What is a Materiality Matrix Assessment?

Materiality assessment is the process of identifying, refining, and assessing numerous potential environmental, social and governance issues that could affect your business, and/or your stakeholders, and condensing them into a short-list of topics that inform company strategy, targets, and reporting.

A materiality matrix helps visualize the findings of a materiality assessment. Many variations have emerged to represent what’s important for reporting and what’s important for strategy.