Matt Berner

Background

About Matt Berner

Twenty years of diverse experience in the ESG and sustainability space. I’ve spent most of my career at two S&P 500 companies, holding a variety of ESG subject matter expert and leadership roles of increasing responsibility. More recently, I pivoted into management consulting to broaden my knowledge of sustainability and drive impactful change at a wider range of publicly traded and privately owned companies.Early in my career, I held roles advising on corporate governance, proxy voting, investor relations, and board of directors administrative matters. From this foundation within the ‘G’ of ESG, I expanded into roles responsible for designing, reporting on, and auditing global ethics & compliance programs and internal controls. My most recent corporate roles involved managing environmental and social initiatives, sustainability reporting, and strategic communications surrounding climate change.ESG is a toolbox, not an ideology. Over the past two decades, I’ve learned how to use the tools in that toolbox to effectively evaluate a wide range of issues that can affect a company—financially and non-financially. Through this work, I’ve helped dozens of companies strengthen their positioning across risk, resilience, returns, and reputation, enabling more informed decision-making and more sustainable long-term performance.As an ESG practitioner and consultant, I have developed expertise in materiality assessments, ESG ratings, greenhouse gas emissions accounting, stakeholder engagement, corporate policy development and implementation, responsible supply chain management, philanthropic programs, environmental stewardship, decarbonization projects, internal controls over nonfinancial data, and ESG disclosure frameworks, particularly SASB and TCFD. I am currently advising corporate executives and boards on ESG and sustainability strategy, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.