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Jia Yaw was invited back to the Selangor Bar to give a talk on the topic of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG). He presented on how lawyers should navigate the ESG landscape and why it is important to proactively do so.

Astro Awani's Melisa Idris interviewed Jia Yaw on Malaysia’s potential Climate Change Act. He shared his views on how the Act should be and what should be included in its provisions.

Astro Awani interviewed Jia Yaw on Malaysia’s lack of concrete plans to draft the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act even though it has been under discussion for several years.

New Straits Times (NST) interviewed Jia Yaw for his views about the Malaysian government’s indecision about tabling the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act.

For the third and final instalment of our ESG forum series, we focused on addressing corruption through strengthening good governance within the workplace with speakers from MACC, UNDP, World Bank and many more.

In the wake of the current haze pollution blanketing much of ASEAN, CNA interviewed Kiu Jia Yaw for his views on the way forward to fight this regional problem.

The South China Morning Post (SCMP) interviewed Jia Yaw for his views on enacting laws to address businesses responsible for the transboundary haze pollution.

Ahead of Malaysia's Independence Day, BFM's Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla and Sharaad talked about the notion of hope and invited some activists to chime in.

Beyond GDP: Measuring Malaysia's Progress Beyond Ringgit and Sen

Leading up to the 24th Meeting of the Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution on 8th June 2023 in Singapore, Jia Yaw, together with Akademi Sains Malaysia vice-president Prof. Datuk Dr. A. Bakar Jaafar were interviewed for an article in The Star.

Are you an amazing corporate lawyer who is ready to bring everything you have learned to the norm-bending edges?

In the wake of the recent landmark ruling on public participation in development and town planning, BFM speaks with Abraham Au and Jia Yaw about opportunities moving forward on environmental human rights in Malaysia.

35 new Fellows were elected this year, with 9 new Fellows coming from the social sciences and humanities discipline. Jia Yaw is the only legal practitioner among the present 484 Fellows.

The Minister of Economy, YB Rafizi Ramli chaired the meeting, which was the Steering Committee's first meeting for 2023

With Malaysia shrouded in haze pollution again, BFM speaks with Jia Yaw about this perennial problem

Focusing on the gender part of sustainable development, we invited Mölnlycke, Petronas, Ericsson and the 30% Club Malaysia to share their experiences.

SUHAKAM and Greenpeace co-organised a public forum on haze pollution in conjunction with the arrival of the iconic ship at Port Klang

Jia Yaw was invited as a panelist in Petronas' ESG Due Diligence panel discussion

This 3-day workshop was organised as part of the APPGM-SDG's approach to the localisation of the SDGs at the constituencies it works in

Sweden took over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union beginning from 1st January 2023

It's a wonderful cap to 2022 to be recognised as a "mover and shaker in ESG"

Following the 15th General Elections, the UN sat down with us to explore stronger collaborations

Jia Yaw was one of the judges behind this year's awards (and it triggered some mixed feelings!)

Some updates from EPU's Technical Working Group meeting

A 3-day series of multi-stakeholder roundtable discussions to dissect ground policy issues related to SDGs at the parliamentarian level

Organised in partnership with the Malaysian CSO-SDG Alliance, this was all about SDG 17: Partnership for the Goals

The Academy of Sciences organised a public forum as part of its development of a National Planetary Health Action Plan

Jia Yaw participated in the ESG panel of the Summit organised by the KL & Selangor Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry

We had our first meeting to explore avenues for an industry-academia collaboration

Jia Yaw participated in a panel discussion on the business case for social justice

With the government's move towards much higher fines on polluters of water sources, BFM spoke with Jia Yaw and Dr. K. Kalithasan.

Jia Yaw participated in the 2-day forum where regional leaders discussed key topics like post-pandemic recovery, ASEAN centrality, digitalisation and sustainable development.

Are you an amazing lawyer but sense a dissonance between what you do and what ought to be?

Going beyond a general discussion on ESG, we engaged with Volvo Cars, Volvo Trucks and Scania on supply chain sustainability in the local automotive context.

In this one-day forum, Jia Yaw participated in a panel discussion on the climate crisis, journalism and the need for greater access to information

With the launch of the 2022 global Primer on Directors' Duties and Disclosure Obligations, the Bar Council and Climate Governance Malaysia co-organised this webinar to discuss the latest updates

Juliet Jacobs reached out to Jia Yaw to discuss the UN General Assembly's historic recognition of this right just as we were rolling out our campaign to get our MPs to pledge to recognise it in future legislations.

Riding on the recent resolution by the UN General Assembly, we came up with a campaign for MPs to pledge to recognise environmental rights in future legislations

They discussed the impact these plantations have had on the environment and the issues behind the way forest land is exploited.

A public discussion at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Malaysia's progress on localising the SDGs just before our delegates head off to New York for the High Level Political Forum

In the wake of the eviction notice served on Kebun-Kebun Bangsar, BFM spoke with Jia Yaw on the laws around community gardens

The Asia Pacific Forum (APF) invited us to share our experience in bringing the CERAH Coalition’s petition to SUHAKAM on transboundary haze pollution and our right to clean air.

MyHutan organised a one-day youth climate change summit

In this RWC Webinar Community Series, Darren Lai discussed Malaysia's environmental and climate change laws with Jia Yaw

UNICEF Malaysia organised a capacity development workshop to empower children and young persons for environmental and climate justice

At the conclusion of the two-day roundtable discussion on haze pollution, SUHAKAM and the CERAH Coalition issued a joint press statement

This roundtable discussion will be a process for SUHAKAM to develop suitable recommendations to address the systemic gaps that allow haze pollution to persist

KLSCCCI kicked off its series of ESG-focussed events with this inaugural webinar with 3 important panellists

A workshop by the Ministry of Environment and Water, conducted as part of the review of the 2009 National Climate Change Policy

CERAH's Dr. Helena Varkkey and Jia Yaw speak about the SUHAKAM complaint recently submitted by a broad coalition of NGOs

The Selangor Bar's Human Rights & Environment Sub-Committee is working with the Bar Council Environment & Climate Change Committee in this new Environmental Series

We are urging SUHAKAM to hold a public inquiry for the purposes of making findings and recommendations to the government to address the haze problem.

Lavanya, Khairun Nisa and Jia Yaw discussed "Delivering Climate Action from Policy to Grassroots"

SUHAKAM, in collaboration with C4 Center, organised this event which shed a lot of light on the problems linked with imported plastic waste

Suatu forum untuk melazimkan dialog-dialog di kalangan aktivis yang memperjuangkan keadilan iklim

IIUM invited some subject matter experts to contribute to the design of their new Climate Change Policy & Law curriculum

A unique discussion of transboundary haze pollution from Indonesia and the Mekong region

In the wake of the Selangor government's U-turn on the degazettement of the KLNFR, Jia Yaw talks about some legal measures needed to protect forest reserves.

Astro's anchors speak with Jia Yaw following the Selangor government's decision this evening to re-gazette the KLNFR and scrap its controversial development plans.

After months of intense work, the Academy of Sciences Malaysia has submitted its report to the Ministry of Environment & Water (KASA)

The Bar Council Environment & Climate Change Committee co-organised this webinar with Climate Governance Malaysia (CGM)

Jia Yaw shared about how to get started on a human rights policy for business organisations.

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.

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.

The Ministry of Environment & Water hosted a multi-sector discussion on Malaysia's low emissions pathway.

Following the frequent water pollution incidents in 2019 and 2020, Jia Yaw speaks about some necessary reforms.

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.

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.

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.

An online roundtable discussion on rebuilding local economies against the challenges of Covid-19, in the context of the work of the APPGM-SDG.

Dalam siri "1 jam untuk alam" ABIM, president ABIM, Tuan Muhamad Faisal berbincang dengan Kiu Jia Yaw tentang status perundangan dan penguatkuasaan undang-undang hutan dan iklim.

In this second episode of our 5-episode series on environmental rights, we have an engaging discussion with Datuk Prof Shad Saleem Faruqi and Preetha Sankar on our sources of environmental law.

BFM’s Juliet Jacobs discusses with Jia Yaw on Malaysia’s legal framework for environmental protection and sustainability, and the reforms we need.

An interview on the recent water cut following the pollution of Sungai Gong in Selangor.

At CIMB's Cooler Earth Summit, Jia Yaw calls on entrepreneurs and businesses to reflect on their role in society and how they can contribute towards sustainable development.

Following the Government's decision not to introduce a law to tackle Malaysian companies responsible for forest fires in Indonesia, Jia Yaw was interviewed by Michael Taylor of Reuters for his thoughts.

A review report submitted to the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister’s Department, in conjunction with the 2019 SDG Summit Malaysia held on 7 November 2019. This was prepared by the Malaysian CSO-SDG Alliance on Malaysia’s progress in the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, for the period between 2016 and 2019.