Niven Huang

Managing Director of KPMG Sustainability Consulting Co., Ltd. in Taiwan

KPMG in Taiwan

Dr. Niven Huang was born and grew up in Hualien, and graduated at Ph.D. & M.S., Graduate School of Chemical Engineering, CYCU. He has been the Managing Director of KPMG Sustainability Consulting Co., Ltd., in Taiwan since July of 2013 and was appointed in 2021 as the Head of ESG, KPMG Asia Pacific. He was the Chairman of the Advisory Board of ASrIA (The Association of Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia), which is based in Hong Kong, from 2012-2015. Niven is a pioneer in Taiwan for CSR, ESG, sustainability reporting, corporate sustainability strategy, sustainable finance, and carbon management. Before joining KPMG, he was the Secretary General of the Business Council for Sustainable Development in Taiwan (BCSD-Taiwan) for 16 years. He sits in various committees of government and company in sustainable development and is frequently invited to give speeches on corporate sustainability in domestic and international events.

Niven received the Ph.D. degree of Chemical Engineering from Chung Yuan Christian University. Currently, he is also a part time associate professor at several universities in Taiwan, including the most leading advanced MBA and EMBA at National Cheng Chi University. He sits in the judge panels of several public and private Awards of CSR, Excellence in Environment, and Sustainability in Taiwan and Asia. 

 

Professional Service Experience

  • Niven is a pioneer in Taiwan among Big 4 for CSR, ESG strategy and sustainability reporting.
  • He is a pioneer in Taiwan for sustainable finance and delivered advisory service on embedding Equator Principles to project finance for Cathay United Bank, which was the first one ever in Taiwan.
  • Niven delivers advisory service to asset management on ESG investing and with strong credentials in ESG rating
  • Niven is specialized in impact measurement and management, especially on SROI and True Value analysis.
  • Niven created Social Enterprise Service in 2014 and developed SETen methodology for social enterprise and social innovation.

  • Ph.D.& M.S., Graduate School of Chemical Engineering ,CYCU

  • ESG strategy 、Sustainability reporting

  • Low carbon transformation 、ESG rating

  • Sustainable finance 、Circular economy 、Social innovation