Hannes Matt is an independent advisor on climate and nature risk, working at the interface of financial institutions, real-economy firms, and the software vendors building assessment tools for both.
His career has moved between finance and sustainability practice. As an investment and ESG analyst at United Sustainability Group, where he worked on financial due diligence, portfolio development, and ESG risk methodology. In financial-sector consulting at KPMG Financial Services, advising banks and asset managers on climate and nature risk management. Member of the DIN, the German Institute for Standardization as an member of the DIN Finance Standards Committee, working on German and European standards for sustainable finance.
He currently consults companies and financial institutions on climate risk management and adaptation planning, serves as an advisor to several climate and nature tech startups, writes the Climate Risk Intel newsletter (12,000+ subscribers), and is a recognized voice on ESG and climate risk.