【Sustainable Japan Special Award】Famiee (general incorporated association)

Koki Uchiyama
Founder and CEO

We are very honored to receive the prestigious Sustainable Japan Award. Famiee has been working for the realization of a...

【Sustainable Japan Excellence Award】Oji Holdings Corp.

Hiroyuki Isono
Representative Director of the Board, President & Group CEO

We are very honored to have been awarded the Excellence Award in the ESG category of the Sustainable Japan Awards...

【Sustainable Japan Excellence Award】Wota Corp.

Yosuke Maeda
Representative Director & CEO

Our company aims to provide structural solutions to water problems. Since our founding in 2014, we have been developing our...

【Sustainable Japan Grand Prize】Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc.

Toru Takakura
Director, President and CEO

We are very pleased to receive this prestigious award. The world is full of problems, such as global warming, loss...

Disaster-prone Japan must shift to sustainable resources

Michiyo Morisawa
Japan Times ESG Consortium Chair

The Sustainable Japan Award focuses on companies, organizations and individuals who have been active in various fields to help realize...

CCJA winner’s nonprofit Charm helps sick foreigners

Maiko Muraoka Contributing writer

This year’s grand prize of the Champion of Change Japan Award (CCJA) went to Rieko Aoki, who runs Charm, a...

CDP event examines efforts on cutting emissions in supply chains

Hiroko Nakata Contributing writer

CDP, the global non-profit which runs the world’s environmental disclosure system, held an annual event on Oct. 4 that shed...

NTT East and West’s road map for sustainable urban development

Emi Maeda
Contributing writer

Leading telecommunications company NTT Corp. is bringing new possibilities to urban development through its Sustainable Smart City Partner Program and...

Musubie links kids’ cafeteriasand connects communities

Maiko Muraoka Contributing writer

Sustainable Japan Award: ESG Special Award The Japanese phrase ibasho means a place where people feel they belong and are...

Japan’s innovative performance wins at World Cosplay Summit

Ayako Nakano Staff writer

As top athletes competed in the Paris Olympics last month, top cosplayers from Japan and abroad similarly gathered in Nagoya’s...

Nissay Asset’s CEO discusses sustainability trendsetters

Hiroko Nakata Contributing writer

Can investors contribute to addressing global issues and still seek a financial return at the same time? The answer is...

Suntory nurtures water, forests and future generations

Maiko Muraoka Contributing writer

Just like Suntory Holdings says in its corporate philosophy, “To inspire the brilliance of life, by creating rich experiences for...