Matthew Wenban-Smith

Matthew Wenban-Smith has played a leading role in the development of many global sustainability standards programmes over the last thirty years, ranging from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) and the IUCN’s Green List for Protected Areas. He supported the establishment of ResponsibleSteel and led the writing of ResponsibleSteel’s international standard in relation to greenhouse gas emissions, recognised by the IEA as being, ‘at the forefront among the shortlist of methodologies identified with respect to fitness for purpose for a net zero steel sector.’