Ruth Yeoh Pei Cheen is a Malaysian businesswoman, philanthropist and environmentalist. She is currently the Executive Director at YTL Singapore and Director of YTL Corporation's carbon credit and clean development mechanism consultancy. She is the co-author of ''Cut Carbon, Grow Profits: Business Strategies for Managing Climate Change and Sustainability''.

Early life and family

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and Puan Sri Datin Paduka Rosaline Yeoh. Her paternal grandfather was Tan Sri Dato' Seri

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, the founder of

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. She is the older sister of

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and a first cousin of

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and

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. She graduated with a degree in Architectural Studies from the

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and has a degree in Management from the

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Career

Yeoh began working for her family's company,

, in 2005. She serves as the executive director of the Singapore branch and leads the corporation's sustainability division. She started YTL's ''Climate Change Week'', a flagship educational program designed to raise awareness about climate change and its effects both in Malaysia and globally. In 2008 she was appointed as a member of the Board of Rare Conservation. She was awarded a Silver Award in CSR Leadership at the Global CSR Summit Awards in 2011. In 2012 she was awarded the Regional Singapore Environmental Achievement Award bu the Singapore Environmental Council. In 2014 she was awarded a GreenTech Award as one of Malaysia's Top 30 Green Catalysts. In 2013 she served as a committee member for the Singapore Environmental Achievement Awards and was selected as a World Cities Summit Young Leader for the 2014 World Cities Summit. In 2015 she co-founded Recyclothes, a

sustainable fashion Sustainable fashion (also known as eco-fashion) is a term describing products, processes, activities, and actors (policymakers, brands, consumers) aiming to achieve a carbon-neutral fashion industry, built on equality, social justice, animal ...

project and charity, with her sister

. Since 2015 Yeoh has served on the Board of Trustees for Kew Foundation to support the Royal Botanic Gardens. She is also a member of the Board of Advisers for the Malaysian Association in Singapore, a board member for the Gardens by the Bay and a board member of United Women Singapore. She serves as a Global Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity for Children Foundation. She is a member of the Business Council for Sustainability and Responsibility Malaysia and an investment member of the Asian Renewable Energy and Environment Fund and the Renewable Energy and Environment Fund. She is also a board member at Reef Check Malaysia and a fellow at Asia Society's Asia 21 Young Leaders Initiative. She has written for the ''

Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

'' and ''

Financial Times The ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs. Based in London, England, the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, Nik ...

'' and in 2007 co-edited and wrote a book on climate change called ''Cut Carbon, Grow Profits: Business Strategies for Managing Climate Change and Sustainability''. In 2015 she was listed as one of twelve to watch in

Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. ''Forbes'' also re ...

' list of ''Asia's Power Businesswomen'' and was listed as one of their "Heroes of Philanthropy" for her work in conservation and sustainable development. She was awarded the Alumni Laureate Award by the

in 2017.

Personal life

Yeoh is a practising Christian, and has expressed that her faith is part of inspiration for sustainable and environmental work. She is married to Kenneth Khaw.

References

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Ruth Ruth (or its variants) may refer to: Places France * Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France Switzerland * Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny United States * Ruth, Alabama * Ruth, Ar ...

Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Malaysian women writers