Ujala Qadir is a sustainability strategist with extensive experience in climate finance, policy development, and program design. As Director of Strategy at the Climate Bonds Initiative, she led the organization’s strategic direction across key areas including transitions, resilience, sustainable finance taxonomies, and the integration of SDGs into investment frameworks.
During her tenure, Ujala played a critical role in driving coherence across global teams, aligning programmatic and operational functions, and securing philanthropic and institutional funding. She also helped shape science-based standards that guide capital toward climate-aligned investments, convening multi-stakeholder working groups across sectors and geographies.
Prior to this role, Ujala served as Climate Standards Manager at Climate Bonds, where she managed a team of analysts and consultants to expand the scope of the Climate Bonds Standard. Her leadership has been instrumental in the evolution of credible, high-integrity sustainable finance systems globally.
