By combining companies’ ESG management practices with The Japan Times' ability to communicate in English, we hope to promote dialogue with investors, improve the value of member companies and contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.
Work toward sustainability recognized with awards
The Japan Times launched the ESG Consortium in 2018 to help disseminate English information of engaged parties by covering their...
Suntory: Growing horizons in recycling
In Japan, most polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles are collected and recycled after use. According to The Council for PET Bottle...
Oji committed to global forestation endeavors
Oji Group, established almost 150 years ago, is one of the world’s major pulp and paper producers. While its headquarters...
Seino strives to be environmentally friendly
Seino Holdings Co. is making sure it stands at the forefront of efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the...
Community, workers prioritized amid pandemic
Suntory Holdings Ltd., a global leader in both the alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages industry, has been making a shift from...
Skin care line explores greener packaging
ROHTO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Although the company Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. is instantly associated with eye drops for most consumers in Japan, it has constantly...
Seino works toward environmental change
Seino Holdings Co., Ltd.
Seino Holdings Co. is making sure it stands at the forefront of efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the...
Compelling need for adoption of ESG goals
Japan Times ESG Consortium
Intensifying pressure to limit global temperature increases and prevent ecological disaster is mounting and corporations and investors — including those...
Beekeepers, farmers aid forestation efforts
Oji Holdings Corporation
Oji Group, established almost 150 years ago, is one of the world’s major pulp and paper producers. While its headquarters...
Conference tackles ESG investment trends
Japan Times ESG Consortium
Business leaders and financial experts gathered in Tokyo on Sept. 26 to exchange their perspectives on the growing importance of...
Investing in a time of socioeconomic shifts
Japan Times ESG Consortium
The Japan Times ESG Consortium and the Japan Center for International Finance co-organized a forum on Sept. 26 in Tokyo...
Japan holds summit to accelerate climate-related corporate disclosures
The government on Tuesday held the first global summit to encourage corporate disclosures on climate change, and called on investors...
