Ben Matthews

Director of Nature & Climate

As former lead of PwC UK’s Nature Analytics team, Ben brings extensive experience in nature and climate analytics, having led the largest corporate pilot for TNFD and contributed to Business for Nature’s Strategy Handbook.

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Ecological realignment: Why the world needs nature intelligence more than ever

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Ben Matthews is a specialist in nature and climate analytics, with experience helping organisations understand the strategic implications of environmental risk, biodiversity, and emerging sustainability disclosure frameworks.

Prior to joining Earth Blox, Ben spent nine years in professional services, most recently leading the Nature Analytics team at PwC UK. There, he worked with global organisations to assess their dependencies and impacts on nature using spatial analytics, quantitative modelling, and scenario analysis to develop strategies which support decision-making and disclosure readiness.

His experience includes leading the largest corporate pilot for the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), helping organisations understand how to integrate nature-related risks and opportunities into corporate strategy and reporting. He also contributed to the Nature Strategy Handbook in partnership with Business for Nature, supporting practical guidance for organisations developing nature strategies.

At Earth Blox, Ben leads the company’s strategy around nature and climate solutions, helping shape product direction, strategic partnerships, and customer engagement. His work focuses on ensuring organisations can translate environmental intelligence into commercially relevant and operationally useful decisions.

Ben’s approach combines environmental science, geospatial analytics, and strategic business thinking to help organisations respond to rapidly evolving regulatory, environmental, and stakeholder expectations.

Credentials and experience

Director of Nature & Climate at Earth Blox
Former lead of PwC UK’s Nature Analytics team
Led the largest corporate TNFD pilot
Contributor to Business for Nature’s Nature Strategy Handbook
Nine years of experience in professional services and environmental analytics
Experience supporting global organisations with nature and climate assessments and developing nature strategies

Areas of expertise

Nature analytics
Climate risk
TNFD
Nature-related financial disclosure
Nature and biodiversity strategy
Environmental risk assessment
Sustainability strategy
Nature-positive business
Climate & nature data
ESG & sustainability reporting
Environmental decision-making

Perspective

Ben believes organisations increasingly need to treat nature and climate risks and opportunities as core strategic business issues rather than standalone sustainability concerns.

His work focuses on helping organisations move beyond high-level environmental commitments toward practical, decision-ready approaches supported by data, analytics, and measurable insight.

He sees nature intelligence, geospatial analytics, and environmental modelling becoming increasingly important for organisations navigating regulatory change, supply chain risk, biodiversity loss, and climate resilience.

Selected experience and projects

Nature analytics strategy

At PwC UK, Ben supported organisations in understanding nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities using spatial analytics and quantitative modelling.

TNFD and disclosure frameworks

Ben led PwC’s involvement in the largest corporate pilot for TNFD in partnership with World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The pilot helped participant organisations to prepare for emerging nature-related disclosure requirements and integrate nature risk into strategic planning.

Nature strategy development

Through his work with Business for Nature, Ben led the team which developed guidance supporting organisations in producing practical, long-term nature strategies.

Nature and climate solutions at Earth Blox

At Earth Blox, Ben helps shape solutions that enable organisations to use environmental intelligence and geospatial data to inform strategic and operational decision-making.