Assess Your ESG Maturity
Every organization is somewhere on its ESG journey, whether just meeting legal requirements or embedding ESG into core culture and strategy. The ESG Maturity Matrix helps you assess your current state and identify actionable next steps across seven key dimensions.
Built on the foundation of the ISO ESG Implementation Principles (IWA 48), this tool ensures your efforts are consistent with globally recognized ESG standards and aligned with leading disclosure frameworks.
What the ESG Maturity Matrix Covers
The ESG Maturity Matrix offers a comprehensive view of your organization’s ESG performance by evaluating progress across seven essential areas:
- Culture & Ethics – Gauges how deeply ESG values are embedded, from basic compliance to ethical leadership.
- Decision-Making – Assesses integration of ESG into risk management, KPIs, and strategic planning.
- Environmental – Measures the scope and impact of environmental efforts, from regulatory basics to community-wide considerations.
- Social – Evaluates how people-related policies and practices drive meaningful, inclusive outcomes.
- Governance – Looks at leadership, transparency, and how governance supports long-term value.
- Conformity & Reporting – Reviews reporting practices and the maturity of compliance, from checkbox exercises to strategic disclosures.
- Engagement & Leadership – Considers how actively the organization leads, learns, and engages across stakeholders.
Each area is benchmarked across three levels of maturity: compliance, developing, and values-led.
Alongside the assessment, the matrix includes tailored actions and ISO-aligned recommendations to help you advance. It’s a cycle of ongoing improvement - evaluate, act, reassess - designed to guide ESG growth at every stage.
Why use the ESG Maturity Matrix?
- Identify gaps and opportunities in your ESG approach.
- Turn evaluation into progress with tailored actions.
- Align with ISO standards and global ESG expectations.
- Create a cycle of continuous improvement.
- Demonstrate ESG integrity to investors, regulators, and communities.
Ready to get started?
Every ESG journey must start somewhere. This guide will help you understand how far you’ve come - and how far you have left to travel. Get your copy of our free ESG Maturity Matrix here.
New to ESG? Discover the Little Book of ESG
Want to integrate ESG it into your business strategy but don't know where to start? For a clear and practical introduction, download your free copy of the Little Book of ESG today.
Continue your ESG journey
If you’re looking to integrate ESG principles into your business, download the ISO ESG Implementation Principles. These guidelines were developed as part of an international collaborative effort to ensure consistency and reliability across the global ESG ecosystem. Get your free copy here.
