Namrata Sandhu

Namrata Sandhu is the CEO and Co-Founder of Vaayu. Born in India, she has spent most of her professional life internationally between the UK, US, Spain and Berlin. With a longstanding belief in sustainability, Namrata has a Master’s in Environment and Sustainable Development from University College London and her early career experience was founded by time spent supporting sustainable economic growth at the International Business Leaders Forum, working for the United Nations Forum on Forests and KPMG, embedding sustainability into corporate strategy. Her latest career experiences at Arcadia Group and as Head of Sustainability and Ethical Trade for leading global retailer Zalando highlighted a critical gap in the market for an automated carbon-tracking tool to empower retailers to reduce emissions at scale.
With nearly two decades of experience in sustainability, Namrata has unprecedented insight into the unique and complex challenges within the retail sector and why existing solutions to drive down carbon are slow and inaccurate at best. Leaving the security of big retailers behind her, she co-founded Vaayu in December 2020 to deliver the world’s first automated carbon software and the much needed tools and data to empower reduction in real-time and at scale. The goal is to put carbon at the forefront of decision making and empower retailers to avoid 1 gigaton of carbon by 2030. Since launching at the height of the pandemic, Namrata has successfully raised $13 Million for Vaayu and onboarded more than 50 global brands including Klarna, Ace & Tate, Vinted, Asket, Shop Apotheke and Wunderman Thompson Commerce.