Heinz Leuenberger

UNIDO, Director of the Environmental Management Branch
Vienna, Austria

Short biography

Mr. Heinz Leuenberger is Director of the Environmental Management Branch of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) since March 2006. The Branch is responsible for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention (POPs), cleaner and sustainable production, sound management of chemicals and hazardous wastes, and water management in industry. Prior to joining UNIDO, from November 1998 to February 2006 Mr. Leuenberger served as Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) for the Vietnam Cleaner Production Centre in Hanoi (full time the first three and a half years, part time thereafter). From 2005 to 2006 he was also working as CTA in the cleaner production programmes of Lao PDR and the Kingdom of Cambodia.

In 1991, Mr. Leuenberger founded the Environmental Technology Institute (IFU) at the University of Applied Sciences in Muttenz, Switzerland. From 1991 to 1999 he was the Head of the Institute, and as a Professor there he lectured the postgraduate course on environmental technology. During this period he also organized several international well-recognized training courses in hazardous waste management. From 1987 to 1991 he was in charge of the Department for Water and Waste Management of the Environmental Agency in the Canton of Solothurn. Before joining the Agency he worked in a consulting company and as a researcher at the Federal Institute for Material Testing (EMPA).

Mr. Leuenberger holds a Master Degree in Chemistry and a Ph.D., both from the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich, Switzerland.

Member of the erscp2008 advisory board

Session Chair

24/09/2008, 16:30 - 18:00

II.S2 Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM): Case Studies and Best Practise
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Workshop Diskussion

24/09/2008, 14:30 - 16:00

III.W2 Scaling up sustainable production globally - the role of Europe
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