Life Cycle Assessment (India)

Carbon Trail is seeking a Sustainability Scientist in India to lead Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) efforts for fashion brands. This role involves building complex LCA models, staying updated on regulatory changes, and influencing product development through data-driven insights. The position aims to automate sustainability assessments, transforming compliance into strategic advantages for clients. The job is full-time and was posted 13 days ago.
About Carbon Trail
The world's leading retail brands are facing a wave of new sustainability regulations that carry significant financial and reputational risk. They need to measure, manage, and report on the environmental impact of their products, but the process is manual, slow, and complex.
Carbon Trail is the AI-powered platform built to solve this. We automate product impact assessment for fashion brands and retailers, turning a painful compliance chore into a source of strategic advantage. We are a rapid-growing, founder-led company with a strong base of enterprise customers (including global leaders like Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail, Mammut, L.L.Bean, Deichmann).

The Opportunity: Shape the Future of Sustainable Fashion Retail
As our Sustainability Scientist, you won't just be running calculations; you will be the scientific core of our platform and the trusted expert for our clients. You are the bridge between deep climate science, cutting-edge technology, and real-world impact in the fashion & retail industry.
This is a unique opportunity to move beyond traditional, manual consulting and scale your expertise through a data-driven SaaS platform. You will directly influence our product roadmap, empower brands to make meaningful decarbonization decisions, and establish Carbon Trail as the gold standard for environmental footprinting in fashion & retail.

What You Will Do
LCA & Climate Science Leadership (40%):
Serve as Carbon Trail's in-house subject matter expert on LCA methodologies, with a laser focus on the PEFCR 3.1 for Apparel & Footwear.
Build and refine complex LCA models for various fashion products (from cotton T-shirts to leather sneakers), integrating both primary supplier data and secondary database information.
Stay on the bleeding edge of regulatory changes (e.g., PEFCR, Ecobalyse, Digital Product Passports) and translate them into actionable product requirements.
Conduct deep research on material impacts (e.g., recycled vs. virgin fibers, new d