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Josh Wiener
Vice President, Global Sustainability & Climate Lead at MetLife
Joshua Wiener is the Vice President of Global Sustainability & Climate Lead at MetLife, a position he has held since August 2022.1 In this role, he is responsible for leading the company's environmental sustainability strategies and programs, as well as managing facilities services across more than 40 countries.1
Career Progression at MetLife
Joshua Wiener has been with MetLife for over a decade, steadily advancing through various sustainability-focused roles:
- Vice President, Global Sustainability & Climate Lead (August 2022 - Present)
- Assistant Vice President, Global Sustainability (2019 - July 2022)
- Assistant Vice President, Global Sustainability & Facilities Management (2017 - 2019)
- Director, Global Sustainability (2015 - 2017)
- Senior Sustainability Lead (2013 - 2015)
- Sustainability Analyst (2010 - 2013)
Key Responsibilities and Achievements
In his current and previous roles at MetLife, Joshua Wiener has:
- Led efforts to make MetLife the first carbon-neutral U.S.-based insurer1
- Overseen internal strategy development to reduce energy costs, environmental impacts, and operational inefficiencies across global operations1
- Increased global employee engagement through the "Our Green Impact" program, which had about 9,000 participants from 26 countries in 20171
- Managed global data and climate change reporting for regulatory requests, investor ESG indices, and public sustainability benchmarks1
- Partnered with key stakeholders to identify potential climate change risks and opportunities across the company1
- Spearheaded the development and publication of MetLife's first global environmental goals1
- Created and implemented MetLife's supply chain sustainability program1
Joshua Wiener's work at MetLife demonstrates his expertise in corporate sustainability, climate change mitigation, and environmental strategy in the insurance and financial services sector.