Pong Leung

Pong is a founding member of The Natural Step Canada.  As a Principal Advisor with The Natural Step Canada, Pong supports communities, businesses and other organizations with integrated sustainability planning and education and delivers hundreds of presentations and training workshops on The Natural Step Framework.  Pong completed his Masters of Science in Environmental Management and Policy at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University in Sweden and his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta.

Pong has worked with a wide range of clients to share his expertise on sustainability, governance and organizational learning including an strategic positioning and organizational change program with ISL Engineering and Land Services, a comprehensive training and visioning program for the Landmark Group of Builders, and an award-winning broad-based community visioning and planning initiative with the City of Williams Lake. Some past clients include Edmonton Airports, City of Calgary, City of Edmonton, B.C Housing, Morguard Investments, City of Saskatoon, B.C. Hydro, Hatch Engineering, Halifax Regional Municipality, the Resort Municipality of Whistler, the Town of Canmore, Lilydale, the Nickel Institute, Alberta Urban Municipalities Association, amongst many others.

 Publications:

• Lead Author, Municipal Sustainability Planning Guide, Alberta Urban Municipalities Association. Available at http://msp.auma.ca
• Lead Author, Best Practices Scan of Sustainability Decision-Making and Planning for the Municipal Sector, The Natural Step. Available here
• Leung, Pong (2002). Environmental Sustainable Strategies?: Lessons From Shell Canada Limited. IIIEE Reports 2002:8. Available at http://www.iiiee.lu.se
• Orsato, R and Leung, P. (2003). “The Pragmactic Challenge of Sustainable Development: Lessons from Shell Canada.” REAd - Revista Eletrônica de Administracão . 36 9(6).
• Waldron, D. and Leung, P. (2010). “Strategic leadership towards sustainability: a master’s programme on sustainability”. Progress in Industrial Ecology – An International Journal, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2009. pp. 307 - 313.

Outside the office, Pong enjoys reading and spending time with his family and newborn son Liam!

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