Artie Ng

BSIA Fellow  

Artie Ng
BSIA Fellow
BSIA Fellow

RESEARCH CLUSTER

RESEARCH CLUSTER

Artie Ng

BSIA Fellow

Dr. Artie Ng conducts research on sustainability performance and policy for a low-carbon economy. He began his professional career in project finance for energy initiatives with multinational firms across the Asia-Pacific region, before transitioning to academia. His academic portfolio spans university teaching, policy research, and program development. Dr. Ng has published in interdisciplinary journals such as Energy Policy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, Sustainability Science, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change. He has also co-edited four books on sustainable energy, green finance, technological innovation for sustainability, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Dr. Ng received his PhD in Management of Technology from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He has held Visiting Professor/Scholar positions at the University of Bergamo (Italy), Kansai University (Japan), and National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan). He previously served as a Senior Research Fellow with the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy and as an International Associate at the Center for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR), University of St Andrews, Scotland. He is a serving Deputy Editor for the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. He sits on the Editorial Boards of Accounting Forum, Journal of Financial Regulation & Compliance, and Social & Environmental Accountability Journal.

Dr. Ng serves on the Finance Committee of CareFirst Seniors and Community Services Association and as the Board Chair of its Family Health Team, a not-for-profit organization and a North York Toronto Health Partner. He has co-founded OmniHoz, a Toronto-based company that deploys AI technologies for ESG performance assessments.

Select Publications

Selected Publications

  • Ng, A., Cheung, C.F. (2026). Economics of AI and Sustainability in Industry 5.0: Quest for Entrepreneurial and Organizational Intelligence under Creative Destruction. Sustainability. 8(12):6086. https://doi.org/10.3390/su18126086
  • Leal, W., Kovaleva, M., Ng, A., Nagy, G., Lutz, J., and Dinis, M. (2026). Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change: The Potential Roles of Foundation Models. Environmental Sciences Europe. 37(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-025-01153-2.b
  • Ng, A. (2025). The Emergence of the Robotics Industry with AI: Digital Transformation, Strategic Organizational Sustainability, and Distinct Business Models. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-025-00564-w
  • Leal, W., Tarek, B. H., Newton, M., Ng, A. (2025). Empty Promises: Some Requirements for Successful Implementation of Decarbonization Strategies in Developing Countries. Science of The Total Environment. 977:179409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179409
  • Leung, H.H., Ng, A., Rosas, J., Dikas, K., Matthews, O., Li., M. (2025). The Role of Science Communication in Sustainability Education: The Case of a University Community in Northern Ontario. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education; https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-10-2024-0741.
  • Ng, A., Wu, A., Wut, E.T.M. (2024). AI-Optimized Solar Tracking System for Green and Intelligent Building Development in an Urban Environment. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Doni, F., Salvia, A.L. (eds). Handbook of Sustainability Science in the Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68074-9_182-2
  • Leung, T. C. H., Ng, A. W., Hoepner, A. G. F., Harjoto, M. A. (2023). Towards Theorising Corporate Social Irresponsibility: The Déjà Vu Cases of Collapsed Forestry Ventures. Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, 32, 1452-1469. https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12551
  • Ng, A., Leung, T.C.H., Yu, T.-W., Cho, C.H. and Wut, T.M. (2023), Disparities in ESG reporting by emerging Chinese enterprises: evidence from a global financial center, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.1108/SAMPJ-08-2021-0323
  • Leal Filho, W., Ng, A.W., Sharifi, A. et al. (2023) Global tourism, climate change and energy sustainability: assessing carbon reduction mitigating measures from the aviation industry. Sustainability Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01207-x
  • Leal Filho, W. and Wall, T. and Rui Mucova, S.A. and Nagy, G.J. and Balogun, A.-L. and Luetz, J.M. and Ng, A.W. and Kovaleva, M. and Safiul Azam, F.M. and Alves, F. and Guevara, Z. and Matandirotya, N.R. and Skouloudis, A. and Tzachor, A. and Malakar, K. and Gandhi, O. (2022) Deploying Artificial Intelligence for Climate Change Adaptation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 180, p. 121662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121662
  • Ng, Artie, Nathwani, J. Fu J., Zhou, H. (2021) Green Financing for Global Energy Sustainability: Prospecting Transformational Adaptation beyond Industry 4.0, Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 17(1), 377-390. https://doi.org/10.1080/15487733.2021.1999079
  • Wu. Y.A., Ng, A., Yu, Z., Huang, J., Meng, K., Dong, Z.Y. (2021). “A Review of Evolutionary Policy Incentives for Sustainable Development of Electric Vehicles in China: Strategic Implications”, Energy Policy, 148 Part B. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111983
  • Ng, A., Fong, B., Lo, M. F. (2021). Dynamic knowledge management in response to the pandemic outbreak: an interinstitutional risk-based approach to sustainability. Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 19(4), 536–544. https://doi.org/10.1080/14778238.2021.1919574
  • Shen, H., Ng, Artie, Zhang, J., Wang, L. (2020). Sustainability Accounting, Management And Policy in China: Recent Developments and Future Avenues, Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 11(5). https://doi.org/10.1108/SAMPJ-03-2020-0077
  • Nathwani, J., Ng, A.W. (2019). A “Cap and Invest” Strategy for Managing the Intergenerational Burdens of Financing Energy Transitions. In: Sachs, J., Woo, W., Yoshino, N., Taghizadeh-Hesary, F. (eds.), Handbook of Green Finance.  Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0227-5_15
  • Ng, A. (2018). From Sustainability Accounting to a Green Financing System: Institutional Legitimacy and Market Heterogeneity in a Global Financial Center, Journal of Cleaner Production, 195, 585- 592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.250
  • Ng, A. W., Macbeth, D., Yip, L. S. C. (2017). Exploring performance drivers for technology-based ventures from early stage to expansion: perspectives of venture capitalists. Venture Capital – An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 19(4), 335–359. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691066.2017.1334302.
  • Ng, A., Tang, W. (2016). Regulatory Risks and Strategic Controls in the Global Financial Centre of China, The Political Economy of Chinese Finance. Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1569-376720160000017015
  • Nathwani, J., Ng, A. W. (2014). Investing in the Next Generation of Infrastructure for Sustainable Energy in Canada. Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, 4(3), 272–279. https://doi.org/10.1080/20430795.2014.929001
  • Yuen, P. and Ng, A. (2012). Towards a Balanced Performance Measurement System in a Public Health Care Organization, International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 10(5), 421-430. https://doi.org/10.1108/09526861211235919
  • Ng, A., Nathwani, J. (2012). Sustainability Performance Disclosures: The Case of Independent Power Producers, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 16(4), 1940-1948. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2012.01.028
  • Ng, A., Nathwani, J. (2010). Sustainable Energy Policy for Asia: Mitigating Systemic Hurdles in a Highly Dense City, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 14(3), 1118-1123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2009.11.002
  • Ng, A. (2006). Reporting Intellectual Capital Flow in Technology-Based Companies: Case Studies of Canadian Wireless Technology Companies, Journal of Intellectual Capital, 7(4), 492-510. https://doi.org/10.1108/14691930610709130

Edited Books

  • Leal, W., Ng, T.F., Iyer-Raniga, U., Ng, A., Sharifi, A. (2024), SDGs in the Asia and Pacific Region, Springer, Germany.
  • Ng, A., Nathwani, J. (2023), Financial and Technological Innovation for Sustainability, Routledge, UK.
  • Fu, J., Ng, A. (2020). Sustainable Energy and Green Finance for a Low-carbon Economy, Springer, Germany.
  • Fong, , Ng, A., Yuen, P. (2017). Sustainable Health and Long-Term Care Solutions for an Aging Population, IGI Global, U.S.
  • Nathwani, J., Ng, A. (2010). Paths to Sustainable Energy, InTech, Croatia.

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