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Mathew Nelson

EY Oceania Chief Sustainability Officer

Leading a purpose-driven team that shares a common passion for creating positive impact. Workplace diversity and equality advocate. Engineer. Father of two boys. Australian Football League fan.

Mathew is the EY Oceania's Chief Sustainability Officer and a Partner in the Climate Change and Sustainability Services team. He has over 20 years’ experience in providing advisory and assurance services related to ESG and climate change.  His experience spans across both the private and public sector and includes sustainability and climate change strategy and governance, climate risk modelling and stress testing, sustainable supply chain and human rights, and non-financial reporting.  Mat also has significant experience in the area of environment, health and safety.

Prior to joining EY, Mat worked in the petrochemical industry as an operations engineer as well as a human resources analyst in the Financial Services sector.

Mat is the chair of the Australian chapter of the Earthwatch Institute, and a member of the TCFD. He holds a master’s degree in Environment and a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Melbourne.

How Mathew is building a better working world

“Our teams are helping build a better working world by helping businesses respond to societal, environmental and economic challenges resulting from shifting market demands and the changing economic and regulatory environment. We help our clients build long-term value by managing risk and opportunity and measuring, communicating and assuring nonfinancial performance.” 

Mathew’s latest thinking

Why asset owners and managers fall behind on climate-risk disclosures

Asset owners and managers are yet to translate advocacy into action on climate-related disclosures.

01 Jun 2022 Mathew Nelson

Why climate change creates a need for better nonfinancial disclosures

There is an urgent need for the audit of the future to provide a better assessment of the climate risks faced by businesses. Learn more.

02 Aug 2021 Mathew Nelson

ESG performance impacting financial lending terms

The cost of finance is becoming more closely linked to ESG performance as companies face increased pressure to address climate action. Learn more.

24 Sept 2020 Mathew Nelson

How the energy industry is leading on climate-related disclosures

Energy companies remained one of the best performing for climate-related disclosures. Learn more.

01 Jun 2020 Mathew Nelson

How the transport sector integrates risks into corporate disclosures

Transport is one of the best-performing sectors for adopting TCFD recommendations but with significant differences between markets. Learn more.

01 Jun 2020 Mathew Nelson

How banks lead on climate-related disclosures

The banking sector scored high for quality on recommendations by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Learn more.

01 Jun 2020 Mathew Nelson

How scrutiny affected the insurance sector’s climate-risk disclosures

The insurance sector performed poorly, despite the potential impact to the sector’s core business from climate-related risks.

01 Jun 2020 Mathew Nelson

Why manufacturing is setting the bar for climate-related disclosures

Manufacturing companies continue to improve climate-related disclosures with more detailed approaches to incorporating scenario planning. Learn more.

01 Jun 2020 Mathew Nelson

How real estate and construction are improving climate disclosures

A global snapshot of the real estate, buildings and construction sector’s uptake of recommendations by the TCFD. Read more.

01 Jun 2020 Mathew Nelson

How telecommunications sector emerged as a climate disclosure leader

The telecommunications and technology sector has emerged as a leader in climate-related financial disclosures. Learn more.

01 Jun 2020 Mathew Nelson

Is it time to reassess your EHS capabilities?

As humans and machines start working side-by-side, traditional environment, health and safety (EHS) models no longer capture every risk.

24 Jan 2020 Mathew Nelson

Is modern slavery a risk to your value chain?

Effective management of issues relating to modern slavery and human rights has become an urgent business priority.

13 Aug 2019 Mathew Nelson