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What we do
For-Purpose Enterprises
Augmenting what social entrepreneurs do through organisational strategy and design
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Non-Profit Organisations
Strengthening civil society groups and NGOs for higher performance
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Business Sustainability Strategy
Helping businesses do sustainability better, aligning intelligence with purpose
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Corporate & Commercial Work
Advising on corporate structures; negotiating and preparing commercial agreements
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Cross-Sector Collaborations
Facilitating multi-party, multi-objective partnerships for positive impact
Special Projects
Projects for the furtherance of human aspirations which do not fit within traditional categories
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Recent activities
22 July 2021
[Webinar] Directors' Duties and Climate Change
The Bar Council Environment & Climate Change Committee co-organised this webinar with Climate Governance Malaysia (CGM)
24 May 2021
[Podcast] BFM, Morning Brief | Selangor's motivations to degazette forest reserve
A chat on how forest reserves can be degazetted or excised. This is against the backdrop of the Selangor State Government's plan to degazette the Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve.
22 March 2021
[Podcast] BFM, Earth Matters | A people's revolution to stop water pollution?
In conjunction with World Water Day, Arhwin and Jia Yaw join BFM's Juliet Jacobs in a discussion about the right to clean and safe water.
2 July 2021
[Webinar] BCSD Malaysia | Human Rights and the Environment: Improving Supply Chain Compliance
Jia Yaw shared about how to get started on a human rights policy for business organisations.
12 April 2021
[Roundtable] KASA's Roundtable Discussion on Low Emissions Pathway for Malaysia
The Ministry of Environment & Water hosted a multi-sector discussion on Malaysia's low emissions pathway.
16 March 2021
[Webinar] C4 Press Statement | More transparency, stringency needed to preserve human rights and environment from plastic waste imports
Jia Yaw moderated a public forum on the illegal importation of plastic waste that was organised by C4 Center and Sahabat Alam Malaysia. This press statement was issued after the forum.
9 June 2021
[News] South China Morning Post | Can the Penang Reclamation project be stopped?
Critics say the multibillion-dollar island-building scheme, also known as BiodiverCity, will devastate marine life and may be rendered obsolete by coronovirus-fuelled work-from-home practices.
9 April 2021
[Podcast] BFM, Morning Brief | Paradigm shift needed for environmental legislation
Following the frequent water pollution incidents in 2019 and 2020, Jia Yaw speaks about some necessary reforms.
14 March 2021
[Webinar] University Malaya | The Law and the Environment
Universiti Malaya's Ecolawgy organised this environmental law webinar for law students in the run-up to the Law Faculty's Moot competition concerning climate litigation.
About Kiu Jia Yaw
Kiu Jia Yaw
LL.B. (Hons), LL.M.
Admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2004
Partner,
Kiu & Co.
Co-Deputy Chair,
Bar Council Environment & Climate Change Committee
Secretariat Member,
All-Party Parliamentary Group Malaysia on the Sustainable Development Goals (APPGM-SDG)
Founder,
The For-Purpose Enterprise Project
Email: kiu.jiayaw@kiu-co.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiujiayaw/
Jia Yaw is a practising lawyer and an advocate for sustainable development. He was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2004.
He serves on the Bar Council Environment and Climate Change Committee which advises the Malaysian Bar Council in matters relating to the environment and climate change. He focuses on enhancing public participation, climate litigation and environmental justice.
Jia Yaw is a Secretariat Member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group of Malaysia on the Sustainable Development Goals (APPGM-SDG), a group established by Parliament to help Malaysia achieve the SDGs through the localisation of the goals at the constituency level.
Jia Yaw believes that purpose-orientated entrepreneurs, investors and donors, if they try hard enough for long enough, can bring about the changes in our patterns of production and consumption that we urgently need.
He advises businesses, social enterprises, non-profits and government bodies on organisational governance, design thinking and strategy. He serves as an advisor to Raleigh International Kuala Lumpur, a youth-led sustainable development NGO.
He was a Chevening Scholar, having read a master's degree in environmental law (LL.M.) at SOAS, University of London.
His trivial pursuits include coffee and mechanical keyboards.
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