Dr. Fumio TATEISHI is chairman of OMRON Corporation. After graduating from Keio University, Faculty of Business & Commerce in 1972, he joined OMRON Corporation in 1975. In 1987 he became President of OMRON CANADA INC. He became General Manager of Marketing Center, Sales Division, Industrial Business Group in 1993 and General Managers of Overseas Division, Corporate Strategic Center in 1995. Dr. Tateishi was appointed Director of OMRON Corporation in June 1997, President of OMRON Europe B.V in November 1997. He became Executive Vice President of Industrial Automation Company in 2003, and Director and Executive Vice Chairman in 2008. He presently serves as the Chairman of OMRON Corporation since 2013. Dr. Tateishi also serves in many public positions, such as a Director for The Japan Electrical Manufactures’ Association, Executive Trustee for KEIDANREN, Visiting Professor for the Faculty of Engineering at the Osaka Institute of Technology, and a Part-time Lecturer for the Graduate School of Engineering at Tohoku University. In 2011, He received his Ph.D. in Management Science and Technology from the Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan.

Takeshi “Tak” Niinami is President and CEO of Suntory Holdings, one of the world's leading consumer products companies with operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania. Prior to joining Suntory in 2014, he served as CEO of Lawson, Inc, Asia’s major convenience store operator, where he accomplished profit growth for 12 consecutive years and tripled its market capitalization.

Tak holds many prestigious leadership positions outside of Suntory.
He serves on the Tax Commission of Japan, and acts as a member of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy as senior economic advisor to the Prime Minister. Tak is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s International Business Council, the Global Board of Advisors of the Council on Foreign Relations and The Business Council in the U.S.

Tak received the “2016 Global Leadership Award” from The Committee for Economic Development. He graduated from Harvard Business School with honors.

1983 Joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.
2005 Head of Structured Products Dept.,Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. Ltd.
2006 Senior Managing Director
2007 Senior Managing Director,Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
2009 Member of the Board and Executive Managing Director
2010 Member of the Board and Executive Managing Director,Daiwa Securities Capital Markets Co. Ltd.
2012 Member of the Board and Senior Executive Managing Director,Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.
2015 Senior Executive Managing Director,Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
Member of the Board and Senior Executive Managing Director, Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.
2016 Member of the Board and Deputy President,Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
Deputy President, Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.
2017 Member of the Board, President and CEO,Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
President, Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

After graduating from the College of Liberal Arts of International Christian University in 1967, he joined Fuji Xerox. He became President and Representative Director of that company in 2002. In 2007 he retired as President and was appointed as an Executive Advisor to the Board. In the same year, he was appointed as a Board Member of the United Nations Global Compact. Since 2008 he also has been serving as Chairman of the Board of Global Compact Network Japan. In 2010, he also became the Chairperson of Japan Platform, an NGO platform organization for emergency humanitarian aids.
He is a board member of two public companies, Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd., Resona Holdings, Inc.

Hiroshi Komiyama, a prominent academic, scientist and engineer and leading authority in global sustainability, became Chairman of the Institute of Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. in April 2009, after completing four-year presidency at the University of Tokyo.
He obtained a PhD in chemical engineering at the University of Tokyo. His major fields of research include environmental engineering, advanced materials science and knowledge sharing. He is the 28th President of the University of Tokyo, Chairman of the Mitsubishi Research Institute, and also an advisor to the Japanese Government on subjects ranging from education to aging. In 2010 he founded the 'Platinum Society Network' to achieve a sustainable society that solves environmental, aging, educational and economic issues.
He leads Japan and the world with his strong influence, extraordinary leadership and enthusiasm to achieve global sustainability.He won the 2017 Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award for his distinguished lead in building a “network of networks” and enabling “knowledge innovation” for a sustainable society.

Chris Hogg is Head of Corporate Communications for Asia, Oceania and sub-Saharan Africa at Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage company. Present in 191 countries around the world, Nestlé’s 328,000 employees are committed to enhancing quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. Company performance is driven by its Nutrition, Health and Wellness strategy. Chris is based at Nestlé’s headquarters in the Swiss town of Vevey where the company was founded more than 150 years ago. Before joining Nestlé in 2011 he worked for the BBC for 17 years, including three years as the BBC Tokyo correspondent from 2006-2008.

Murakami joined Marketing Intelligence Corporation (now INTAGE HOLDINGS Inc.) in 1985, and has been involved in marketing research and data planning analysis for a broad range of industries spanning from foods, drugs, automobiles, and services to nuclear power administration. In the early 2000s, he promoted the development and systematization of brand management-based survey and analytical methods, and in the 2010s assisted in the development of i-SSP (INTAGE Single Source Panel), a platform linking the purchase data of 30,000 consumers with their exposure to TV, Internet, and other media. In 2012, Murakami was appointed president and representative director of DOCOMO InsightMarketing, INC. a joint venture launched with NTT DOCOMO, INC. in anticipation of the emergence of mobile networks and big data, and has been serving in this position since 2014. In line with INTAGE’s corporate vision—”Create Consumer-centric Values – working closely with clients in marketing to make consumers happy”—Murakami is currently proposing and promoting data activation in the age of big data.

Based in London, Denise leads sustainability strategy and stakeholder engagement projects with an emphasis on pharmaceutical, food and beverage and energy sectors. She is expert in the design and execution of sustainability and stakeholder engagement strategies. She also helps lead the Engaging Stakeholders Network - advising organisations on integration, transparency and reporting.

Relevant experience includes Nestlé, Novartis, Novo Nordisk and Shell. She recently led our work with the AMR Industry Alliance reporting the life sciences industry's progress against antimicrobial resistance. She co-authored Orchestrating Change: Catalyzing the Next Generation of Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration.

Previously, Denise worked in public stakeholder engagement and consultation. She has also worked with national and global NGOs as well as UN agencies in Latin America and India. Denise holds a BA in Social Anthropology from Harvard College and MSc in Forced Migration from Oxford University.

Working with more than 70,000 team members at more than 40 domestic and international resorts, Gwen sets the strategy, direction and management goals for the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives including Responsible Gaming, Diversity & Inclusion, environmental sustainability, community involvement and global philanthropy. She also has oversight for the Caesars Foundation, a private entity funded by resorts owned or operated by Caesars Entertainment.

Gwen leads the industry in assessing macro trends and issues that may affect the business and development goals. She is on the forefront of utilizing customer data and spending behavior to show that strong CSR programs deliver a positive financial outcome. Her work involves human rights, social safeguards, food scarcity, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and context based targets.

Gwen is currently a Corporate Advisory Board member for the World Resources Institute (WRI), Sustainable Brands and serves as Trustee Chair of Impact NV. She and her wife Cuc Vu enjoy parenting their budding social justice advocates: Max (4) and Ava (2) in their pseudo spare time.

Susanne leads Novo Nordisk’s efforts to be a sustainable business and is charged with management of corporate sustainability-driven programmes, the integrated Annual Report, stakeholder engagements and communication on the value of the company’s Triple Bottom Line (TBL) business principle. She sets the strategic direction for the company’s positioning as a sustainability leader and a pioneer in demonstrating the long-term business value of incorporating economic, social and environmental perspectives into its market proposition.

Susanne joined the Novo Group in 2000 to ingrain the TBL principle in the business as the lens for decision-making and a strong component of the corporate culture. Among her achievements are the successful integration of the company’s financial and sustainability reporting. She represents Novo Nordisk in the UN Global Compact and the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights. She is appointed member of the International Integrated Reporting Council, and member of the Board of the Access to Nutrition Foundation and the Board of the Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings. She was member of the initial Advisory Board of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board. In 2013 she was appointed adjunct professor of Corporate Sustainability at the Copenhagen Business School and in 2016 she joined the UC Berkeley-Haas School of Business as a Berkeley Social Impact Fellow.

Susanne holds a MA in English Studies and a BA in East Asian Area Studies, both from Aarhus University, Denmark. She is a graduate of the Stanford Business Executive Programme.

Solitaire has been trying to make the world a better place for nearly 30 years. As co-founder of the change agency Futerra, which uses the logic of sustainability strategy and magic of creativity for positive change. She advises governments, charities and brands like Danone, Lancôme and Vodafone. With 70 Futerrans now working in London, Stockholm, New York and Mexico City she admits that making the world a better place was a pretty good business plan. You can watch her TEDx talks online and read her in the Guardian, Huffington Post, Forbes and more often as @GreenSolitaire. She was once even profiled in Harper’s Bazaar; but they didn’t let her keep the clothes. Solitaire was named ‘Ethical Entrepreneur of the Year’ in 2008 and more recently was Chair of the UK Green Energy Scheme, a member of the United Nations Sustainable Lifestyles Taskforce and a London Leader for Sustainability. Her new book The Happy Hero is published October 2017 by Unbound.

2009　Founded Value Added Network
2010　Established Mirairo, Inc.
2012　Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Ritsumeikan University
2013　Director of the Japan Universal Manners Association
2015　Advisor to the Nippon Foundation Paralympic Support Center
2016　Advisor to the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games organizing committee
2018　Received the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award at Japan Venture Awards 2018

Aoi joined MARUI GROUP in 1986. After holding such positions as managing director and executive vice president, he became president and representative director of the Company in April 2005.

In the 2016 All-Japan Executive Team Rankings released by U.S. financial sector magazine Institutional Investor, President Aoi was ranked No. 1 in the retailing category in sell side list of the Best CEOs and No. 3 in the buy side list.

Born in Tokyo in 1989. Graduated from Meiji University with a degree from the Global / Japanese studies Faculty. MATCHA Corporation's President, Representative Director, and a Regional Producer in the Cool Japan Cabinet Office.
During his school days, he traveled extensively around the world. After working for the digital agency augment5 Inc., in February 2014, he began running the web media site MATCHA for international travelers. MATCHA is available in 10 languages, read by visitors from over 200 different countries, and works in co-operation with numerous companies, prefectures, and local governments to share Japanese travel and culture information around the world.

After joining Dentsu, she was in charge of clients' management / business strategy needs, marketing strategy on product service, etc. In 2016, while working for Dentsu Research Institute, she launched the "Dentsu SDGs Project" that will be a cross-company project to resolve social issues, raising employees awareness towards SDGs within the company, in tandem with developing SDGs service menus that can be offered to clients.. Organized SDGs business seminar for clients last December.
She also pursues harmonious coexistence of nature, animals, plants and human for her own interests and is the leader of Dentsu Think Pet Project.
Global Compact Network Japan （GCNJ） SDGs Task Force member.

l entered Hokuetsu Paper Mills in 1990, have been working for woodchip procurement and forest management in Japan and overseas. Through my experience staying in Africa, we are supporting Kyu Kan Cho project of Pan Akimoto as our CSR activity that is to send ever fresh canned bread to schools in Swaziland.

Angela Marie Ortiz, joined H&M Japan in 2016 to lead & manage the sustainability department. She established the Recyclers program for the company and works to enable staff and customers to engage in environmentally safe and sustianable fashion habits. She is a popular lecturer and public speaking trainer, frequently seen at universities and symposiums raising awareness of social issues and solutions.
Her background is CSR consulting and community development, in post disaster regions. Angela was an active figure in the 3.11 Tohoku disaster emergency support response and was named Recovery Support Ambassador to the city of Minamisanriku cho, Miyagi prefecture in 2014.
Angela lives in Tokyo with her daughter, is passionate about sports, dancing, a zero-waste lifestyle, and social innovation. She has run two Marathons （Tokyo and Ultra）, and has participated in long distance cycle charity races （500km） in 2014 and 2015.

Antony Strianese is a FMCG company leader, expert in Business Strategy, Marketing, Innovation and Portfolio Management.
He has a broad experience across key FMCG sectors such as household, cosmetic, OTC and food in Europe and Asia. Strong “changing agent” has lead impactful and profitable transformation trough out organizations, focusing on key brand values and assets combined with local insights.
Since 2010 he is in Barilla, where he now holds the position of President and Managing Director of Barilla Japan.
Passionate, authentic and truly Italian, he is a strong ambassador of Barilla's “Good For You, Good for the Planet, Good for the Communities - GYGPGC” vision and he is constantly engaged in bringing a sustainable business vision and practices for the business in Japan.

Ms. Ito joined Recruit in 2000 after working for a publishing company and spending some time as a housewife. She was appointed to the Zexy Division and in 2006 became editor-in-chief of Zexy Tokyo Metropolitan Area. She returned to work after giving birth and served as editor-in-chief of the same magazine again from 2010. She was appointed General Chief Editor in 2011. As part of her efforts to manage her own work-life balance, which includes the rearing of twins, her aim has been to be an editor who goes home at 5 o'clock. As of April 2015, She was in charge of diversity within the Recruit Group. Since2017,she is in charge of the sustainability section of Recruit Group.

Isetan Shinjuku store Ma・Lingerie buyer.
While dealing with lingerie around the world, we are considering what customer's interests are chaging everyday.
Participate in the development of products and events in response to the growing interest in natural materials and organic products such as "we are kind to the body" because it is touching the customer's skin.

Mar. 1981　Bachelor degree in Architecture and Building Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Mar. 1983　Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Apr. 1983　Joined Takenaka Corporation
　Assigned to Project Development Department and other development planning divisions and engaged in constructing and promoting mid- to long-term large-sized projects, such as urban redevelopment.

Oct. 2017　General Manager, Urban Creation Strategy Department, newly established.
　In charge of marketing, research and analysis, business development, and strategy planning, through dialogue with our various stakeholders, to seek solution to the social problems in order to realize a sustainable society.

・1989 Mar: Graduated from Department of Urban Engineering, the University of Tokyo.
・1989 Apr: Joined Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.
・Responsible for urban planning, leisure business and corporate management for 20 years.
・2007 Apr : Deputy manager of Building Development Planning Department.
・2015 Apr : Deputy manager of Yokohama Branch.
・2016 Apr : General manager of the Urban Development Promotion Department （current position）.

In charge of environmental communication from 1999. Currently in charge of corporate communication such as corporate branding, environmental and social contribution activities, and etc. that focus on sustainability.
Has been accumulated numerous track records for clients he worked with such as achieving No.1 rank in Corporate Site Survey and Eco Site Survey and receiving Sustainability Report Award Sustainability Grand Prize （all ranking in Japan）.
・Program Committee Member of Japan Forum of Business and Society （since 2011）
・Researcher, 21st Century Public Policy Institute, KEIDANREN （Japan Business Federation） （2013）

She founded ACE in 1997 while she was earning a master's degreey in response to Mr.Kailash Satyarthi（2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate）'s call for the Global March Movement. While continuing on as its president, she worked for a NGO; in the private sector for Fujitsu; and for the World Food Program. She was a Fellow at Winrock International in Washington D.C. in 2006. Since 2007 she became full-time president and in 2008 organized SA8000 training course of which she completed. ACE has been addressing child labour as supply chain human rights issue. Currently She is acting as secretariat of STOP! Child Labour Network Japan, a board of Global March Against Child Labour and Japan Ethical Initiative. ACE was nominated for The U.S. Department of Labor Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor （2012）. ACE won Nikkei Social Initiative Award in International category （2015） for its solution model involving corporate partners and consumers to end child labour in cocoa in Ghana.

After joining Japan Airlines in 1985, Hidetsugu Ueda successively held posts; starting off in the Industrial Relations Department, President’s secretary, in charge of the Tokyo Branch Corporation Sales Group, Vice President of Maintenance Planning and Administration office.From 2010 onwards, as Executive Officer and Vice President of the HumanResources Department, he has been devoted to the creation of a new work-style for Japan Airlines reborn, by contributing to raising awareness and setting the mindset of the company through restructuring training programs and personnel. Alongside this challenge, he has been assertive in incorporating diverse ideas such as telecommuting, taking further steps towards improving and cultivating work ethics for the wellbeing of the employers regardless of their race, gender, nationality.

Masataka UO is the founder and CEO of Japan Fundraising Association, a nationwide fundraisers' network that promotes philanthropic giving in Japan, and the founder and CEO of Fundrex.Co.Ltd, a leading fundraising, and NPO management consulting company.
He led the launch of the Certified Fundraiser （CFR） program in Japan and has organized annual fundraising conference in Japan. He also tries to expand “Learning by Giving” program in Japan.
He is also the Vice Chair of the Japan National Committee for the G-8 Social Impact Investment Task force and the Vice President of Japan Volunteer Coordination Association. He is one of the top leaders in Japan's fundraising/social investment sector with a track record of success in raising funds for social causes, cultural projects, and international development. Aside from serving at the Economic Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, he also worked for Japan International Cooperation Agency （JICA）

Cats Edo is a professor of marketing and marketing research at Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Business and Management School (HBMS). Before joining HBMS in 2016, he served as a professor on Bunka Gakuen University, Department of Fashion Sciences, where he was in charge of Global Management. As a research technical advisor of Survey Research Center Corporation since 1994, he has consulted many corporations through marketing research in Japan. His major interest now is Picture Mining, a research method using pictures from the respondents. He got Master Degree of Commerce at Keio University in 1994. He finished the Ph. D Course of Commerce at Keio in 1997.

In 1986 Ms. Okayama established Asahi Elles Inc. for women who may be able to work at their best even after their marriage and at childbearing age. Since 2000 Asahi Elles Inc. began visiting Grand Rapids, MI. USA in order to learn how to develop a Sustainable Community by a joint effort of local government, educational institutions and local businesses. We were highly impressed with the different hospital management philosophy from what we know in Japan and the Pink Ribbon Movement.
 With all these lessons in mind we established many NPO organizations and General Incorporated Associations below. Presently we support individuals who would dedicate themselves to develop Sustainable Communities.
 Ms. Keiko Okayama is a Chairman of Asahi Elles Inc. Ms. Okayama also takes responsibilities of Cancer Ribbons and Counseling Center for Work & Parenting as a Vice Chairman. Then, Ms. Okayama is a Board Member of Breast Health Research Association, Japan ESD Promotion Forum, and Nutrition Promotion Council for Healthy Kids Committee.

Mr. Otoyama joined Bridgestone Corporation in 2001. After working as an engineer for material & compound development of F1 & MotoGP tires, he was engaged in the development of compound for eco-friendly Retread tires, used in Truck/Bus operation.
In 2012, he was transferred to Group Global Marketing Strategy Division （in Global Headquarter）, involved in the development of grobal product strategy for Truck/Bus operation, especially in Asia and the emerging markets. He then joined Mobility Solution Strategy department, which was established in October 2017. Here, he is currently involved in establishing a Solution business model, focusing not only on product-only approach, but a combination of product, maintenance service and IT/sensing technology.

Master of Engineering（Industrial Design）, March, 1990, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

1990 Joined OMRON Corporation
He had been working on industrial design and user interface research at Design Dept., engaged in corporate website and brand strategy at Corporate Communications HQ, and also working on new business strategy at corporate planning HQ.
After that he experienced his carrier at Business Development Group,Environmental Solutions Business HQ.
He has been in current position since 2017.

Sergio Kato joined Ricoh Company, Ltd. in 1982 after graduating from the faculty of Law of Waseda University.
Since 1990, He has held a number of senior executive positions in Europe and Japan during his thirty year career, as Sales　executive of OEM business of Ricoh Europe, Vice President of　Ricoh Italia Spa., Senior Vice President of Ricoh Europe.
Since 2010, Kato had been General Manager of the company's Global MDS Center（current Business Services Center）. Since August 2013, he was General Manager of the Business Strategy Center of the Business Solutions Group.
In April 2015, Kato was appointed to Corporate Vice President of Ricoh Company,　Ltd. and General Manager of Sustainability Management Division. In these roles,　he manages the challenges and development of Ricoh's Sustainability Management（CSR/Environment） with the slogan “Driving Sustainability for Our Future”.

Graduated from Department of Sience and Engineering, WASEDA University.
2004-2011, he experienced temporary transfer in a real estate fund firm, and engaged in create a fund and asset management, based on experience in Risk Management Dept. in Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC).
After he returned to SMBC in 2011, he has been working to make new financial scheme. For example, he engaed listing a Health Care Reit, and making Japan's first financial structure of Social impact Bond.

Joined Daiwa Securities in 1986, worked as researcher and securities analyst
Transferred to Daiwa Institute of Research in 1994 and have worked as securities analyst, consultant of environmental management, now engaging in research and study of CSR and SRI environmental and reporting sustainability reporting.
From April 2010 to June 2011 worked as a head of CSR group at headquarter office of Daiwa Securities Group.
Also serves as a Chief Executive Japan Sustainable Investment Forum, and Tokyo Metropolitan Environment Council Member
Received bachelors degree in public finance from Hitotsubashi University in Japan in1983. Received Masters degree in applied economics from Hitotsubashi University Graduate School in 1986.

After joining FUJI PHOTO FILM Co., Ltd.（currently FUJIFILM Corporation）, Ms. Kawasaki was assigned to the IT systems division. This was followed by a period developing software in the product development division, and in charge of e-commerce at a group company. She was then transferred to the environment division, where she was engaged in introducing chemical management/chemical substance information systems to the Group companies.
Following this, she was appointed to spearhead the establishment of CSR strategies as well as supervise internal/external communications at FUJIFILM Holdings CSR division.
In 2014, she formulated and communicated the medium term CSR plan, "Sustainable Value Plan 2016 （SVP2016）," and played a prominent role in internally promoting the message "contributing to resolving social issues creates new business opportunities."
Since 2016, she has been overseeing the group-wide CSR strategies promoting SVP2030, the medium to long term CSR plan targeting 2030.

In 1998, Mitsui Real Estate Development enters the company. I am engaged in the plan development of the making of community and the environment management item in the large-scale item including the citizen-based town planning project "leaf smart city which. I stand and nominate NPO corporation "Nihonbashi friend" holding "アサゲ ニホンバシ" for （in charge of new product development of the apartment business） at the time of Mitsui Real Estate Development temporary transfer. It is unified the building headquarters, corporation business groups of Mitsui Real Estate Development from October, 2014. The present is work styling group administration, UX charge of the part new establishment.

In 1985, Completion of Graduate School of Waseda University. Joined Nikkei-McGrowhill co.ltd. Writer of Nikkei Business, Deputy editor of Nikkei Business, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief, Managing Editor of Nikkei Business, and Publisher of Nikkei Business Online. In 2008 Founder and President of JBpress.From 2016, Founder and Managing Editor.

I graduated from the Department of English Studies, Faculty of Foreign Languages at Sophia University in 1982, and started work at CASIO that same year. In my first 27 years with the company, I was involved in overseas sales of cash registers and other system products; I also experienced overseas assignment in Australia and in the U.S.A.
Since 2009, I have worked upon compliance-related issues such as security trade control, before taking up my current position in 2011. My aim has been to ensure that respect for human rights becomes permanently established as a core element in CASIO's corporate culture, while making use of the specially-developed "Human Rights Check Tool" to build an effective framework for human rights due diligence, and focusing on the formulation of the "Casio Group Basic Policy on Respect for Human Rights." Over the last few years, I have been working on the cultivation of CSR core talent, with the appointment of over 100 "CSR Leaders" in every division, and using a bottom-up approach to strengthen CSR literacy within the CASIO Group.

Joined the Nippon Foundation in 2011 and has been involved in various social finance projects including the Japan Venture Philanthropy Fund, Japan National Advisory Board for G8 Social Impact Investment Taskforce, and development of Social Impact Bond projects. Previously, she worked in the investment field at the Japanese trading company Mitsui&Co, and involved in housing projects as summer associate with Acumen Fund Pakistan. She has a master's degree in International Development and Social Change from Clark University, US.

Grant has spent over 14 years designing and delivering software solutions that help clients to accelerate sustainability performance. Based in Vancouver, he worked with leading cities and companies across North America to formulate sustainability strategies and performance management communication frameworks, including sustainability and climate action plans for the City of Berkeley, San Francisco, Vancouver and Albuquerque. For the last 7 years, Grant has worked with cr360, now UL EHS Sustainability, on large corporate projects with leading organisations such as Nestle, H&M, Heineken, and Philips, covering sustainability performance management, environment, health and safety risk management, and supply chain sustainability.

Kaori Kuroda is the Executive Director of CSO Network Japan. Before moving to the nonprofit sector, she worked at Mitsubishi Heavy Industry, the Asia Foundation and the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School.　
She was an NGO Expert to the ISO 26000 Working Group in 2007-2010 and is currently a member of the Working Group on ISO20400 in Japan and the Working Group on Sustainable Procurement Code for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. She is a member of the Roundtable for promoting Sustainable Development Goals established by the SDGs Promotion Headquarters at the Prime Minister’s office.
Ms. Kuroda serves as a board member of SDSN Japan and a member of the Social Contribution Committee at the Japan Football Association. She also is the President of Japan Civil Society Network on SDGs and Chair of Oxfam Japan. She holds a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University. She is a member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

1989-2015　Research and development of houses at headquaters.
2015-　　　Managing the research project about "Smart Wellness House" for consumer's Energy-benefits and Non-Energy-benefits with IoT,AI and robotics.
class-1 Architect.

I first joined CASIO in 1982 where I was engaged in general personnel affairs for 13 years.
In 1995, I was appointed PA to the President and Head of the President’s Secretarial Office and then as of 2004 additionally held the post of CSR Promotion Office Manager.
In 2011, I assumed duties as Executive Officer and General Manager, Secretarial and External Affairs Department, before taking up my present position in charge of all aspects of CSR activities, including Environmental Practices after integrating the section responsible for Environmental issues into the CSR Promotion Office.

Born in 1971, he graduated from the Policy Management Faculty of Keio University in 1994. In autumn 2011, he obtained a master's degree from Harvard Business School in the Advanced Management Program. He participated in the creation of Rakuten in 1997. In charge of the e-commerce business for many years - launching the sales division, Osaka branch, marketing division, international business division… - he then became the CEO of the American headquarters and Asian headquarters. Since last autumn, he occupies the position of Chief People Officer (CPO). In 2011, he was chosen as the representative of Japan to the Young Global Leaders (YGL) of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Right after the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake, he created the fund for education assistance "Beyond Tomorrow" and scholarships to foster the leadership of youth in the disaster area as a YGL member.
Since Rakuten's IPO in 2000, he supports Keio students through the "Seichu scholarship". He is personally involved in different education projects and is notably one of the founders of UWC ISAK Japan.

Yoshinari Koyama is a professor of business administration at Kanto Gakuin University. He also serves as vice-president. He holds a Ph.D. from Meiji University and has taught at Yamanashi Gakuin University, Yokohama National University, Meiji University. His areas of interest and research include CSR, business ethics, ethics training and education.

Ms. Kyoko Sasaki joined Bridgestone in 2007 after working for environmental consulting firms. From 2007 to 2015, she was working for the environmental department mainly engaged in environmental communication including launching Bridgestone's long-term environmental vision. Since 2016, her assignment expands from environment to CSR / sustainability area and recent job includes launching Bridgestone's global CSR commitment "Our Way to Serve". She is also playing active roles in several cross functional projects in the company such as Diversity, Olympics, and Solution Business.

Joined AJINOMOTO CO,.INC. Apr.1986
Associate General Manager And Group Manager, Direct Response Marketing Group, Health Services Dept. Jul.2006
General Manager, Nutrition Care Dept. Jan.2011
General Manager, Corporate Planning Dept. Jul.2013
Corporate Exective Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning Dept. （Incumbent） Jul.2017

QUALIFICATIONS
Tour guide interpreter certification（English, French）

EXPERIENCE
Present
Director of Japanese business ethics society
Director of Global business society
Director non profit organization sustainability forum Japan

ITO EN, LTD 2008 to present
2014-2010 Director

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2008-1977
2008-2007 Director-General of Kanto Regional Forest Office
2006-2005 Councilor （Deputy Director-General for International Affairs）, Minister's Secretariat 2005-2004 Councilor, Minister's SecretariatI Ministry of the Environment

1977 Entered the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

EDUCATION
1976 Graduated from the Tokyo University law department

WROTE BOOKS
“Era of Collaboration” 2015 Wis-works co Ltd.
“Competitive strategy of the CSR new age” 2013 Nippon Hyoron sha co. Ltd.

Dr CJ Palmer graduated from the Karolinska Institute in 2002, received his Medical Licence in 2004 and obtained a Specialist in Family Medicine (General Practioner) certificate in 2011.
In 2011 he founded the wind power company Silver Road Wind Power, and in 2017 Palmer co-founded Verdivo Capital, an asset management company, focusing on investments in large scale renewable energy projects.

Palmerʼs musical career has been focused on singing, songwriting and composing. As the singer, songwriter and driving force of pop-rock band ”CJ Palmer”, Palmer experienced international success with the bandʼs debut album ”Everything That Shines” from which the singles ”34” and ”Always” became hit songs in Europe, the US and Asia.

Sustainable Soundtracks is a music act that addresses some of todayʼs most crucial topics such as sustainability, climate change and ocean sustainability, etc. Sustainable Soundtracks has received an overwhelming response from audiences even though the first single has not been released yet. Top Swedish/ American producer Ingemar Aberg (Kelly Clarkson, Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande, etc.) produced the songs to be released by Sustainable Soundtracks.
Sustainable Soundtracks first single ”Ocean to Ocean” is scheduled for release in June 2018.
During the Sustainable Brands event in Tokyo 2018, Sustainable Soundtracks will deliver an exclusive performance of ”Ocean to Ocean”.

Jennifer is an International and Human Rights lawyer currently working at Philip Morris International. More specifically, she is helping to advance its transformation goal of becoming a smoke-free company, with an emphasis on external stakeholder engagement projects. She is a qualified expert in the design and execution of sustainability and stakeholder engagement strategies. Previously, Jennifer worked for international organizations including UNCITRAL, UNODC, UNCTAD/ITC, and last worked the government of Israel as its Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs representative at the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva. Jennifer holds a Juris Doctor degree from Universidad de Chile, and an LL.M from University of California, Berkeley, as well as specialized diplomas in women's rights, shared value, sustainability, and political affairs from IHEID, Harvard Business School, the Harvard School of Public Health, and Stanford University.

Joined Fuji Xerox in 1987 after graduating from the Electronic Engineering department of faculty of Engineering, Gumma University. Since then, worked as a manufacturing engineer for office devices and joined Corporate Market and Business Strategy in 2008 as a planner of Market Attack Plan and Business Plan of office products.
Joined Global Recycling System Department in 2012, as a planner of Recycled Products and became general manager in 2015.
3 key focus areas are:
・Promoting reuse of resources for infinite Zero Landfill
・Expanding Recycle Product business
・Eliminating 3D (Dirty, Demanding, Dangerous) work

Holds a bachelor's degree in environmental conservation of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.
Through his over ten years career at Coca-Cola Japan, he has extended the area of responsibility starting from environmental management to occupational health and safety and supplychain capability development. Before joining Coca-Cola Japan, he served as a senior consultant at KPMG group.

Joined Unilever in 2008 as HR manager business partnering to R&D, Marketing, and then Leadership Development （LD）. Became HR Director in 2012 business partnering to Sales, R&D, and Marketing. Assuming current role since 2013. Prior to Unilever, joined Pasona Inc after graduated from Keio University, then obtained M.A in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University Graduate School in NY. Worked at General Electric from 2002 to 2008 where experienced HR Leadership Program, HRBP, LD （Training & Development, OD, Compensation）, and HR Service （Payroll, e-HR, etc）. Married with 12-year-old son. Certified NLP master practitioner, Mindfulness NLP○R Trainer.

Graduated from Tama Art University Information Design Department. Activated as Tokyo Graphic Recorder 2013. In the same year, joined Yahoo! JAPAN. I am involved in application development as a UX designer. In 2017 Tokyo University of the Arts studied about the visualization of discussion at the information design department of the Graduate School of Art. In his book "Graphic Recorder - Textbook for Graphic Recording to Visualize Discussion" （BNN Shinpan）.

1986 Completed the Master's Course, Department of Architecture and Building Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
　Joined Takenaka Corporation.
　Belonged to the Mechanical & Electrical Section, Design Department for many years.
　Participate in planning for Energy conservation buildings, Environmentally conscious buildings, etc.

March 2015 Assumed General Manager of Environmental Engineering Department.
　From the viewpoints of Energy, Resource circulation, etc., Promote the Ueban Creation to realize Sustainable society and Decarbonization.

Up to present.

Takeshi Shimotaya is a Founder and Managing Director at Sustainavision Ltd, a London based CR/Sustainability consulting firm, supporting the development and promotion of sustainable thinking in Japanese companies. Currently he is trying to bridge the gap between Europe and Japan in CR/Sustainability field, and to have CR/Sustainability trainings and seminars mainly in Japan, occasionally in the UK and in other European countries. He has regularly delivered ""Sustainability (CSR) Practitioner training"" since 2012 and ""Business and Human Rights Training"" since 2015 in Japan.
He is also the Assistant Professor in CSR/Sustainability at Business Breakthrough University in Japan.
He has an MSc in Environmental Science from the University of East Anglia and an MBA from the Lancaster University in the UK.

Tomoya is a private equity veteran started his career in 1980's. Based on “Growth Investment Approach” that aim to realize potential of investee companies to achieve sustainable growth, he has broad investment track records in Japan, the US and Asian countries. After served as CIO of buyout investment at JAFCO, he was the head of Japan office, Permira until 2009. He dedicated himself to support regional businesses after Great East Japan Earthquake and he established Social Investment Partners （SIP）, the first full-scale venture philanthropy organization in Japan in 2012 to provide financial and managerial support to social businesses. In 2014, he became Co-CEO, Phronesis Partners, buyout investment firm focusing small cap companies in Japan.

http://acejapan.org/english/
After engaged in research on child labour in India at Meijigakuin University, Tomoko met Yuka Iwatsuki and co-founded Action against Child Exploitation, an Japan-based NGO tackling child labour/rights issues in 1997. After having postgraduate education in UK and worked as a researcher/consultant in Japanese ODA projects, she joined ACE in 2005. She initiated the child labour project in cocoa in Ghana in 2009, and engaged with companies in fundraising and manufacturing “child labour free” chocolate. She provides seminars and consulting services on labour and human rights in supply-chain to business sector, having completed SA8000 basic social auditor training course. She received Diploma on International Studies from School of Oriental and African Studies, London University and MA in Social Anthropology of Development and Social Transformation from University of Sussex.

President for the think tank (NEC Group) from June 2012 through June 2017. From 1998 through 2012, general manager responsible for overall CSR management for NEC global group. Before this position, engaged in NEC's global business development including tenures in the USA and the Middle East for 21 years.
Serves as a member for non-profit organizations such as an ex-chief member of the ISO26000 Social Responsibility Standardization Working Group at the Japan Business Federation, a director of Social Business Networks in Japan and Sustainability Forum Japan, a member of Standing Committee of the Japan Platform, a trustee for Japan Guide Dog Association, and a visiting professor for the post-graduate school at Rikkyo University in Japan. The written works include “CSR in the Promotion of Social Development (Inter-American Bank, joint authorship)”, “Leveraging Stakeholder Engagement to promote integration of CSR into Management (NEC’s Case), (JFBS, joint authorship)

Masao Seki is Senior Advisor on CSR at Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc. After graduating University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, he joined Sompo Japan Nipponkoa in 1976. Since 2001 he has been in charge of company-wide initiative of sustainability issues. He served as an ISO26000 Social Responsibility WG Expert. He is working with Caring for Climate initiative of UN Global Compact as a steering committee member. Domestically he serves several Government Committees on sustainability including SDGs stakeholder meeting. He teaches CSR at School of Business Administration, Meiji University.

Shiro Takeyama joined Montbell in 1988.
He has worked in Montbell’s sales, production, and marketing departments, where he was deeply involved in launching the Montbell website in 2000.
Now he is the head of the Marketing department, and is engaged in marketing, management of the Montbell Club Membership, event operations, CSR, collaborating with other industries, and working with local governments. He also involved with Montbell’s publishing department, producing the outdoor magazine, “Gakujin.”
Recently, he is often out of the office visiting local regions to popularize Japan Eco Track, a new way of traveling to experience the outdoors in Japan.
His hobbies include trekking and traveling to new places.

Born in 1967 in Fukuoka, Japan. Learned nuclear engineering and macro-economics at Tokyo University before joining the Japanese Foreign Service in 1992. Worked on global issues including UN peacekeeping, human rights and humanitarian frameworks, African development, Japan’s financial contributions to international organizations. As First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Japan to the UN (New York), served as personal assistant for Mdm. Sadako Ogata when she led the Commission on Human Security as one of the two co-chairs with Professor Amartya Sen. Resigned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2005 and became Chief, Human Security Unit, OCHA, the United Nations, to lead mainstreaming the concept of human security in the UN system and more broadly. The first Secretary-General’s Report on human security in 2010 was issued under his leadership. Between 2010 and 2013, served as Acting Director, UN Information Center in Pakistan, to support flood- and conflict-affected populations. Engaged also in the major media stratety to eradicate Polio in the war-affected regions in the country. Moved on to the private sector in June 2014, assuming the office of Director, Global Management Institute, Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting (DTC), Japan, to support Japanese corporations to advance into emerging markets. In May 2016, became the first Director for CSR and SDGs Initiatives of DTC, to support corporations to embed SDGs and other global goals, targets and principles in their core business operations. In September 2017, left Deloitte to establish SDG Partners Inc., to further pursue sustainability in the Japanese Business.

Born in Tokyo in 1973. Graduated from Department of Architecture, Hosei University. Since 1997, I was working on research and development on energy saving technology and learned sustainable throught them. After leaving, my family and I visited all over the world and visited the United States Portland where I came across a house certified by LEED Platinum and I am impressed with the high level of environmental consciousness. After returning to Japan, I am working on certification of green building certifications and support work mainly for companies who are active in ESG investment.

Ms. Rachel Chan hosts a Sunday morning radio show on FM 81.3 J-WAVE, one of the most popular radio stations in Tokyo. She also is a television commentator for Tokyo MX morning news show.
Rachel began her career at the Nagano Broadcasting Systems TV station as a news announcer in 1997. She has interviewed Olympic medalists at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic games. She has also hosted the evening news program for 4 years until she relocated to the United Kingdom.
After returning to Tokyo, she started her career as a radio DJ, narrator, and bilingual emcee.
She is currently the red carpet interviewer for the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Rachel was appointed the "Honorary Kikisake-shi SAKA-SHO" among the prominent figures who have contributed greatly to the promotion and the development of Sake as well as the Japanese culture.
Her life’s work is not only to promote the culture of SAKE to the world but also to support the areas severely affected by the Great Tohoku Earthquake of 2011. Rachel hosts a charity concert at Blue Note Tokyo, a prominent jazz club, with the legendary poet Shuntaro Tanikawa and musicians to keep the tragic event from fading.
Rachel was born in Japan, and has spent her childhood days in New York City. She also lived in Edinburgh, Cardiff, and London, in the United Kingdom for approximately 6 years. She is fluent in Japanese and English.

April 1976 started working at JTB
General manager in JTB Hong Kong, General Manager of Asia Headquarter, General Manager of PR section
Sep 2008　Vice president, JTB Hawaii
April 2010　President, JTB Hawaii
July 2014　Director, Genaral Secretary of Japan Ecotourism society

I worked for electronics industry in many parts of the world for over 30years. Discovering the Earth is in critical condition, I had no choice but to jump in the coalition to save our planet. Diversity is the asset of WWF to achive goals. To adovocate "One Planet Lifestyle"to make sustainable society, let's move forward. JFK's words encourage our collaborative challenge "United, there is little we can not do. Devided, there is little we can do "

Derya Völlings is Regional Sustainability Manager Asia Pacific at IKEA Group, the world's leading home furnishing retailer set out to become a people and planet positive business. She is based in Shanghai, China, and supports the Asia Pacific markets - Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea - with implementation of the company's sustainability strategy “People and Planet Positive”. Her special focus is on retail operations and the topics of climate action, energy, and resources.

Hiroshi Toyoshima has joined Nissan in 1991 in Product Plannng. In the Product Planning, worked on various vehicle programs such as Safari/Patrol, Altima, Maxima, and etc. mainly for export markets. In 2002, worked as a technical assistant to Executive Vice Presndent for Planning Division. In 2006, transferred to Program Directors Office. In 2009-2012, transferred to Nissan North America, and has managed multiple vehicle programs as well as corporate planning and vehicle connected services as vice president. Back in Nissan LCV business unit in Japan in 2013, and worked as a program director for compact van and pick-up truck. Returned to Product Planning general manager in 2015, and led the team from brand consistency point of view. Transferred to Japan Product Planning general manager since April 2017. Leads all product planning related activities for Japan market to make customers feel happy and excited through the initiative of Nissan Intelligent Mobility.

Graduated from the College of Education at Ibaraki University in 1997.
After spending time at a chemical materials manufacturer, Nakajima joined an international NGO where she has been involved in projects related to providing support for refugees in Africa and Fair Trade. Nakajima resided in Chiang Mai, Thailand between 2001 and 2002 during which time she launched and managed a project supporting minority coffee producers in the northern mountains of Thailand. Between 2003 and 2006, Nakajima worked in the marketing and logistics department of a Japanese automotive manufacturer in Nairobi, Kenya. Through her experience since her student days working to resolve poverty in developing nations, Nakajima's focus shifted from charity to the concept of Fair Trade, which works to change a distorted trade structure that leads to poverty. Nakajima has been in her current position since June 2007.
Publications: Social Product Marketing （SANNO Institute of Management Publication Dept., 2014）
Contribution: New Official CSR Certification Test Level 3 （Alterna Co., Ltd./Nippon Foundation, 2014）
Contribution: Ethical Procurement for the Future （Kankyoshimbunsha, 2012）
Contribution: Fair Trade in Japan （Akashi Shoten, 2008）

Born in Kitakyushu city, Fukuoka Prefecture. After graduating from Saga University, since 1990, I've been working as a sales company of Sun Microsystems Japan.
After moving to Oracle Japna from 1996, after going through the western branch manager who is responsible for Kyushu, Yamaguchi, Okinawa.
In June 2004, we founded Human Centrix Co. Ltd, a corporate philosophy of people centered.
Based on know-how cultivated at the sales site of foreign-affiliated IT companies, we launched an unprecedented service called "video presentation" for companies.
I was involved in the planning and production of more than 20,000 videos, with 1300 companies, mainly of major companies.
Increase in sales for 13 consecutive years since our establishment.
At the necchu-shogakkou, classes are carried out on the motto of motto "This is video power!"

Dentsu New!social design engine, Creative director, copywriter.
Fellow, Dentsu Research Institute. 2017 Good Design Award Jury.
Work on social projects that connect society, including UNICEF 'World Handwashing Day' project.
In his book, "Creating a Project to Make Social Design a Somewhat Good" (Wooden Houses)
"Communication Shift- From" selling goods "to" communication that improves society" (Hatori Bookstore)
"Happy Birthday 3.11" (Asuka Shinsha) and many others.
Part-time lecturer at Tokyo Polytechnic University.
TEDxTokyo Teachers 2015 speaker.
Tokyo Copywriters Club members.

Takashi Nawa received his MBA from Harvard Business School (as a Baker Scholar), and Bachelor of Arts in Law and Political Science from the University of Tokyo.

Professor Nawa worked at McKinsey & Company for two decades. Most recently, as a Director of the firm, he serviced the manufacturing sector as Practice Leader for the Asia-Pacific Region, and the telecom, media, and high-tech sectors as Practice Leader of the Japan office. Prior to joining McKinsey, Professor Nawa worked at Mitsubishi Corporation for 11 years, spending four years in New York City. Professor Nawa currently serves Fast Retailing, Denso, Ajinomoto and NEC Capital Solutions as a board director, and is a senior advisor and consultant to a number of global companies. He is also the founder and CEO of Genesys Partners, Inc., Japan, a boutique change agent specializing in fundamental transformation and global growth.

Professor Nawa has published several books. One of his main publications, Familiarity Advantage, introduces a new growth strategy called the “Smart-Lean” model, and a dynamic organization model called the “Möbius” cycle. He also co-authored Evolution of Strategy and High Performing Manufacturers Sell Services with colleagues in McKinsey. One of his earlier publication, New Frontiers at Harvard Business School, is considered a tutorial book for MBA candidates. Professor Nawa has written articles for McKinsey Quarterly, Diamond Harvard Business Review, and Nikkei Business on various topics, including IPR (Industry Process Restructuring), VCRAFT (Value Creation by Applying Financial Technology), and emerging business and alliance models.

Professor Nawa is currently involved in projects on emerging business models and regional collaboration across Asia. He is also organizing the CSV Forum, which brings together representatives of nearly 30 major Japanese companies to develop a next-generation CSV model from Japan for global markets.

March 1981: Graduated from Faculty of Economics, Tohoku University
April 1981: Joined Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
April 2006: Appointed General Manager, Personnel Office
April 2009: Appointed General Manager, General Affairs Department
April 2010: Appointed Executive Officer in charge of General Affairs Department and Human Resources Development Department
January 2013: Appointed Executive Officer in charge of Legal & Corporate General Affairs Office and Human Resources Development Department
April 2013: Appointed Managing Executive Officer

Kaoru Ninomiya has been appointed CSR Director of Calbee Inc. since 2009. Calbee has the largest share in the domestic Japanese snack and cereal market. In her current role, she is responsible for accelerating Calbee to be one of the most popular and sustainable brand in food manufacturer of the globe. Prior to this role, she was PR &Web director, customer relationship management director. She is an enthusiastic fan of Carp, a baseball team based in Hiroshima. She also loves cross country skiing. Kaoru holds a bachelor's degree in graphic design from Tama Art University.

In 1981 born in Chino city, Nagano prefecture, Japan. Graduated from Musashino Art University. Until joining WISE-WISE in Summer 2011, some months after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March, had been involved in design education and research of furniture in the age of Joseon Dynasty, Korea, as an assistant to the professor at the University. Even after joining the company, took a role of part-time lecturer for the correspondence education faculty at Kyoto University of Art and Design from 2013 to 2016.
Since joined the company, has visited forestry people and timber mills almost over the land and devoted himself to realize making furniture with local woods in Japan, that is a main goal of the company. Has covered a wide range of tasks including traceability check to confirm fairness of timbers used for furniture, transfer from overseas production to domestic one using local woods, development of new products and making new catalogue of furniture. Involved in planning, designing, business development and PR.
Yutaka's motivation to work is to share his joy with local people involved in the process of producing local wood furniture.

Awards of Wisewise
GOOD DESIGN AWARD in 2012, Social Products Award in 2015, WOOD FURNITURE JAPAN AWARD in 2016, WOOD DESIGN AWARD in 2015 and 2016, NIKKEI NEW OFFICE PRIZE INCENTIVE AWARD in 2017.

Engaged in system sales for banking industry in Nihon Unisys, Ltd.
Since 2000, experienced in construction of call center and consulting about customer strategy in TREE Inc. （former Telephony Inc.）.
Since 2007, got involved with set-up and operation of web media called "Green TV Japan", which publish social environment movies. While running the media, engaged in public service announcement about sustainability and other ministries' projects for Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of the Environment, and Ministry of Education.
Due to assignment of business, joined Engagement First Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Members Co.,Ltd in May 2015.
Now get involved with CSV promotion project especially for large companies, as Shared Value Agency®.
From Hitachi city, Ibaraki prefecture. A member of Japan Marketing Academy, Environmental Expert for Engineers second grade.
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/moriatsu.hagiya

1986 Joined in Basic Science Institute of Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
1994 Ajinomoto Bakery Co., Ltd. Launch new bakery business
2005 Director of food raw materials purchasing group
2009 Quality Assurance Manager of Food Service Div.
2012 Environmental Communication Manager of Environment & Safety Dept.
2017 General Manager of CSR Group. Oversee CSR and environmental communication.

Editing and issuing sustainability reports, raising awareness of the environment for consumers, Communicate with the Ajinomto Group's activiteis with SDGs, and studying how consumers can practice correct living in the environment.

In United States, Wakao Hanaoka specialized in marine environmental science and marine biology. After graduating from university, he started his career in marine conservation by conducting research on the seafloor in the Maldives and establishing an eco-friendly prawn farm in Malaysia. In July 2007, he joined Greenpeace Japan as their senior ocean campaigner. He led the lobby to push for governmental change as well as started the Sustainable Seafood Market Project in Japan. In 2014, he resigned from his position at Greenpeace Japan to build Japanese-centric solutions for seafood sustainability by addressing the importance of domestic business-led initiatives.

Seafood Legacy, established in 2015, is a consulting firm that supports sustainable seafood businesses and environmental organizations in Japan and around the world. It was formed to develop the precompetitive partnerships to solve the complex problems of seafood supply chains. By tapping into the experience of the global sustainable seafood community and connecting it to innovative, forward-looking businesses in Japan, we hope to transform the Japanese seafood market, support our ocean resources, and build a better future.

　・GSSI (Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative)　Steering Board
　・GSRA (Global Seafood Rating Alliance)　Member
　・CASS (Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solution)　Collaborator
　・The Cabinet Office Council for Promotion of Regulatory Reform Fishery Working Group, Expert Advisor

Born in Kanagawa, Japan in 1992, he has a bachelor of ECON from Seikei University, Tokyo and after working for HEAPS.Co.,Ltd, as a web writer / editor, he became the Editor in Chief of web magazine “Be inspired!”. The magazine features creative solutions to problems in everyday society to make young people aware and interested in these issues.

Akimitsu Hirota（Ph.D,Kobe Univ.） is a Professor in Kindai University（Osaka Japan）. Studied design thinking as a visiting professor at Stanford University Department of Mechanical Engineering （CDR:Center of Design Research） （2013-2014）.
Visiting researcher at California state University long beach（2014）
Main research topic are Design-Thinking（Needs findings, Prototyping and Development for education program） and Co-creation（Find and specific for co-user（for example “Lead user”, ”Extreme User”）.

BOOKS
Small and medium enterprise marketing composition, Doubunkan publishing, 2016 （author and editor）.
First step of Marketing Design , Chuokezaisya, 2016 （author and editor）.
First step of Product Planning , Chuokezaisya, 2012 （author and editor）.

After graduating from the Faculty of Law of Kyoto University, Fukuda joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd (Panasonic Corporation at present). She served in the company’s personnel and industorial-relations section and engaged in the planning and operation of its personnel compensation system. The company’s system on retirement benefits and pensions, which was introduced in 2002, became a model case for businesses in Japan. She has been in the current position since 2014.

Joined Suntory Limited （1981）
General Manager of Suntory Hall （2012）
Managing Director, Member of the Board, Division COO Consumer Relations Division Suntory Business Expert Limited （2015）
Executive Officer, Division COO Corporate Communication Division Suntory Holdings Limited （2016）
Board Member, Save the Children Japan （2017）

Heather McLeish is a Senior Manager in EY Japan's Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice.
In addition to being responsible for the overall business development of the CCaSS team, she focuses how institutional investors are pushing companies for better disclosure and reporting on non-financial risks. She brings her experience in Investor Relations to the topic of sustainability to better merge business and stakeholder interests and create practical solutions for companies. In CCaSS Heather built a business service which focuses on helping Japanese companies embed their ESG directly into their business strategy. She has worked to help align company's CSR activities to the SDGs and create the necessary KPIs for reporting on impact. Heather's focus is on practical applications of sustainability to increase business resiliency for businesses - particularly Japanese businesses - with a focus on raising awareness in the financial services and asset management industry.

Akiko is a manger and qualitative research solutions specialist at INTAGE. She started her career in a global research agency where she led a global research team and supported Japanese companies to enter emerging markets. Since she joined INTAGE in 2014, her role has been to develop and promote qualitative research solutions. She is particularly enthusiastic about exploring consumers' mind. In one of the solutions she developed, she employed cognitive interview, which was developed to enhance the recollection of eyewitness testimonies of police interrogation, as a storytelling tool, in order to elicit stories of “my favorite brand and I.” The approach has been applied in many leading companies, to develop communication and branding strategies. She is also actively involved with a global research community, participating in conferences held by ESOMAR （the global data, research, and insights community）, both as a presenter and as a program committee member.

After joining Canon Marketing Japan Inc. in 1982, Hosoda gained experience in the sales and marketing division before transferring to the Promotions Dept. in 1997, where he worked on promotions production and media planning. After taking charge of brand management from 2004, Hosoda became manager of the CSR Promotions Dept. in 2007 before eventually taking his current role. With vast experience in the field of CSR, planning, and communications, Hosoda also actively serves as a seminar lecturer, trainer, and advisor at companies and universities. His seminars and training are popular thanks to his instruction methods and highly-comprehensible explanations of theory and practical implementation.
Hosoda is an instructor at the Chuo Graduate School of Strategic Management, lead instructor at the Japan Management Association, He has given numerous brand and CSR seminars both within and outside the company. 

Ex-Managing Director of IBM Japan Co.Ltd （PC Business, Software, General Business sales Div.）
After Tohoku Earthquake,opened Office Korobocl with friends in Akasaka, Tokyo to create new way of working style. He holds out his Evolution Theory, Tariki-Souhatsu, in this necchu achievement. It means unexpected better development happens by the power of outside.Office Korobocl tried to fix several local problems in Fukushima. In 2014, Necchu elementary school project was born to reuse the closed elementary school in Takahata, Yamagata. New usage of it is for teaching adults who want to learn again and contribute revitalization of local towns.This is now being expanded to 10 areas all over Japan. It has 150 voluntary teachers who are executives and scholars, and they teach 600 students.Necchu has started it's own EC site for continuing schools without governmental donation. Now for Adviser of Uchida Yoko Co.,Ltd, Director, Cybernet Co.,Ltd,Cybercom.Co., Ltd, Vice Chairman of NPO, Reuse school.

Work Experiences
2015- Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
2012-2015 Director of CSR and Strategic Branding Department, Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
2006-2012 Director of Management Planning Department, Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
1997-2006 Manager of Personnel Department, Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.
1985 Joined Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.

Education
1985 Osaka Prefecture University, School of Integrated Arts and Sciences

1995 Joined Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
Since joining the company, worked at research laboratories, factories and engaged in the development of energy control materials such as fireresistant materials and thermal insulation materials.
Since 5 years ago in current position. Based on environmental contribution through products and businesses, in charge of medium-to-long term planning and action plan proposals concerning company's environmental management.
Currently, promoting various sustainable actions with KPI as "SEKISUI Environmental Sustainable Index" that measures the degree of achievement of the 2030 environmental long-term vision.

4th generation winemaker of Grace Wine, a family winery founded in 1923 in the Yamanashi prefecture. As eldest daugther of Shigekazu Misawa, Ayana has showen enthusiam in winemaking since childhood. Her winemaking qualifications include DUAD from Bordeaux University, Senior Technician Certificate in Vitculture & Enology from Burgundy, post doctorate in vine physiology from Stellenbosch University. As a flying winemaker, Ayana has worked vintages in wineries in Australia, New Zealand, Chile and Argentina.
In 2014, her Koshu wine won the first gold medal for Japanese wines at the Decanter World Wine Awards. Since then, she has continued to achieve gold medals 4 years in a row as well as a platinum in 2017.

Jul. 1991 Joined the Company.
Mar. 2006 Appointed Leader of Group Vision Planning Project 2020 of the Company.
May 2007 Appointed General Manager of Branding Department of the Company.
May 2008 Appointed Representative Director of Claire's Nippon Co., Ltd..
Mar. 2013 Appointed General Manager of Group Customer Service Department of the Company.
Mar. 2013 Appointed General Manager of Customer Service Department of AEON Retail Co., Ltd..
Mar. 2014 Appointed Executive Officer of AEON Retail Co., Ltd..
Feb. 2015 Appointed General Manager of Public Relations Department and General Manager of Customer Service Department of AEON Retail Co., Ltd..
Mar. 2017 Appointed Executive Officer of the Company （current position）.
Mar. 2017 Appointed Chief Officer, CSR & Communication of the Company （current position）.

Work Experience
After 13 years work in Kansai Electric Power Company at the nuclear power division, Seiya joined Arthur D. Little Japan, Inc in 2008, and had been consulted many companies in wide range of industries.
After the Great East Japan Earthquake, he participated in KPMG Consulting to launch energy team, and conducted many business consulting projects in the field of renewable energy, electric deregulation, and hydrogen energy etc. He entered Minna-Denryoku, Inc. in Aug. 2016. He writes series articles for NIKKEI Energy NEXT, the Energy Forum etc.

Education
Master of M.S. in Nagoya University School of Engineering Graduate School of Engineering
MBA, in Kobe University Graduate School of Business Administration

1987-1991　IBM Japan, Ltd.
1992-1997　Nippon Ecology Network （Environmental NGO）
1997-2002　Environmental Education Coordinator
2003-2015　Japan Council on the UN decade of Education for Sustainable Development（ESD-J）, Secretary General
2016　ESD Resource Center of Japan（public-private collaboration project by MoE and MEXT）
2002-　Nippon Association of Consumer Specialists, member of Committee on Environment （2010- Vice Chairperson）

Graduated Osaka City University. Major in Human Life Science. 1998, started career at ITOKI CORPORATION as a member of R&D Dept.. Now, in charge of developing solutions for human and environment. Certified Professional Ergonomist of Japan ergonomic society.

1985 joined Kao Corporation
2000- Manager / Processing Development Research Laboratories
2002- Manager / Global R&D -Packaging Development
2008- Vice President / Environment & Safety
2016- General Manager / Corporate Sustainability

A columnist for SBJ. In charge of training planning for temporary staffing company. After that, from the desire to develop human resources, shift to a consulting company of a major manufacturer series, and serve as a general manager of the company training division from managerial positions such as development, promotion, public relations etc. on human resource development. After engaging in about 1,000 company consults. From the experiences of managers and entrepreneurs in compatibility with their own birth / childcare, keeping involving with the creation of various human resources and organizations with abundant careers of the business field, the attention focused on the diversity. Consultants, training instructors, lectures and active in various fields. The theme includes a wide range of subjects such as "career design", "diversity" and "risk management".

Ms. Manami Yamaguchi has been interested in forest and environmental conservation since she was a child. While doing research at graduate school, she became involved in a variety of roles related to the environment and sustainable lifestyles, including the planning, coordinating and moderating of symposiums, planning eco-tourism, and acting as an advisor for regional development. She has also delivered lectures on environmental education, CSR and certification all over Japan.
After working for research institutes and so forth, Ms. Yamaguchi established FEM in 2003 where she researches and works on environmental assessment, CSR, biodiversity, international certification and educational businesses.
Since 2006, she has been in charge of the Japan branch of Control Union, an international certification body, that has developed a wide range of certifications centered on sustainable international standards that take into consideration the environment and society.
Ms. Yamaguchi is also engaged in other activities to help drive the conversion of corporate activities and people's lifestyles to be more ethical and sustainable. She is also focusing on women achieving an ethical lifestyle through consideration of the environment and society.

Board Member of Japan Ethical Initiative （General Incorporated Association）,
Representative Director of Japan Sustainable Label Association （General Incorporated Association）,
She holds a Masters in Economics and Science.

Graduated Waseda University, School of politics and economics. Learned German in University Bonn as an exchange student. Working at FoE Japan since 2007, in charge of waste reduction project and climate change campaign and Fukushima nuclear disaster and energy policy after 2011. Organizing "e-shift" network and "Power-Shift" campaign.

Mari Yoshitaka is the Chief Consultant for Clean Energy Finance Division at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities. She is one of the leading experts in environment business and finance. M.S of Natural Resources and Environment in University of Michigan, U.S. With the experiences in the environmental division at the International Finance Corporation （IFC） of World Bank Group as well as Private Banking and IT company, she joined Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities to start up the Clean Energy Finance Division for dedicating environmental projects in developing nations. After deepening her expertise in climate finance, her coverages are now ESG/SDGs investment and CSV （creating shared value） business consulting. She also serves as a member for numerous policy committees of the Government of Japan as well as a lecturer at Keio University, Japan.

Research Specialist in Consumers' Lifestyles and Insights
After graduating Rikkyo University in 1982, Yumiko Yoshimizu worked for several advertising agencies such as ASATSU-DK INC. as a marketing planner. She gained 17 years' experience in conducting consumer research and developing marketing and advertising strategy.
She joined itochu fashion system co., ltd. in 2000. While taking charge in target definition and product/brand development for the various clients as a marketing director, she studied consumers' lifestyles and insights, and presented the results of the researches through the books and the lectures.
She resigned the position at the end of October in 2017, she has started solving the problems of the clients as a freelance marketing creative director, and a workshop designer / facilitator.

Bachelor of Engineering,National Defence Academy,Kanagawaw（1985）
JASDF Officer Candidate School（1986）
ASICS Institute Sport Science（1986-2004）
MBA, Kobe University（1996）
ASICS Footwear Department（2004-2005）
ASICS Europe Office（2006-2010）
ASICS CSR & Sustainability Department（2010-Present）

Luke has worked in leadership and organisational development for over two decades, with a specific focus on corporate responsibility, human rights and sustainability since the year 2000. He is recognised as a leader in the field of business and human rights, in particular in developing practical approaches to implementing the corporate responsibility respect with major businesses in the mining, finance, food and industrial sectors.
He has a broad portfolio of experience that includes board-level engagements, multi-cultural and international teams, private and public sector and the United Nations. He has worked extensively with companies in the FTSE100 and DAX30, supporting them to develop policy, conduct risk assessments, undertake human rights impact assessments, and to identify and implement practical solutions to the impacts identified. He works extensively with procurement and sustainable agriculture teams to engage suppliers and put supply chain responsibility programs in place. Prior to starting twentyfifty Limited in 2004, Luke worked for the UN Staff College, PwC and London Underground. In the late nineties, he was a senior management adviser to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, and helped establish the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights. Luke holds a Diploma in Management Studies and an MA in Mathematics from Cambridge University.

Ross Rowbury has been head of Edelman Japan for six years. Prior to joining Edelman he was Senior Managing Director and COO at PRAP Japan, one of Japan's largest domestic PR agencies.
Ross' experience in Japan spans over three and a half decades, beginning as a student in the late seventies. He began his working career in finance and investment banking at Sanyo Securities and later in senior positions with Crosby Securities and BZW （now Barclay's capital）
After leaving the finance industry Ross joined the team at Gavin Anderson （now Kreab ） Japan where he led a number of innovative campaigns for contested M&A transactions, market entry programs and acquisitions particularly in the life insurance, pharmaceutical, retail and telecommunications.
At PRAP Ross continued his work in capital markets but broadened his experience with activist funds and corporate restructuring and bankruptcy. He was also responsible for overseeing PRAP's tech practice, consumer practice and worked on a number of crisis and issues related campaigns for clients over a broad range of industries.
Joining Edelman in 2010, Ross advises C-Suite executives in both Japanese and non-Japanese organizations on issues, corporate branding, narrative construction, communications marketing, executive visibility, media strategy and overall internal and external communications strategy. Under his leadership Edelman Japan has become the fastest growing and most innovative global PR agency in Japan. Edelman Japan has been awarded Campaign Asia-Pacific's Japan/Korea PR Agency of the Year （2012: Silver, 2013: Bronze, 2014: Silver, 2015: Gold and 2016:Gold）, The Holmes Report's Gold SABRE Awards （three in 2013, one in 2014 and 2015 and two in 2016）, and PRWeek's Japan/Korea PR Consultancy of the Year in 2015 and 2017.

Mr.Waki was born in Miyazaki Prefecture in 1982. He joined the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in 2008,and currently set to the Kanagawa Prefectural Government. Mr.Waki is the organizer of "47kai", a net work of public officials who work for local goverments across Japan and the national goverment. He connects and inspires people beyond sectors to "take action for someone."

Ms. Erina Wataya is a Tokyo-based MC, interpreter for German, English and Japanese. Erina was born and raised in Germany. She began her career as a translator and interpreter during her studies at the Free University of Berlin. She interprets business meetings, cultural exchange programmes for young people and adults as well as study tours for the Japanese scholars. She also has a profound experience with supporting the Japanese young ballet dancers for finding jobs and getting used in the very first days at the dance companies all over the world. After she moved to Tokyo in 2014 she passed the examination for the licensed tour guide-interpreter. She also lived in Seoul (South Korea) for 13 months as an exchange student where she studied in English and Korean. Erina thus became fluent in German, Japanese, English and Korean.

KoAnn is Founder and Chief Executive of Sustainable Life Media, producers and conveners of the international Sustainable Brands community. Prior to launching Sustainable Life Media in 2004, KoAnn founded and lead a boutique management consultancy called Organizations That Work, focusing on helping enable breakthrough financial performance through purpose-driven leadership and improved organizational alignment. Prior to that she worked for 18 years in business to business media where she served in positions of increasing responsibility launching and leading media properties including magazines, conferences, trade shows and more for a wide range of markets, starting with natural resources （timber, paper, and mining, and ending with a variety of emerging technology sectors including digital video, computer game development and the web. During her tenure she garnered extensive experience in launching and growing countless product brands, as well as defining a corporate brand strategy and integrating it with a global product brand portfolio spanning many market sectors. She completed her media tenure as Senior Vice President of a multinational division of United Business Media, overseeing a $50 million division with 150 person team.

Dr. Sirikul established her own consulting firm after working for global corporations for nearly twenty years. The mission of her firm is to be a small but competent strategic advisory company with the aim of working with Thai clients who truly believe in sustainable branding and systematic methodology. Her approach to develop brand strategy is based upon the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy.
With a background ranging from creative to management to professional training plus her own unique combination of creative flair and strategic thinking, Nui is a “one-of-a-kind” consultant who can provide strategic and holistic recommendations that are sensible and practical for each client’s issues.
Her strength is Brand Strategy Development, Branded CSR, and Brand-led Business Planning. She is the author of Build Brand and Sufficiency Branding, Sustainable Brand pocket books. In addition, she is a special lecturer for Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok University and to name a few.
Dr. Sirikul was invited by Krungthep Turakit TV to be the special TV host for the Marketing 3.0 TV program on the occasion of Phillip Kolter’s talk in Thailand. She also hosted Sustainability Global Trends and the Global Dialogue TV program for the 2013 Global Dialogue on Sustainable Development Conference.
Dr. Sirikull is well respected in her field as being one of the most knowledgeable consultants in Corporate Branding and Sustainable Development. Her branding experiences cover from Banking to Education, from large corporation to SME.

After spending time at a major securities firm working with convertible bonds, bond futures, derivatives, and as a sales trader for institutional investors, Tanaka founded a foreign capital venture company where he specialized in the wholesale business as a financial and IR consultant and M&A advisor. When working at a major research institute, Tanaka was responsible for ESG research and corporate communications support services. Applying his career as a financial and non-financial consultant, including his vast experience communicating with and interviewing numerous corporate managers, Tanaka has been in his current position since 2014 where he specializes in corporate report analysis while also providing a wide variety consulting services, including working as a corporate trainer and providing seminars.

The founder and CEO of Response Ability, Inc., a consultancy on sustainability and CSR based in Tokyo, Executive Director of Japan Business Initiative for Biodiversity （JBIB）.
He is a scientist by training, received BSc from The University of Tokyo, MSc and PhD from Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo.
After experience of working for National Institute for Environmental Studies （NIES） and FRIM （Forest Research Institute Malaysia） as a researcher, he has been working as a consultant on sustainability policy and management including CSR since 2002.
He has been involved in and led numbers of projects by leading Japanese corporations and ministries to develop sustainability policies and implement them in their daily operations. He also gives advice to business executives on sustainable business management and to produce sustainable business models.
He is a member of various governmental committees and an advisor to sustainability related societies and forums both in Japan and internationally.

Shigeki Aoki is an expert on structuring and managing channels of distribution, and rivitarizing local areas throughout Japan. He is on a member of the board of trustees of the association of Design about Strategy for Zone Industry and Zone Brand.He has won several awards for his teaching, including Shakaijin Kisoryoku（Business Basic Skills） Award by MEIT（Ministry of Economy、Trade and Industry） in 2008. Professor Aoki has consulted and taught for a number of major corporations. Before joining KOMAZAWA in 2008, Professor Aoki served on the faculty of the University of Yamanashi Gakuin University.He is also a chairman of NPO Yamanashi Cycling Project. He got Master Degree of Commerce at Keio University in 1994. He finished the Ph.D Course of Commerce at Keio in 1997.

Setsu MORI is the founder of a Japanese business magazine Alterna which is the only business magazine focused to environmental, social and corporate governance issues.
He is the incumbent CEO and the editor-in-chief of the magazine, who worked 20 years for the Nikkei Newspapers including serving 4 years as the bureau chief of Los Angeles, California, USA.
He has authored some books such as “Companies chosen by the future”, “DNA of Brands”, and translated the book “Let My People Go Surfing” written by Yvon Chouiard, the founder of Patagonia.
The company Alterna is expanding its business as media, running not only magazine but website such as Alterna S （S means student and social）, and CSR Today which provides CSR business person of abundant informations regarding CSR and social branding.

Our mission is as follows:
1: To Emphasize an Alternative Way of Business
2: To Aggrandize a New kind of Business Community
3: To Realize a Sustainable Society

The magazine, whose circulation is 15,000 in Japan, emphasizes the importance of CSR activities in terms of enhancing its social brand value and social satisfaction which creates so-called “customers in the future”.
More than 300 Japanese companies such as Toyota, Kirin Beer, Ajinomoto are supporting the magazine as sponsors and joining various seminars by the magazine.

After graduating from the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Waseda University, Suzuki joined Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. where he was involved in IT service company startups.
Suzuki later established a promotions company specializing in the IT industry. Over the company’s 20 years, Suzuki has been involved in the marketing and communications, brand, PR, and sales strategy planning of over 100 IT companies.
In 2012, Suzuki became a director at Hakuten Corporation where he oversaw new business development, digital business, and global strategy based on the concept of experience marketing.
In March 2015, Suzuki met SB founder Koann and later in June 2015 participated in the SB San Diego Conference. Inspired by the growing global trend of sustainable brands, he dedicated himself to spreading these activities to Japan.