Peggy Liu

Posted on Oct 7, 2012 in Featured Young Leaders

Peggy Liu

Chairperson and Co-founder of JUCCCE

Peggy is an internationally recognized expert on China’s energy landscape. JUCCCE is a non-profit organization dedicated to changing the way China creates and uses energy, because a green China is the key to a healthy world. JUCCCE is well-known for its effectiveness in carrying out system changing programs and for fostering international collaboration with China.

She is also an executive advisor to Marks & Spencer on sustainable retailing, a member of the World Economic Forum‘s Global Agenda Council on Sustainable Consumption 2012, an advisor to the Katerva Challenge for innovative climate change solutions.

She served as a member of the World Economic Forum‘s Global Agenda Council on New Energy Architecture 2011, and an energy adviser to the Clinton Global Initiative in 2008.

Peggy was honoured as the Hillary Step for Climate Change Solutions in 2012, a Time Magazine Hero of the Environment in 2008, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2009, the Hillary Laureate of 2010 for climate change leadership, a Forbes “Women to Watch in Asia” in 2010, a Huffington Post “Greatest Person of the Day” in 2011, a top 25 innovative business leaders of China Business News Weekly 2012.

In Chinese press, she has been recognized as a green leader on covers and in features such as Global Times (―Green Goddess‖), Beijing Tatler (―Green Miracle‖), Vogue China (“4 Women Who Will Change the World”), Psychologies (―10 Green Handkerchiefs award‖), L‘Officiel, Elle, Good Housekeeping, Rui Li, Southern People Weekly, Shanghai Daily, The Bund, 21st Century Herald, China Daily, QQ, Sohu.com.