi frameworks, Balaji has overseen $16M in strategic capital investments over the last two fiscal years. Notably, he pioneered the integration of carbon impact assessments into supply chain CapEx workflows and recently championed a paint shop decarbonization project that resulted in 30% reduction in GHG emissions. Currently, he is focused on driving transparency in energy and water transparency across the global supply chain and scaling circular economy innovations to eliminate process derived waste.

Balaji holds PhD in Controls from The Ohio State University and B. Tech in Instrumentation from Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University. He is passionate about building teams to solve the complex sustainability challenges faced by our species.