ESG Consortium Archive - The Japan Times

Japan is scheduled to adopt the Long-term Low Greenhouse Gas Emission Development Strategy under the Paris agreement.

Research Leader, Climate And Energy Area, Institute For Global Environmental Strategies (iges)

SPONSORED CONTENT On April 23, the draft of Japan's first Long-term Low Greenhouse Gas Emission Development Strategy under the Paris agreement was issued, and is now subject to public comment. The ...

Stages of innovations in scaling sustainable finance.

ESG CONSORTIUM Apr 28, 2019

Ties key to driving social investment in Asia

by Ken Ito, Roshini Prakash and Bradley Wo

Regional Head, Avpn East Asia/Avpn Knowledge Director/Avpn Knowledge Associate

Social investment refers to the various ways of structuring capital for both financial performance and social value creation, ranging from impact-only approaches, such as traditional philanthropy to venture philanthropy, impact ...

Sophie Robinson-Tillett, deputy editor of Responsible Investor, interviews Hiromichi Mizuno, executive managing director and chief investment officer of the Government Pension Investment Fund, at the RI Asia Japan 2018 conference in Tokyo.

ESG CONSORTIUM Apr 7, 2019

Responsible investing gaining popularity

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RI Asia Japan 2019 is a platform to learn, share and debate on key issues affecting responsible investment based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, which are set to ...

Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. employees participate in an exercise session. They can take part in such activities using Aruco in-house currency, which they earn based on their daily efforts and achievements toward improving their health.

ESG CONSORTIUM Mar 25, 2019

Employee programs on long-term wellness

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The concept of health and productivity management has become an important business approach for companies in recent years to keep growing, even within Japan's already mature business communities. Each company possesses ...

Audience members listen to a presentation by Hiroshi Aoi, president of retail chain Marui Group Co.

ESG CONSORTIUM Mar 10, 2019

Encouraging a shift toward greener outlook, practices

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Amid increased global sustainability concerns and the implementation of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is vital for companies to work on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues to ...

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (fifth from the left) and winners of the Tokyo Financial Award at an award ceremony in Tokyo on Feb. 5.

ESG CONSORTIUM Feb 17, 2019

Companies awarded for financial supports

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Seven companies received the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's inaugural Tokyo Financial Award in recognition of their excellent contributions to ESG (environmental, social and governance) investments or products and services aiding Tokyo ...

Originating in the U.K. in 2010 and expanding to 100 projects in 20 countries, social impact bonds have been increasingly attracting public attention as a new method of social investment.

ESG CONSORTIUM Jan 20, 2019

The rise of social impact bonds in Japan

by Ken Ito

Social impact bonds (SIBs) have been increasingly attracting public attention as a new method of social investment. The first batch of SIBs in Japan were launched in three municipalities during ...

COP24 President Michal Kurtyka (second from right), and other officials after adopting the final agreement at the U.N. climate change conference in Katowice, Poland, on Dec. 15.

ESG CONSORTIUM Dec 24, 2018

Urgency, inclusiveness apparent at COP24

by Kae Takase

"Urgency" and "inclusiveness" were two keywords at the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Katowice, Poland, from Dec. 2 ...

The website of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on COP24.

ESG CONSORTIUM Dec 2, 2018

Climate conference to advance Paris accord

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Adapting implementation guidelines of a climate change accord to combat global warming is the crucial objective at the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention ...