Responsible Investor Japan 2024

Arisa Kishigami

Independent Consultant and Thought Leader, En-CycleS

Arisa Kishigami is an independent thought leader & consultant through her initiative En-CycleS. Arisa aims to bridge gaps in thought and action on sustainable investment/finance and corporate management in Japan and globally.

As part of this, Arisa plays a number of roles including Board Member of Japan Sustainable Investment Forum (JSIF), Member of the JFSA Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance, Specialist Advisor to Chronos Sustainability, Senior Consultant for Arkadiko partners, and Advisory Board to Responsible Investor Japan 2022.

Arisa has contributed to the responsible and sustainable investment field since 2007, including as Head of ESG, Asia Pacific for FTSE Russell from 2015-2019.

Michiyo Morisawa

Senior Lead, PRI

Dr. Michiyo Morisawa is Japan's senior lead in the signatory relation of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), and PRI has expanded ESG investment since establishing the Japan Network in 2010.
Also, she is as Japan Director of CDP, guiding the initiative since CDP’s global expansion in 2006.
She chairs the Japan Times ESG Consortium and has been a member of several committees under the Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, FSA, Ministry of Forestry and Nikkei Decarbonization.
She has experience in international business development of financial services that worked to alleviate the risk of settlement in Citibank and others.

Hideki Takada

Director for Strategy Development, Financial Services Agency

Mr. Takada has been working as a government official at the Ministry of Finance since 1995, dealing with various policy areas including public finance, tax and financial services. His career also includes secondments to other public bodies such as: HM Treasury (the UK finance ministry, 2003-06); the National Policy Unit (2009-11) where he worked as a private advisor to the Prime Minister; the OECD (2015-18), Paris, as a Senior Policy Analyst at the Green Finance and Investment team, Environment Directorate; and the Climate Change Office at the Cabinet Secretariat (March – July 2021) as the Principal Counsellor. Currently he works as the Director for Budget responsible for local government finance at the Budget Bureau, Ministry of Finance. From January 2022, as a concurrent post, Mr. Takada became the Director of Strategy Development Division at the Financial Services Agency and leads promotion of Japan’s sustainable finance policies.

Alongside his official jobs, in his private capacity, Mr. Takada launched the Green Finance Network Japan (GFNJ) in 2018 as its Secretary General. The GFNJ is an informal network that brings together key players on green finance in Japan from both public and private sectors and provides a platform for collaborating with international stakeholders.

Minako Yoneyama

Senior Responsible Investment Manager, Responsible Investment Ecosystems, PRI

Minako Yoneyama joined the PRI in 2017. She supports signatories and promotes Responsible Investment in Japan. Minako worked at U.S based a leading provider of financial and industry data, and research where she managed Marketing for the Japanese market, and she had a role in Market Development at an international credit rating agency. Prior to that, she served as an Account Manager in a Financial service provider.

Satoshi Ikeda

Chief Sustainable Finance Officer and Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs, Financial Services Agency, Government of Japan

Satoshi Ikeda has been the Chief Sustainable Finance Officer (CFSO) since March 2019 at the Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA).

In this role, he covers a wide range of issues concerning sustainable finance which include, among other things, designing Japan’s climate transition finance framework based on climate-related financial disclosures aligned with International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards.

He currently serves as Chair of the Working Group on Transition Plan of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and Co-chair of the Working Group on Transition Finance of the International Platform on Sustainable Finance (IPSF). He also successfully co-led the Workstream on Climate Disclosures of the FSB, the Workstream on ESG Data and Ratings of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), and the Working Group on Sustainability Disclosure of the International Platform on Sustainable Finance (IPSF).

Mari Kogiso

Co CEO, SDG Impact Japan

Mari is an impact investing expert with extensive background in inclusive business, sustainable finance, and social entrepreneurship. Most recently, Mari founded the SDG Impact Japan to promote sustainable finance in Japan and Asia and serve as CoCEO. Before the SDG Impact Japan, She was the global head of diversity and human rights of the Fastretailing Group. Before FR, she led the establishment of the Asia Women Impact Fund, USD 100 million Impact Fund at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, with the objective to catalyze capital to improve the lives of women and remove gender barriers in Asia. Mari held various senior positions at the World Bank Group in Washington DC and Tokyo including the representative of the MIGA Tokyo. She also served as the Representative of Dalberg Japan. She currently serves as an expert advisor on JICA’s Overseas Investment Review Committee. W20 Japan delegate, and as an ESG board advisor to several Japanese corporations. Mari holds a BA in Economics from Tokyo University and an MA from the Fletcher School, Tufts University.

Masaru Arai

Chair, Japan Sustainable Investment Forum

Masaru Arai is chair of the Japan Sustainable Investment Forum and Vice-Chairman, Eco-Stage Association. Masaru is a senior engagement consultant at Federated Hermes EOS on engagements in Japan. He has 21 years of experience in responsible investment. He was a member of the Sustainable Financial System Advisory Group of the PRI in 2016 and in 2015 acted as a PRI board member. He was a member of the FTSE ESG advisory committee for 19 years since 2005. He is a regular member of the committees on ESG issues set up by the Ministry of the Environment, as well as by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan. Masaru worked at Daiwa Asset Management for 19 years, of which he spent seven years as its chief investment officer. Prior to that, he spent 20 years at Daiwa Securities, specialising in global investment and finance business. He has working experience in France, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Hong Kong. Masaru holds a BA in Business and Commerce from Keio University, Japan, and studied at the Center for Arabic Studies at the American University in Cairo.

Kiran Aziz

Head of Responsible Investments, KLP

Kiran Aziz is Head of Responsible Investments at Norway’s largest pension fund. KLP has embedded ESG in the investment strategy for more than 20 years and is seen as a leading actor on responsible investments. In her role she monitors and assesses how the investee companies maintain responsible business practices along with dialogue with the boards and managements on ESG matters in the companies on a global level.

Prior to joining KLP Asset Management, Ms Aziz was lawyer, lecturer and researcher. She also has extensive board experience. She is currently on board for Norwegian Refugee Council which is one of the world`s largest humanitarian organizations for displaced people. Ms Aziz holds a law degree from University of Oslo and Cornell Law School.

Khalid Azizuddin

Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor

Khalid retrained as a journalist after working for a number of years in corporate strategy at Sime Darby in Malaysia. He focuses on sustainability data & disclosures, policy and developing markets. He is a former winner of the CFA UK Journalist of the Year Award for his coverage of the human rights issues involved in investment in Chinese surveillance companies.

Basak Beleli

Chief Employee Experience Officer, NN Life Insurance Company

Having a BA in Economics, she started her career in Finance area at Procter & Gamble. As she discovered her passion for people and driving change, transitioned to Human Resources field in 2008. Over the years, worked in various HR roles at Mondelez (former Kraft Foods), and in 2014 she joined the Dutch insurance company called NN Group. Since 6 years, she works as the Chief Employee Experience Officer of the Japan business unit of this company, setting the strategy for and overseeing all People and Culture related matters, including Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
With her career spanning over four different countries—Turkey, Germany, Netherlands, and Japan—across two different industries and domains, she has experienced the power of diversity from first-hand. She finds natural joy in embedding this power into the organizations, translating differences into synergies.

Nicholas Benes

Representative Director, The Board Director Training Institute of Japan

Mr. Benes received his B.A. in political science from Stanford University, and a JD-MBA degree from UCLA. He then worked at JP Morgan for 11 years and went on to lead a path-breaking M&A advisory boutique in Japan, JTP Corporation. He is an inactive member of the bar in California and New York. In the past, he served as a twice-elected Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, long-time Chair of its FDI Committee and Growth Strategy Task Force; and as a member of the Experts Committee of the Japan Investment Council, an advisory committee to the Japanese Cabinet on FDI policy. He has served as an independent outside director at Alps Mapping, the listed company Cecile Ltd., Livedoor Holdings (post-scandal), Imagica Group (TSE6879), and Advantest Corporation (TSE6857). Mr. Benes has taught corporate governance and business ethics as an Adjunct Professor at Hitotsubashi University and the International University of Japan. In 2010, he was a member of the Financial Services Agency’s Corporate Governance Liaison Committee, which had been formed to provide private sector input to the Ministry of Justice and the Legal Affairs Advisory Council regarding amendment of Japan’s Company Law. In 2013, he proposed that the creation of a corporate governance code be included in the LDP’s growth strategy, to be implemented under the auspices of the FSA. He then advised members of the diet and the FSA regarding the content of Japan’s first corporate governance code. In 2016, he proposed changes to the Company Pension Law regulations and guidance, which resulted in a joint study group being formed by the Ministry of Healthy, Labor and Welfare, the Pension Fund Association, experts and institutional investors, and the FSA. The study group issued its report encouraging corporate pension funds to sign the Stewardship Code in March of 2017. He is a Regional Governance Partner for the International Center for Corporate Governance.

Sasja Beslik

Chief Investment Strategy Officer, SDG Impact Japan Inc.

A thought leader on ESG investing and sustainable finance globally. He joined Nordea in 2009 to head Responsible Investment and Corporate Governance and was appointed CEO of Nordea Investment Funds Sweden in 2011 and Head of Responsible Investment at Nordea Asset Management in 2013. He was also selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum (2011). He also has extensive experience and achievements in the area of ESG and sustainability, including his role as Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance Development (2019-2021) at J. Safra Sarazin Bank in Switzerland.

SDG Impact Japan: SIJ is the first sustainable investment platform based in Japan and invests in entrepreneurs and companies solving the world’s hardest problems. Together with its strategic partners, SIJ has established early-stage venture funds focused on promoting the circular economy, and sustainable agri-food tech solutions. SIJ also advises on Japan’s first outcome focused ESG engagement fund for listed equities.

Max Boucher

Senior Manager, Research & Engagements, Biodiversity, FAIRR

Max is FAIRR’s senior manager for biodiversity and oceans since 2021, leading the investor network’s research and engagements on these themes. Prior to this, he spent 8 years with Bloomberg (mainly within the Bloomberg Intelligence research group) where he was an equity research analyst before focusing on ESG and sustainable finance. Max studied finance at HEC Montreal and is a CFA charterholder.

Patrick Buergi

Co-Founder and Managing Director, South Pole Japan

Since the founding of South Pole in 2006, Patrick has been an influencer and innovator in carbon markets and corporate sustainability. Starting out as Chief Technical Officer for the company, he led the implementation and quality control of the entire project portfolio, supervising more than 200 climate change mitigation projects in 25 countries, and played a key role in the evolution of carbon markets and standards. Patrick then extended his expertise to help launch South Pole’s advisory business, which has enabled thousands of corporate organisations around the world to take climate action towards net zero, as well as played a leading role in South Pole’s work with the public sector and impact funds. In September 2022, Patrick relocated to Tokyo to lead the establishment of South Pole’s presence in Japan.
Patrick holds a M.Sc. in mechanical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

Ryusuke Bushimata

Director, Research Division & Legal Office, International Bureau, Ministry of Finance, JAPAN

Mr BUSHIMATA Ryusuke is a director at the Research Division & Legal Office of the International Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, Japan (“MOF”) since July 2022 and an attorney at law admitted in Japan. Along with other experts of the MOF and other ministries, he is responsible for foreign direct investment (“FDI”) screening and monitoring, collaboration with foreign governments and international organizations on FDI as well as the public promotion of Japan's FDI policies. Soon after he was called to the bar in December 2014, Mr Bushimata joined the Tokyo office of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune (“AMT”), one of Japan’s largest law firms. As a member of AMT’s Economic Security and Trade Practice Group, he represented clients on several M&A and finance transactions and advised investors in the world on FDI regulation. He also represented clients on cross-border financial disputes and legal proceedings such as restructuring and bankruptcy filings, litigation and arbitration cases while he worked for AMT as well as when he was seconded to the Hong Kong office of Ogier LLP.

Mr Bushimata received a LL.B. from the University of Tokyo in March 2007 and a J.D. from the University of Tokyo School of Law (“UTSL”) in March 2013. He was an editor of the University of Tokyo Law Review at the UTSL. He also studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science where he obtained in-depth knowledge and experience regarding European and British law and received a LL.M. in December 2020.

財務省大臣官房企画官（国際局調査課投資企画審査室）・弁護士（東京弁護士会・司法修習67期）。対内直接投資等・特定取得の審査、投資後のモニタリング、対内直接投資分野における規制の在り方等に関する企画・立案、外国当局との連携・情報交換等を担当している。財務省入省前はアンダーソン・毛利・友常法律事務所やオフショア法律事務所（Ogier LLP・香港）で執務し、M&Aおよびファイナンス取引において国内外のクライアントの代理人を務め、対内直接投資規制に関する法的アドバイスを提供した。
2007年3月東京大学法学部卒業、2013年3月東京大学法科大学院修了。2020年12月ロンドン・スクール・オブ・エコノミクス・アンド・ポリティカルサイエンス（LL.M.）修了。

Ana Colazo

Investor Engagement Lead, World Benchmarking Alliance

Ana serves as Investor Engagement Lead at the World Benchmarking Alliance, facilitating connections between investors and investor-linked organisations to the work of WBA with the aim of catalysing the sustainable systems transformation needed to achieve the SDGs.

Prior to joining WBA, Ana worked as ESG Commercial Director at Moody´s Analytics where she led the sales strategy for ESG services directed at corporates and governments in EMEA. Her working experience also includes several years at Vigeo Eiris in Latin America where she focused on advancing and developing the sustainable finance debt market in the region, including supporting the issuance of sustainable sovereign debt from emerging and developed economies.

Ana holds an MSc in Chemical and Sustainable Processes from Politecnico di Torino, a BA in Chemical Engineering from National University of Cordoba and has attained a certificate on Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Stanford University.

Sofía Condés

Director of Investor Outreach, FAIRR

Sofía joined FAIRR in 2021 and is the Director of Investor Outreach. Prior to this, she led the Innovative Finance Programme of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). She has also worked as a Strategy Specialist at the World Economic Forum and an Analyst at J.P. Morgan. Sofía holds a BA in International Relations and Economics from the University of Geneva, an MA in International Development and Economics from the Graduate Institute of Geneva, as well as an MSc in Public Health and Health Economics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).

Bhargav Dasgupta

Vice-President, Market Solutions, Asian Development Bank

Mr. Dasgupta is responsible for management of the operations of ADB’s Private Sector Operations Department and Office of Markets Development and Public-Private Partnerships. These departments deliver market solutions to catalyze Asia and the Pacific’s private sector development.
Mr. Dasgupta is a financial industry leader with over 35 years of experience across a range of economies, including in Asia and the Pacific. He was formerly Chief Executive Officer of ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd., the largest nonlife insurance company in India. He led ICICI’s successful initial public offering, making it the first listed general insurance company in India.
In his earlier years at ICICI Bank, Mr. Dasgupta held various leadership positions in project finance, corporate banking and treasury, e-commerce, international banking, and insurance. He was instrumental in ICICI's globalization and insurance business growth. As Senior General Manager and Head of the International Business Group and the Global Markets Group, Mr. Dasgupta was responsible for the company's clients in international markets, including correspondent banks and all international lending. He also led the establishment of international operations in 14 countries through branches, subsidiaries, or representative offices.
Mr. Dasgupta holds a post graduate diploma in business administration from the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore, India. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) degree from Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India.

Naomi Davies

Counsellor (Economic and Finance), British Embassy Tokyo

Naomi Davies became Counsellor, Economic and Finance at the British Embassy Tokyo in April 2019. In this role she leads the embassy’s work on Economics, Public Finances, Financial Services, and Economic Security. Prior to this, and with over fifteen years of experience in the public sector, she has worked in a variety of roles in HM-Treasury and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, focusing on economic and public spending analysis and advice, EU policy, and international economics.
She has previously also worked for the Government of Sierra Leone Naomi has an MSc in Economics (Development) from the University of Bath.

Akane Enatsu

Head of Nomura Research Center of Sustainability, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research

Akane Enatsu joined Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research (NICMR) in 2012 and was appointed as the Head of Nomura Research Center of Sustainability (NRCS) in 2019. Her main research coverage includes public finance and sustainable finance. She has published several books including the Municipal Bond Investment Handbook and ESG/SDGs Keywords 130. She also serves several government organizations as a panel member.

Prior to joining NICMR, Enatsu was a credit research analyst for various financial institutions including Citigroup, Barclays, and Merrill Lynch. She earned an MBA from University of Oxford and a PhD (Economics) from Saitama University.

Ulf Erlandsson

CEO & Founder, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII)

Ulf Erlandsson, PhD, is the CEO and founder of the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII), a research and advocacy organisation empowering investors to drive the climate transition.

Launched in 2020 and backed by prominent philanthropists, AFII provides insights and tools that enable fixed income investors to have a positive impact on climate and nature, based on the team’s extensive markets experience.

Dr Erlandsson previously ran global credit, SSAs and a total return alpha strategy at Swedish state pension fund AP4 and prior to that, was a quantitative strategist at Barclays Capital. His publication record covers a spectrum of credit and climate books and articles for academic and industry audiences, such as the “Sustainability-Linked Bond Handbook”, “Empirical analysis to the credit cycle” and “Systematic CDS Index Trading Handbook”.

He was awarded Environmental Finance’s Bond Personality of the Year 2022 as well as CFA Sweden’s ESG Prize 2021, and earned his PhD in Economics from Lund University. Current engagements include United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Investment Advisory Board, Tribe Impact Capital, Oxford University’s P3SA and the International Sustainable Finance Center.

David Freiberg

Senior Manager, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY Japan

David Freiberg is a Senior Manager at EY Japan CCaSS. He leads EY Japan’s impact services and supports companies globally develop and implement impact strategies and impact accounting practices. Prior to joining EY, he was one of the founding members of Harvard Business School's Impact Weighted Accounting Initiative (IWAI), where he was responsible for developing IWAI's impact methodology and leading global engagements with companies and investors. He has led the development of impact and ESG services at leading consulting firms, such as KKS Advisors, and law firms, such as Paul, Weiss, where he helped developed the both the Sustainability & ESG and Human Rights & Racial Equality Audits practice groups. David has also supported government initiatives, include the Impact Investment Initiative for Global Health (Triple I).

Kenji Fujii

Japan Chapter Lead, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)

Kenji Fujii is Japan Chapter Lead, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). He is also President and CEO, Global Risk and Governance llc, providing risk management advice to major Japanese financial institutions. He is also Member of Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance at Japan Financial Services Agency since 2020.
Prior to his current role, he was Managing Executive Officer, Head of Global Risk Management, Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. He also acted as Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Market Risk Officer at Aozora Bank, and General Manager, Basel 2 Implementation Office at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
Mr. Fujii has participated in numerous industry initiatives in risk management area, including those related to the Basel regulations.
Mr. Fujii graduated from The University of Tokyo in 1981 and received his MBA from Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania in 1987.

Hiroshi Fujikawa

Senior Executive Officer of CSV Strategy, Chief Sustainability Officer, Kirin Holdings

He has been working for Kirin since 1987. After getting MBA degree at Cornell, he was involved in multiple M&A projects in Kirin and worked as one of top management in invested companies in Australia, Singapore, and Myanmar. In 2017, he took a position as the GM of HR department, then spent 3 years in Japan Football Association from 2019 and took the previous position as the GM of CSV Strategy Department in 2022. Since March 2024, he has played the role of the Senior Executive Officer of CSV Strategy to make Kirin Group recognized as one of top leading CSV companies in the global market.

Amane Fujimoto

Japan Advisor, International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)

He engaged in corporate governance consulting for listed companies at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank for 13 years. Since 2014, he worked as Deputy Director of Corporate Accounting & Disclosure Division at Financial Services Agency (FSA) and engaged in formulation and revision of the Corporate Governance Code and the Stewardship Code. Current position since 2020.

Led by global institutional investors responsible for assets under management of USD$70 trillion, ICGN aims for preserving, enhancing long-term corporate value through promotion of corporate governance and investor stewardship, and contributing to economic growth, social prosperity and a healthy environment.

Daiki Fujino

Researcher of Legal and Research Unit and Sustainable Finance Research Unit., Financial & Capital Market Research Dpt. , Daiwa Institute of Research

Daiki Fujino graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tokyo in 2017 and joined Daiwa Institute of Research. Since April 2019, he is tasked with researching disclosure systems related to SDGs and ESG. His main books are 'Practical guidebook for ESG information disclosure'（CHUOKEIZAI-SHA, INC. 2022） and others.

Helena Fung

Head of Sustainable Finance and Investment, Asia Pacific, London Stock Exchange Group

As Head of Sustainable Finance and Investment, Asia Pacific, Helena is responsible for the London Stock Exchange Group’s sustainable finance and investment strategy across the Asia Pacific region. A core part of her role is client and industry engagement on a comprehensive range of products and data and analytics solutions to support the integration of sustainability into investment and financing decisions. Working with research and leadership teams, she has a responsibility for developing the London Stock Exchange’s Asia Pacific sustainable finance and investment product strategy and expansion.
Helena relocated to Hong Kong in 2014 from London – a key hub for ESG investments, where she worked for the responsible investment arm of Hermes Investment Management, enabling pension funds and asset managers to integrate sustainability criteria into passive and active portfolios. Helena’s experience prior to joining LSEG includes ESG integration, equity analysis and advising on philanthropy for family office, asset management and institutional clients. She has been working in ESG and sustainable investment since 2008, including providing advisory research on stewardship implementation for pension funds and family office clients, drafting responsible investment policies and integrating sustainability considerations into both active and passive portfolios.

Tatjana Gerling

Ambassador for Japan, 2XGlobal

Ms Gerling is an Ambassador for Japan for 2X Global, a membership network and field-building organisation focused on unlocking gender-smart capital at scale, which brings together over 150 investors, capital providers and intermediaries working in public and private markets, across both developed and emerging economies.

Ms Gerling is passionate about making a business case for gender equality in corporate environment and ensuring access to finance for female entrepreneurs. She has strong interest in impact investing in Japan. Her background includes research on Japanese environmental and social policy with Saitama University, being a guest speaker on sustainable finance at Rikkyo University and experience setting up sustainable procurement initiatives with Japanese companies.

With 20 years of professional experience, she is a sustainable investment practitioner with FMO - The Dutch Development Bank and serves on the Advisory Board of the Ukrainian professional ESG association - ASDE. Previously, Ms Gerling led sustainable business programs in WWF, one of the largest international NGOs, specializing in reducing human impact on the environment.

Ms Gerling lived in seven and worked in over 40 countries across Europe, Asia and Americas. She holds MBA degree from ESMT Berlin and MSc degree in Environmental Management from Brandeburg Technical University (Germany).

Yuriko Gibo

Principal, Keio Innovation Initiative

B.A. in Political Science and Economics, Waseda University / M.A. in International Relations, Waseda University, Japan.
Government Scholarship to London School of Economics, University of London（LSE）, Stanford University , University of California, SanDiego（UCSD）, and gained experience in Silicon Valley. After working at International Organization, and a think tank, established Technology Licensing Organization (TLO) and built an industry-academia-government collaboration platform.
Since 2010, has been a specially appointed associate professor at Keio University, leading medical healthcare projects at the School of Medicine and the Office for Open Innovation, had been involved in establishing.
Participated in KII in 2020, promoting relations management and impact investing.
Additionally, serve as a Chair, Community and Practice Subcommittee of Japan’s Impact Consortium held by Financial Services Agency, Japanese Government, a director of the Japan Society for Intellectual Production, and a steering committee member of the Japan Impact-driven Financing Initiative.

Snorre Gjerde

Lead Investment Stewardship Manager, Norges Bank Investment Management

Snorre Gjerde is Lead Investment Stewardship Manager at Norges Bank Investment Management, the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund. Currently based out of NBIM’s Singapore office, he leads the fund's ownership activities on a number of environmental topics, including nature and biodiversity, and engages with companies in close collaboration with portfolio managers. He also works to advance global sustainability standards across markets where the fund invests, and represents NBIM as a Taskforce Member on the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). Previously, Snorre worked as an equity analyst in the fund's Equity Strategies department, covering global consumer companies. He has also been seconded to Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Equity Research division, where he focused on the European banking sector. Snorre holds an MBA from London Business School, a Master's degree in Financial Economics from NHH - Norwegian School of Economics, and a CEMS Master's in International Management from NHH and the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tracy Gopal

CEO, Third Arrow Strategies

Tracy Gopal received her B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan in 1992 and an M.B.A. from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business in 1998. From 1999 to 2013, she advised on corporate transactions (M&A, capital raise, restructuring) for EY and GCA (now Houlihan). She transitioned into corporate governance in 2013, joining the research team of Institutional Shareholder Services, the world's largest proxy advisory firm. In 2016, Ms. Gopal founded Third Arrow Strategies, a corporate governance consulting firm. In 2021, she established the Japan Board Diversity Network, which is now the premier global network of skills-based director candidates for Japan. She is a frequent speaker on topics including board composition and the role of the board, effective investor and activist engagement, and the merits of board diversity.

Third Arrow Strategies is a corporate governance consulting firm. The firm offers services to strengthen board governance, promote effective engagement and stewardship, and develop and promote women's leadership. In 2021, the company established the Japan Board Diversity Network (JBDN). The JBDN is the only global female director network dedicated to improving corporate governance and board diversity in Japan. The JBDN provides world-class training for current and future female board directors and global leaders in Japan. The JBDN provides board search services for companies seeking skills-based female directors. JBDN collaborates with companies, organizations, investors and individuals for positive change.

Makoto Haraguchi

TNFD dedicated SVP of Corporate Sustainability Dept., MS and AD Insurance Group Holdings

Makoto Haraguchi is a TNFD Taskforce Member. Since joining the MS and AD Insurance Group in 1996, he has worked to realize a sustainable and resilient society through business using nature-based solutions.

Motoaki Hayashi

Partner, Sustainability Center of Excellence, PwC Japan Group

Over the past two decades since 2000, he has worked on diverse projects across technology, strategic planning, manufacturing, distribution, and digital consulting within foreign consulting firms. With over seven years in digital consulting division, he played a pivotal role in its inception and expansion, specializing in planning, design, and construction of services utilizing alternative data such as sensor, location, SNS, and image data.In 2021, he became the COO of a start-up addressing social issues, overseeing operations and promoting fundraising from ESG and impact investment funds.Since 2022, he has been leveraging digital innovation and sustainability, crafting impactful sustainability strategies based on financial assessments. His expertise includes visualizing how sustainability efforts can impact future financial outcomes.

Hirotaka Hideshima

Counsellor on Global Strategy, TNFD Taskforce member, Norinchukin Bank

Hirotaka HIDESHIMA took up the current position in April 2021, mainly focusing on regulatory and sustainability-related issues. He joined the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) in November 2022. Hirotaka HIDESHIMA worked for the Bank of Japan from April 1989 to March 2021. He represented the Bank on the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) between August 2010 and September 2012, and between January 2018 and March 2019. He co-chaired the Definition of Capital Subgroup (when it developed the definition of regulatory capital for Basel III), and the Macroprudential Supervision Group (when it developed the G-SIB assessment framework). From July 2002 to July 2005, he was seconded to the BCBS Secretariat at the Bank for International Settlements. After being part of a team dealing with Japan’s banking sector problems in the mid-1990s, he served on various working groups of the BCBS. He has also worked in the financial markets area.
As the national-level central financial institution for agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperatives in Japan, the mission of the Norinchukin Bank (“the Bank”) is to contribute to the development of the primary industries and to national economic prosperity based on the Norinchukin Bank Act through three business areas (“food and agriculture business”, “retail business”, and “investment business”). The Bank is one of the largest financial institutions in Japan as well as one of Japan’s leading institutional investors with a well-balanced and globally diversified portfolio. The Bank conducts various lending and investment activities in Japan and abroad, efficiently manages funds and stably returns profits to its member cooperatives. Pursuing stable profit as the ultimate manager of funds for JA Bank and JF Marine Bank, the Bank is working to reinforce its portfolio’s resilience not just to economic cycles but also in the transition to a sustainable economy.

Tomosuke Hirano

General Manager Sustainable Management Office, Sompo Holdings

Tomosuke Hirano is General Manager for the Sustainable Management Office at Sompo Holdings Inc., one of the world’s leading property and casualty insurance groups, and a leading life insurer and care provider in Japan. Hirano is responsible for promoting SOMPO’s sustainable growth and visualizing its purpose to create a society in which every person can live a healthy, prosperous and happy life in one’s own way. Before his current role, he has been closely involved in the group’s governance, work style reform, and formulation of SOMPO’s Purpose. He has set his own Purpose "To be a driving force for a better world”.

Tetsushi Hisata

Representative Director, Soil Foundation

Mr. Tetsushi Hisata, representative director of Soil, founded Speee Inc. in 2007 while still in university and assumed the role of representative director. In 2011, he became a director and founder to focus on creating new businesses. In 2018, he established Datachain Inc., which centers around blockchain business, and became its managing director. In January 2023, he launched the general incorporated foundation Soil and assumed the role of representative director. With a mission to support ventures that are "not profitable but meaningful," he assists nonprofit startups in addressing social issues. He is actively engaged in building a new ecosystem where nonprofit startups thrive and social issue resolution progresses.

Yuriy Humber

President, Yuri Group

Yuriy Humber is founder of the Japan NRG platform, which provides regular information and analysis about the Japanese energy and power industry, markets. He is also a columnist on energy issues for the “Nikkei Asia” and co-author of “Net Zero Sum”, a white paper published by CLSA brokerage on Japanese energy policies. Formerly an award-winning journalist, Yuriy is also President of investment research firm K.K. Yuri Group.

ユーリ・ハンバー氏は、株式会社優利グループ代表取締役。日本のエネルギーおよび電力産業、市場に関する定期的な情報および分析を提供する日本NRGプラットフォームの創設者。また、「日経アジア」のエネルギー問題に関するコラムニストでもあり、CLSAが日本のエネルギー政策について発表した白書「Net Zero Sum」共著者。ジャーナリスト時代には受賞経験もある。

Sachiko Ichikawa

Partner Lawyer, Tanabe and Partners

Serves as a board director for two prominent companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, namely Olympus and Tokyo Electron, and also holds a directorship at the Board Directors Training Institute (BDTI), a public interest institution dedicated to advancing corporate governance. In her role, she actively spearheads sustainability discussions during board meetings, overseeing the governance of the management team, and championing the principles of stakeholder capitalism.

Possessing a wealth of knowledge and recognized as an USCPA and FSA credential holder of SASB, she brings a strategic and informed perspective to her responsibilities. With a background as a lawyer specializing in Human Resource Management and a current position as a member of GRI Labor Advisory Group and GRI Economic Impact Working Group, she is well-versed in navigating the intricate landscape of stakeholder capitalism.

BA from University of Tokyo, LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center

Tomohiro (Tomo) Ishikawa

Chief Regulatory Engagement Officer, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)

Tomo Ishikawa is Chief Regulatory Engagement Officer at MUFG. Ishikawa is responsible for orchestrating MUFG’s group-wide advocacy strategy on financial regulatory policies, including prudential requirements and climate. He oversees recovery/resolution planning for the group, and government relations across the regions. Prior to his current role, Ishikawa headed MUFG’s Government and Regulatory Affairs (August 2018 - March 2023) based in Tokyo, and MUFG’s Regulatory Strategy for the EMEA region (March 2017 – July 2018) based in London.

As part of MUFG’s sustainability/climate change program, Ishikawa serves as a member of the Steering Group of NZBA (Net Zero Banking Alliance). He chairs the “NZBA Transition Finance” working group, which published the “NZBA Transition Finance Guide” in October 2022, and “Discussion Paper on Transition Finance KPI” in December 2023. Ishikawa serves as a board member of GFMA (Global Financial Markets Association).

Until January 2017, Ishikawa headed the advocacy team on digital/technology policies within the Government & Regulatory Affairs Division at Deutsche Bank AG (based in London).

Prior to joining Deutsche Bank in London, Ishikawa served as Deputy Director of Prudential Policy Office at Financial Services Agency of Japan (Japan FSA), where he led the derivative reform implementation in Japan. He chaired a work stream under the Working Group on Margin Requirement (WGMR), reporting to the BCBS & IOSCO Board, with the mandate to harmonize the margin rules across the regions.

Ishikawa started his professional career at Merrill Lynch as an investment banker. After 12 years at Merrill Lynch (Tokyo and NY), he moved to RECOF Corporation (a Japanese M&A boutique), and then to Deutsche Bank (financial institutions coverage banker based in Tokyo). He has 15 years of experience as a “FIG” investment banker, prior to becoming a regulatory policy expert.

Ishikawa graduated from Keio University (Tokyo, Japan) in 1996. He lived in Toronto, Canada, prior to studying economics at Keio.

Yasunari Iwatate

Director, Managing Executive Officer, Higo Bank / Chairman, Higo Bank Corporate Pension Fund

After joining Higo Bank Ltd, Mr. Iwatate worked as a fund manager in the market department, actively supporting venture companies and enhancing corporate value at the group's subsidiary. He then moved to the screening section, where he played a key role in revitalizing numerous local businesses.
Following this, he became the personnel department manager and established the Sustainability Promotion Office in the management planning department, advocating for sustainable finance. He was appointed as a director in 2016, a managing executive officer in 2020, and currently holds this position. In 2021, he was named Chairman of the Higo Bank Corporate Pension Fund.

Fumihiro Kajikawa

Director, GX Finance Promotion Office/Office for Opening the GX Promotion Organization, METI

Mr. Fumihiro KAJIKAWA has served as the Director for the GX Finance Promotion Office and the Office for Opening the GX Promotion Organization since his appointment in July 2023. After entering the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in 2002, he has served in worked in various areas such as in SME finance, IT policy, design policy, formulation of economic growth policy, human resource development and employment policy for increasing competitiveness, internal HR development, healthcare industry development, and macroeconomic research and analysis. Including his previous post as Director of the Environmental Economy Office, Mr. Kajikawa has been working on GX Policy since 2019. Mr. Kajikawa also serves on the board of Future Center Alliance Japan (FCAJ).

Eri Kakuta

Manager, CDP Worldwide-Japan

Eri is Manager for Disclosure, CDP Worldwide-Japan since April 2019, promoting corporate disclosure of environmental information, particularly in the mainstreaming of disclosure on nature, biodiversity and forest risk commodities. Prior to this, she worked in international cooperation with JICA, JBIC and overseas diplomatic missions. In Tokyo, she was responsible for project evaluation and evaluation methodology development; while in India, the Philippines and Pakistan, for project formulation and monitoring in the transport and forest sectors.

Eri holds an MPhil in Development Studies from University of Oxford (UK), an MA in Agricultural and Rural Development from International Institute of Social Studies (Netherlands), and a BA in Law from Department of International Legal Studies, Sophia University (Japan).

Mari Kamei

Deputy Director, Sustainable Finance Office, Financial Services Agency, Government of Japan

Mari Kamei has been working at the Sustainable Finance Office of the Financial Services Agency since 2022. She has experienced a wide range of industries, such as a sector equity and ESG analyst at a Japanese asset management, a marketing specialist at healthcare data science company, a market research leader including sustainable investment products at an advertising company.
In her private capacity, she provides financial education to children while incorporating a sustainability perspective.

Mariko Kawaguchi

ESG Advisor, Fuji Oil Holdings

Specially Appointed Professor of Rikkyo University, ESG Advisor of Fuji Oil Holdings, Advisor to Sustainability Committee of Asset management One.

After acquiring Masters Degree(environmental economics) at Hitotsubashi University, Joined Daiwa securities, worked as securities analyst, consultant, Head of CSR at Daiwa Securities Group Holdings, and Senior Principal of Daiwa Institute of Research . Served as a research specialist of Sustainability issues including CSR, ESG investment for more than 20 years, and of ethical consumption for more than ten years including ethical and sustainable food system.
Also serving as Director of UN Global Compact Network Japan, Director of Japan Sustainable Investment Forum, Director of Ethical Promotion Institute, Director of WWF Japan. Committee member of Environmental Committee Environmental Ministry, and Member of Home Appliance Recycling Committee of METI.

Also serving as Director of UN Global Compact Network Japan, Director of Japan Sustainable Investment Forum, Director of Ethical Promotion Institute, Director of WWF Japan. Committee member of Environmental Committee Environmental Ministry, Member of Home Appliance Recycling Committee of METI, Member of Environmental Committee of Nagano Prefecture.

Masaki Kawai

CEO / CEO, UNERI

In 2020, I founded UNERI, Inc. and focused on building the base of the startup ecosystem, primarily in Central Japan. We organized the largest-scale conference in the impact industry, known as “IMPACT SHIFT.”

Kana Kawasaki

Head of Business Development Morningstar Indexes, Japan and South Korea, Morningstar Japan

Kana joined Morningstar Indexes in January 2020 as Head of Business Development, Morningstar Indexes, Japan and South Korea, based in Tokyo.
Prior to joining Morningstar, Kana was a Senior Director of Index Services at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P), responsible for the sale of index licenses in Japan, and was engaged in developing custom indexes for asset owners such as Bank of Japan and Government Pension Investment Fund with CAPEX & Human Capital index as well as Carbon Efficient Indexes
Prior to S&P, she worked for AXA Investment Management and held dual position as a portfolio engineer and a product specialist of quant-based equity portfolios.
She earned Master’s Degree from Hitotubashi University Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (2002).

Takeshi Kimura

Special Adviser to the Board, Nippon Life Insurance

Takeshi Kimura joined Nippon Life Insurance in 2020 and became a PRI Board member in 2021. He serves on three PRI Board committees: the Policy Committee, the Governance Committee, and the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee. In December 2023, Takeshi was reappointed to the PRI Board Director for a three-year term starting in January 2024.

Before joining Nippon Life Insurance, he worked at the Bank of Japan, the country’s central bank. At the Bank, he served as a Director General and other senior positions in major departments and was involved in various fields of central banking: monetary policy, macro-prudential policy, money market operations, and payment system innovations (digital currency). Takeshi also represented the Bank on various international committees and groups, including the Financial Stability Board and Basel committee.

Takuro Kimura

Chief Executive Officer, G-Cubed Partners, Inc.

• Over 30 years of experience in private equity and project finance with impact, from early to growth-stage ventures/projects, in the agribusiness, manufacturing, healthcare, financial, and logistics sectors in emerging markets (EM), including Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
• 25+ years at International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank Group, Washington DC, with multiple leadership positions
• Over three years at Orix Corporation, leading private equity investment in emerging countries in South and South-East Asia
• Founder and CEO of G-Cubed Partners, Inc, advising fund managers and early-stage entrepreneurs on impact and business strategy
• Founder of the Japan Impact Investing Network (J-IIN), advocating the practice of impact investing for risk-adjusted commercial returns with a focus on natural capital and biodiversity
• Founding board member of Women of the World Endowment (WoWE), supporting women as changemakers based on an intersectional approach
• MBA, Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) – Paris, LL.B. Kyoto University

Shinsuke Kobayashi

Partner, Kanagawa International Law Office

Shinsuke Kobayashi is qualified in Japan and NY. Since writing a Japan chapter for Legal Framework for Impact, he has been actively supporting investors on ESG investments, such as filing climate shareholder proposals and advising on greenwashing and fiduciary duty.

Ryushiro Kodaira

Senior Editorial Writer, Nikkei

Ryushiro KODAIRA is an editorial writer / senior staff writer for the Nikkei Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) . Prior to it, he worked for Editorial Headquarters for Asia (Bangkok), covering the global economies, industries, and financial & capital markets from the pan-Asian perspectives. He had been the Editorial Writer for the Capital Markets, for eight and half years since Sep.2009 He graduated from Waseda University, BA, Literature in 1988. Then he joined NIKKEI Inc., and covered investment banks, capital market and corporate finance as Staff Writer of the Capital Market News Dept.. He was based in London as Staff Writer of the Editorial Headquarters for Europe, Middle East & Africa Editorial Bureau in charge of financial news in Europe from 2000 to 2004. After coming back to Tokyo, he headed NIKKEI reporters at the Tokyo Stock Exchange Press Club, then he was assigned as Senior Staff Writer of the Financial News Dept..
He has written the books, “Global Corporate Governance “,”Asian Capitalism” and “Understanding of ESG “.

Hiroshi Komori

Member of International Sustainability Standards Board, IFRS Foundation

Hiroshi Komori was appointed as a member of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) in August 2022, effective 1 September 2022.
Before joining the ISSB, Mr Komori served as Senior Director and Head of the Stewardship of the ESG Division at the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) in Japan from 2015 to 2022, where he established the Division and developed GPIF’s investor engagement and participation in international sustainability initiatives.
Prior to his work at GPIF, he worked for Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, where he created an investor relations consulting service for Japanese companies and Saitama Bank (now Resona Bank).
Mr Komori holds a Master’s of International Relations from the International University of Japan.

Kenichi Konuma

Director for Climate Finance Policy GX Finance Promotion Office / Office for Opening the GX Promotion Organization Industrial Science, Technology and Environment Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

Mr. Kenichi Konuma had worked at Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI) from 2009 to 2023. He had mainly dealt with the underwriting of loan insurance for oversea natural resources projects, the maintenance of insurance policy including the amendment of the International Trade and Investment Insurance Act for creating new insurance products and the maintenance of internal system at NEXI. He has joined METI in July 2023 as Director for Climate Finance Policy at GX Finance Promotion Office / Office for Opening the GX Promotion Organization Industrial Science, Technology and Environment Policy Bureau. He currently works for GX promotion such as the promotion of transition finance, the issuance of Japan Climate Transition Bonds and the foundation of GX promotion office.

Makoto Koyazaki

Audit & Supervisory Borad Member, Shimadzu Corporation

Makoto Koyazaki joined Shimadzu Corporation in January 1991, and later served as a General Manager for the Planning Department in Shimadzu International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (currently Shimadzu (China) Co., Ltd.) in 2011, and as a General Manager of the Corporate Strategy Planning Department at the Company. In 2016, he served as a Representative Director & President, SHIMADZU GLC Ltd., and became a Senior Manager, Audit & Supervisory Board Members’ Office. He has been an Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the company since 2019.

Aiko Kozaki

Director of Investment Department, Japan Network for Public Interest Activities (JANPIA)

Aiko has been leading JANPIA's Investment Division since January 2024, focusing on developing an impact-first investment market in Japan.

Her career in ESG investment began in 2007 at the Japan Research Institute, where she specialized in analyzing the ESG aspects of companies and supported the development of ESG investment strategies and products.
As a member of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan's Study Group on ESG Factors in Corporate Value Analysis, Aiko has contributed to the understanding and promotion of ESG investment in Japan.
From 2020 to 2022, she was involved in the Financial Services Agency, where she played a role in the establishment of a sustainable finance team and in the formulation of related policies.

Master of Public Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh; B.A., Faculty of Policy Studies, Keio University. Chartered Analyst (CMA), Securities Analysts Association of Japan.

Goro Kumagai

Senior Fellow, Mizuho Securities

Goro Kumagai has been at Mizuho Securities since 2004 and serving since 2007 as a senior research fellow on financial and capital markets regulation including accounting, disclosures, audit and internal control as well as prudential regulations. He has had extensive experience and expertise in investment and financial statement analysis as a sell-side analyst and a portfolio manager.

Goro also teaches "The Financial and Capital Markets" in Japanese and "Corporate Finance and Capital Markets" in English as Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University.

Koichiro Kuramochi

Chief Accountant, Financial Services Agency, Government of Japan

Koichiro Kuramochi is the Chief Accountant of Financial Services Agency and engaging in the development of sustainability disclosure and assurance regulatory framework in Japan.
He is engaging in international discussions on sustainability disclosure standards and sustainability disclosure regulatory framework, as a member of Committee on Issuer Accounting, Audit and Disclosure (Committee 1) of International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), and a member of Jurisdictional Working Group (JWG) of International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). In addition, he engages in the discussion on the developments of sustainability assurance standards, as a member of Stakeholder Advisory Council (SAC) to the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) and the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA).
Previously, he worked for the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and engaged in standard setting of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) accounting standards in London (2013-2017).

Sakon Kuramoto

Managing Attorney, Kuramoto International Law Office

Sakon Kuramoto is an attorney-at-law admitted to practice in Japan and New York, USA. He has been the chairperson of the Advisory Panel in the Grievance Mechanism for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games Sustainable Sourcing Code, among other positions. He is now the co-representative of the Japan Center for Engagement and Remedy on Business and Human Rights (JaCER), which was established as a joint platform of grievance mechanism for Japanese companies.
He was listed in the 2023 Nihon Keizai Shimbun ranking of the “Most active lawyers selected by companies” (Business and Human Rights category).

Leong Wai Leng

Managing Director and Regional Head of Asia Pacific, CDPQ Global, CDPQ Singapore

Leong Wai Leng is responsible for the regional management of CDPQ Global in Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, she coordinates all CDPQ activities in the region and ensures optimal positioning and outreach. CDPQ has offices in Singapore, New Delhi and Sydney in Asia Pacific.

Ms. Leong has over 30 years of experience in the finance and banking sectors, including 13 years in China, where she built a commercial banking business from the ground up. She has an extensive business network in China and in South-East Asia, including in Singapore. Over the course of her career, she has worked in both the buy and sell sides of the industry, in developed and developing financial markets.

Before joining CDPQ in 2018 as Managing Director, Strategic Partnerships, Asia, Ms. Leong was Managing Director and Head of Business Management Unit at the Bank of Singapore, a wholly owned subsidiary of OCBC Bank. Prior to that, she was the Chairman and CEO of OCBC Bank (China). In 2010, she became the first banker from a non-Japanese Asian bank to win a Gold Magnolia Award, one of the highest recognitions from the Shanghai government. Perhaps most noteworthy was the fact it was the Chinese regulatory body, CBRC (Central Banking Regulatory Commission), that nominated her for this award.

Ms. Leong was also Managing Director and Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking at HSBC China. Previously, she held senior positions at multinational corporations such as Philips Electronics China Group, as well as at JP Morgan Bank and at Citibank, in Singapore.

Sherry Madera

Chief Executive Officer, CDP

Sherry Madera is the Chief Executive Officer of CDP, the not-for-profit charity that runs the global environmental disclosure system for companies, investors, cities, states and regions.

Sherry is a prominent thought leader on sustainability, with a focus on sustainable finance, environmental data and public policy. As CEO, Sherry manages a global leadership team and staff across the UK, Europe, North America, Singapore, Japan, China and Latin America.

Prior to joining CDP, Sherry was Chair of the Future of Sustainable Data Alliance (FoSDA) a global organization focused on supporting data requirements to drive success in sustainable finance. As Senior Vice President, Public Policy, for Mastercard, Sherry led on identifying trends and issues that are a priority for governments, industry and regulators for strategic engagement.

A unique combination of former investment banker and diplomat, Sherry has held roles at the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), the City of London and the British Embassy in Beijing, as well as Non-Executive Director Roles at Sondrel Limited and the University of Nottingham.

Sherry speaks regularly in global forums on topics including sustainable finance, FinTech, international trade, data policy and geopolitics.

Hanae Maeda

Managing Director, CSR Design Green Investment Advisory

Following the completion of an undergraduate degree from International Christian University, initially gained an experience in finance within a foreign securities firm. In 2015, a strategic career move was made to CSR Design Green Investment Advisory Co., Ltd. In this capacity, Hanae has spearheaded consulting services in the realms of GRESB Real Estate assessments, ESG evaluations, and ESG disclosure strategies. Additionally, involvement in impact-related projects within the real estate sector has been a significant focus. The professional holds certification as a CASBEE real estate evaluator, further highlighting expertise in sustainable building and real estate efficiency assessments.

Minoru Matsubara

Chief Sustainability Officer, Managing Executive Officer Responsible Division, Resona Asset Management

Mr. Matsubara has been Executive Officer at Responsible Investment Division, Asset Management Division, since August 2023. Prior to his current position, he was Group Lead at Trust Fund Management Division. Planning and Monitoring Group at Resona Bank since April 2009. He began his carrier at Daiwa Bank (current Resona Bank) in April 1991.

Mr. Matsubara’s membership role at government agencies includes Chairman of the Working Group of Principles for Financial Action for the 21st Century (PFA21) at Ministry of Environment (MOE), and TCFD Working Group member for Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

He is currently a member of the Securities Analysts Association Seminar Planning Committee,. Member of the “Sustainability Expert Committee” of Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition.

He is a chartered member of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan (SAAJ) He also used to be a Steering Committee for Investor Forum until July 2016. He is a member of the Nippon Finance Association.

Koh Matsuki

Chief Executive Officer, Proxy Watcher Inc.

Koh is CEO of Proxy Watcher Inc. Aiming to realize "stakeholder democracy," he supports dialogue between asset management companies and NGOs and Japanese companies on ESG investment. Formerly a journalist at Nihon Keizai Shimbun, he was in charge of corporate earnings and activist fund activities.

Takumi Matsuo

Head of Carbon Credit Market Office, Tokyo Stock Exchange

Takumi Matsuo has been the Head of the Carbon Credit Market Office since 2022. He joined the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1992 and has held various roles within the organization. He served in the Equity Department and also worked as a manager in the Fixed Income Department, Listing Department (with responsibilities including emissions trading), and Corporate Strategy Department. Additionally, he was seconded to the Ministry of Finance and the Japan Securities Depository Center, Inc (JASDEC).

Chikako Matsumoto

Managing Executive Officer, CSuO, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings

Chikako Matsumoto, Managing Executive Officer, CSuO, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. Chikako is responsible for the development of ESG-related products and services for corporate clients and the promotion of ESG business across the SMTH. She is currently a member of Stakeholder Advisory Council (SAC). She has 20-year experiences in international development finance and sustainability at the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, being involved in the development of the World Bank’s first green bond and climate finance products. Before joining the SMTB, she led advisory services at EY on climate scenario analysis and mainstreaming ESG in corporate management. She was awarded with master’s degrees from Harvard Kennedy School and Hitotsubashi University.

Hideki Matsuoka

Special Project Manager, Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center (HURIGHTS OSAKA)

Hideki Matsuoka is a Special Project Manager at the Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center (HURIGHTS OSAKA). Engaged in business and human rights and CSR-related surveys and research, development of educational materials, advisory services and lecturing at seminars. Involved in the formulation process of the government's National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (2020) as a member of the working group. A part-time lecturer at the School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University, the Graduate School of Policy & Management, Doshisha University, and the Research Center for Human Rights, Osaka Metropolitan University.

Masatoshi Matsuzaki

Board Chair, LIXIL Corporation

Since 2019, he has served as an independent director and chairman of the board of LIXIL Corporation, leading the restructuring of the company's governance.
From 2014 to 2021, he served as a non-executive director and chairman of the board of Konica Minolta, Inc., overseeing the company’s management.
From 2009 to 2014, as CEO of Konica Minolta, Inc., he promoted the company's management reform and business portfolio transformation.
From 2006 to 2009, as CTO of Konica Minolta, Inc., he led the planning and implementation of the company's R&D strategy.
Previously he served as an independent director of NRI Ltd. (Think tank, consulting firm, system integrator), NSG Company Ltd. (manufacturing and sales company of glass products), and Ichigo Inc. (real-estate company).
From 2018 to 2021, he served as director and vice president of the Japan Association of Corporate Directors.

Yutaka Matsuzawa

Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of the Environment, Japan

Mr. MATSUZAWA Yutaka has served as Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs since July 2023. He is in charge of MOEJ’s international affairs, including global environmental conservation. He represents MOEJ in international dialogues and negotiations.
He held prominent positions in MOE Japan including the Director General of Global Environment Bureau, Director-General of Environmental Management Bureau and others. He has attended various international meetings representing Japan for environment, climate change, including G7, G20, and COP. He obtained master’s degree from the Graduate School of Engineering of the University of Tokyo in 1989.

Colin Melvin

Founder and Managing Director, Arkadiko Partners

Colin Melvin is a thought leader and agent for positive change, who has been at the forefront of global developments in corporate leadership, stewardship and sustainability and responsible asset management for over twenty years. He has international experience from the investor and corporate perspectives in developing and challenging strategy, promoting effective risk management and corporate governance and creating well-aligned incentives.

He is Founder and Managing Director of Arkadiko Partners. He is also an External Lecturer at Copenhagen Business School and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Previously, he was Non-Executive Chair of InfluenceMap, a member of the InfluenceMap Advisory Board and Advisory Council at The Inclusive Capitalism Programme on Purposeful Ownership, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Until November 2016 he was Global Head of Stewardship at Hermes Investment Management and between 2004 and January 2016 Chief Executive of Hermes EOS, the world’s largest stewardship service, which he founded. He was formerly Head of Responsible Investment at Baillie Gifford, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, a Board Member and Chair of the Principles for Responsible Investment, Chair of Social Stock Exchange, Chair of Future-Fit Foundation, a Member of the Corporate Advisory Group at The Future of the Corporation, British Academy and a Member of the 30% Club Investor Group. Between 2008 and 2013 he was a non-executive director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee at Aedas, an architectural firm.

He has a strong network of contacts at the most senior levels within the world's largest investment institutions and listed companies. He is an expert in building trust and adding value to boards in industries with stakeholder challenges having worked with many companies to improve their relationships and performance. He has a strong ability to steer complex and sensitive situations to positive action.

Colin qualified as a fund manager in 1996 and is and member of the CFA Institute. He holds an MA from Aberdeen University and an MPhil from Cambridge University, both in History, and Diplomas in Investment Analysis from Stirling University and Company Directorship from the Institute of Directors.

Chie Mitsui

Senior Researcher, Data Analyst, Nomura Research Institute

A member of a study group of non-financial disclosure that was organised by METI, since 2021, Chie Mitsui is a graduate of the Tokyo University of Science and has a masters degree from the Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science. Before joining Nomura Research Institute in 2008, she worked at Jiji Press Ltd.
Chie specializes in corporate disclosure information and associated systems, IFRS, and ESG.
Also a member of IFRS Taxonomy Consultative Group (ITCG) of International Accounting Standard Board 2014-2020, and a member of Corporate Disclosure policy council of CFA institute since 2021. She has been publishing articles and reports regarding efficient disclosure information for investors' & analysts' activities.

Since 2014, Chie has been expanding her research area to the trend of UK/EU corporate governance, reporting, and their impact. In the past several years, Chie has been also researching Sustainable finance, impact investments.
Currently, she is a member of the non-financial disclosure policy study group of METI.

Yuki Miyoda

Project Researcher, The Graduate School of Frontier Sciences at the University of Tokyo

Yuki Miyoda is a Project Researcher at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences at the University of Tokyo. Her research interests include global governance, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and Sustainable investment. After graduating from Keio University, she started her career at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (now MUFG) and thereafter, enrolled in Hitotsubashi University's Graduate School of International and Public Policy. During her doctoral program at Hitotsubashi University’s Graduate School of Law, she interned at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and also worked for the United-Nation Supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Association. After obtaining her Ph.D., she has expanded her research interests into economic security in the supply chain, and the “nexus” of climate change and human rights. Her goal is to integrate academic insight and practical experience.

Nozomi Mizuno Witherspoon

Senior Specialist - Sustainability & Social Impact, The Japan Research Institute

Growing up in Iraq and Tanzania, Nozomi developed a deep and abiding interest in international development and social impact. In January 2023, Nozomi returned to Japan after 23 years, joining the Japan Research Institute as a Sustainability & Social Impact Senior Specialist.　Currently driving “Business as a Force for Good” with various angles including promotion of B Corp, impact start-up, and impact investment. Prior, she held a Financial Sector Specialist position at the World Bank in Washington D.C., Microfinance NGO in San Francisco, and most recently, Executive Director at Impact Investment Fund in Singapore. Nozomi also serves on the Board of Directors of Creatella Impact, an impact investment and accelerator organization based in New York.

Nozomi holds an Executive MBA from INSEAD (France), a Master’s in International Development from Brandeis University (U.S.A), and a Bachelor’s in International Relations from ICU (Japan).

Yoko Monoe

CMA, Senior Consultant (Sustainable Investment) WEALTH, Mercer Japan

She is in charge of the development of Sustainable Investment business in Japan at Mercer since 2021. Before joining Mercer, she worked for GPIF as an associate director and in charge of the ESG/climate related analysis and disclosure, and also the ESG evaluation of asset managers. Before joining GPIF, she worked for Daiwa Institute of Research as a researcher and conducted ESG research targeting institutional investors for about 10 years. She has experiences in the field of sustainability for about 20 years.

Atsuhito Mori

Head of Sustainable Investment, Japan, FTSE Russell, An LSEG Business

Atsuhito leads the development of the sustainable investment index, data and solutions business in Japan, for FTSE Russell, an LSEG business, since September 2021. Prior to that, Atsuhito was a hedge fund manager for 18 years from 1995 mainly for Japanese pensions and US fund of funds. He then joined the Dutch asset management company Robeco as an investment officer in 2013 and developed its Japanese business with ESG integrated products. In 2015, Atsuhito joined Orix Bank as head of asset management to develop the fund distribution business with selected ESG products.

Maiko Morishita

Japan Programme Manager, Climate Bonds Initiative

Maiko joined Climate Bonds Initiative as Japan Programme Manager in September 2022, on secondment from the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES). Recent activities at Climate Bonds include publications on GX policy and transition finance in Japan. At IGES, her work has centered on research and supporting relevant government agencies on sustainable finance policies in Japan. Maiko has over 20 years of experience at the intersection of social/environmental issues and the role of public/private finance. Prior to joining IGES in 2019, she served as the Deputy Executive Director of Oxfam Japan, overseeing policy advocacy work addressing issues including climate and development finance, and inequality. Maiko is a graduate of Keio University, and began her career as an investment banking analyst before transitioning to the development sector.

Asako Nagai

Managing Director, BSR

With more than 20 years of sustainability experience, Asako leads and advises global technology companies as well as BSR members and partners in Japan to better integrate sustainability into core business strategies as well as specialized on business and human rights. Asako has been a global leader in advising multinational corporations on integrating sustainability strategy to core business strategy and implementing business and human rights based on UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights through consulting services, member services and collaborative initiatives.

Prior to joining BSR, Asako was Head of the CSR Management Section at Sony Corporation, and she has more than 10 years of experience leading global sustainability strategies. She has experience in sustainability reporting, stakeholder engagement, supply chain management, and responsible mineral sourcing and human rights. She also played a key role in shaping the industry framework for the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition.

Asako holds dual master’s degrees in Business Administration and Science from the Ross School of Business and School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan.

Masaaki Nagamura

Fellow International Initiatives, Tokio Marine Holdings

In his corporate role, Masaaki Nagamura interacts with various international initiatives related to natural disaster risks, climate change and sustainability at Tokio Marine.

On disaster risks, he has been assisting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)’s Finance Ministers’ Process (FMP) by serving as Sherpa for the Asia-Pacific Financial Forum (APFF)’s Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (DRFI) Network, since January 2015.

On climate change, he served the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) as an original and returning member. In parallel, he has been actively promoting the implementation of the TCFD recommendations in the Japanese business sector as a steering committee member of the TCFD Consortium of Japan.
Effective March 2023, he assumed Sherpa role to promote climate-related disclosures in the Asia-Pacific region under the auspices of the APFF’s Sustainable Finance Development Network.

At Tokio Marine, prior to his current role, he was Division Head of Corporate Social Responsibility between August 2011 and March 2018. He functioned as a governmental relations expert on international harmonization of insurance regulatory issues between 2004 and 2011, prior to which he was stationed in the U.S. city of Chicago as an Account Executive between 1997 and 2004. He joined Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance in 1986, after graduating from Waseda University in Tokyo.

Yoshinori Nagano

Managing Director, Head of Center for Dissemination of Investment and Asset Management, Daiwa Asset Management

Assumed current role in 2024. Head of Research Dept. in 2017. Chief strategist in 2015. Engaged in economic and equity market analysis in Research Dept. since 1997. As portfolio manager, managed Japanese equity funds in 1995. As equity analyst, covered Japanese material industry after joined Daiwa Asset Management in 1991. Graduated from Kobe University’s School of Business Administration the same year.

Yushi Nagano

Head of JICA DXLab, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Yushi Nagano is a 15yrs+ seasoned development specialist at JBIC and JICA (incl. secondment to IFC), working on infra and impact investing. In his current position, he leads the entire JICA digital initiatives and innovation with private partners, including novel approaches for sustainability issues by leveraging data & tech.

Monica Nagashima

Director of East Asia, InfluenceMap

Monica overseas the Tokyo office and the East Asia regional programs at InfluenceMap, an independent climate risk think tank. Previously, Monica was a researcher at the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) focusing on liquified natural gas (LNG) and hydrogen policy. She holds a Double Masters in Environmental Policy and Energy from Sciences Po and International Relations from Peking University, and a BA in Environment and Information Studies from Keio University. She’s a Co-Founder and Director at Stand With Ukraine Japan.

Naho Nakakubo

Chief ESG Innovation Officer, Cierpa & Co

After serving as the Head of ESG Solutions in Japan at S&P Global Sustainable1, Naho joined Cierpa & Co as the CEIO in July 2023. Her background includes analytical work and SRI advisory at the London office of Vigeo Eiris, an ESG rating agency, as well as experience in ESG consulting at Deloitte. She has been active in speaking at events and lectures, and has written extensively on ESG and AI, including contributions to a book 'AI-based ESG Evaluation' published by Dōbunkan. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from Kyoto University and a Master of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Makiko Nakamori

Director, Chairperson of the Women’s Advancement Committee, ITOCHU Corporation

Her experience as an outside board member spans over 23 years and more than 10 companies. The organizations she has participated in board meetings include venture companies in the pre- and post-IPO period, companies listed on the prime section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and sports organizations with national flags. She began her career in the Corporate Planning Department of NTT. She then worked at Arthur Andersen, where she mainly audited foreign companies. After registering as a CPA, she opened her own firm and has since been involved in accounting support, due diligence, corporate valuations, and civil rehabilitation services, in addition to auditing services, for over 25 years.

Masato Nakamura

Founding Partner, GLIN Impact Capital

Founding Partner of GLIN Impact Capital, which is a first-generation impact/ESG investing fund in Japan. Masato worked throughout his career at Mitsubishi Corporation in Japan where he established new businesses in developing countries (Indonesia), considered investing in high-growth startups, developed AI and IoT initiatives, and spearheaded digital transformation projects. While studying at Harvard Business School, he served as the President of the Impact Investment Club and worked for the Acumen Fund. Harvard Business School MBA class of 2020.

GLIN Impact Capital is an investment fund established to contribute to the development of impact/ESG investing with the mission to "reimagine capitalism for systemic change". Based on this mission, GLIN makes impact/ESG investments in unlisted growth-stage companies in Japan and the U.S. that are developing businesses with potential synergies between social impact and economic return. In addition, we provide post-investment support so that portfolio companies can grow sustainably while pursuing their social mission. Leveraging our unique perspective as an investor, we support corporate transformation through our advisory and consulting services to contribute to a future where non-financial information represented by impact/ESG factors will play an important role in corporate evaluations and activities.

Taka Nakamura

CEO / Founder, taliki

Born in 1995, Taliki's representative director, Taka Nakamura, graduated from Kyoto University. After overseeing the construction of two schools in Cambodia, she pursued further studies in New York. There, she worked for a local news agency, covering events such as the 2016 presidential election and the United Nations General Assembly. Through diverse experiences, she recognized the importance of supporting players who solve social issues. Upon returning to Japan, she founded Taliki, inc. While incubating over 300 social entrepreneurs and developing projects for listed companies, in 2020, she established a venture capital firm focused on solving social issues, becoming the youngest female general partner in Japan. She actively engages in investment activities.

Yuriko Nakao

Associate Professor, Kansai University

Associate Professor, Faculty of Informatic, Kansai University. Ph.D. (Business Administration). Member of the Board of Directors of the Japan Corporate Social Accounting and Reporting Association. Carbon Neutrality Researcher, Kansai University. Vice-Chairman of the Kobe CSR Study Group.　Supervisor, Ethical Business Research Institute. Associate Editor, Journal of Socially Relevant Accounting Research. Main publications include "ESG Evaluation Using AI" (edited, Dobunkan), "Structure of Altruism" (co-author, Minerva Shobo), and "Sustainability Management and Business Strategy in Asia" (co-author, World Scientific).

Hiroyuki Nomura

Operating Officer, Senior General Manager, Investment Planning Department, JAPAN POST INSURANCE

Mr. Nomura started working at The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company., Ltd in 1989. During his career, he was temporarily assigned to work at Dai-ichi Life's UK subsidiary and DIAM's UK subsidiary. He also served as General Manager of Fixed Income Investment Department of The Dai-ichi Life Insurance .
In April 2017, he joined Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd. He has held several positions there, including Senior General Manager of the Global Equity and Fixed Income Department and Investment Planning Department. He has been in his current position since April 2023.

As a fund-manager Mr Nomura had worked in asset management business at the life insurance company and the asset management company on a long-term basis. To achieve greater depth and sophistication of asset management, he actively promote sustainable investment and impacting investment as a universal owner with the aim of realizing a sustainable society and improving long-team investment results. He joins in various forums and conferences as a panelist or a speaker in Japan and overseas.
Graduated from Keio University. Majored in Economics.
Senior Managing Director of Japan Post Investment Corporation.
Director of MKAM Co., Ltd..

Brynn O'Brien

Executive Director, Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility

Brynn O’Brien is Executive Director of the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). As Executive Director of ACCR Brynn leads a multidisciplinary team that conducts in-depth research, engages and collaborates with major institutional investors, and undertakes assertive shareholder engagement with major listed companies globally. Her purpose is to drive real world emissions reductions across these companies.

Under Brynn’s stewardship in 2023 ACCR and institutional investor partners received Environmental Finance’s award for 'ESG engagement initiative of the year, Asia', following a collaborative engagement between major asset owners and a Japanese listed company. Other high-impact stewardship includes a record-breaking vote against the director of an Australian oil and gas company on the grounds of poor climate governance, and investor support for an ACCR-led shareholder resolution forcing a UK-listed coal miner to formally consult with its shareholders.

Brynn is an experienced lawyer and strategist, with expertise in corporate governance, shareholder engagement and stewardship. In 2022, she was named in The Australian Business Review’s Top 100 Green Power Players, and is a leading commentator on how the corporate sector navigates the energy transition in Australian and international media. She holds a Master of Law from Columbia Law School and a dual Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Medical Science from the University of Technology Sydney.

Oyin Oduya

Managing Director, Impact Measurement & Management Practice Leader, Wellington Management

Oyin Oduya is a member of our Sustainable Investment Research Team, acting as our Impact Measurement & Management Practice leader. In this role, she is responsible for partnering with our investment teams to deliver high quality impact measurement and management that informs the investment process, identifies opportunities and supports real world, quantifiable outcomes. Specifically, she works to enhance and create frameworks that enable rigorous analysis of the environmental and social impact of our investments across multiple asset classes.

Prior to joining Wellington Management in 2021, Oyin was head of Impact Strategy at Golding Capital Partners (2019 – 2020) where she was responsible for the creation and execution of the Impact Strategy, Impact Measurement Framework and ESG policy across the firm’s impact investing activities. Previously she worked at LeapFrog Investments (2017 – 2019), a leading Private Equity Impact Investment Firm, producing thematic research in the Impact Team, and later working in Investor Relations. She started her career at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (2009 – 2016) in pan European equity research sales before joining the Research Team as an economist and fixed income strategist covering Sub-Saharan African sovereign credit.

Oyin has a MSc in African economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) and a BA in economics from the University of Cambridge. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute. She is based in our London office.

Yuka Ogasawara

Impact Officer/ Deputy Secretary General, Social Innovation and Investment Foundation / Impact Driven Finance Initiative

Yuka Ogasawara has 25+ years of professional experience in sustainability sector from three vantage points: banking & management consultancy, the public sector, and non-profit organizations.
Currently Yuka, as Deputy Director General, leads a collective effort to advance impact investing through the Japan Impact Driven Financing Initiative, a non-profit platform of 70+ financial institutions including major and regional banks, asset owners and venture capitals, inaugurated 2021. She also has extensive experience in advising on impact measurement and management to social ventures, particularly in Japanese regional areas. Since 2022 she serves as an Outside Director for Nissin Holdings, advising on sustainable finance and other strategic areas, and as an Outside Auditor for Rennovater Inc., a social venture offering affordable housing in Kyoto and Osaka.

Prior to these appointments, Yuka worked in management consulting at Bain & Company initiated the pro-bono practice in Tokyo Office and on international development at Japan International Cooperation Agency with experience in India, Indonesia, Ukraine, Turky and other countries.

Yuka holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Tokyo and MPA from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs. She is a mother of two children, 10 and 7 years old.

Chisa Ogura

Managing Director, Meros Consulting

Chisa has 20 years of experience in research and problem solving related to global agriculture trade, policy, investment and market development. She is the Managing Director of Meros Consulting, which she founded in 2016 together with three partners in order to help international and Japanese players build sustainable and innovative businesses along the global ag-food supply chain. Before launching Meros, she was a senior consultant at Promar Consulting, where she directed the government research and trade policy program. Chisa’s recent work includes strategic research on the potential impact new agriculture funds could have on the Japanese agriculture industry, advising a government-academic initiative to enhance digitalization in agriculture and the food value chain, as well as participating as a committee member for the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ advisory panel on ESG and sustainable investing in agriculture and food. Chisa is fascinated with the complex relationship between people, environment, natural resources, history, food culture and land use and how these relationships impact businesses and government policies. She has a master’s degree in agricultural economics from the University of Tokyo ’s Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences. A native Japanese speaker and fluent in English.

Emi Onozuka

CEO, Eminent Group

Emi has worked at J.P. Morgan (1998-2000), Goldman Sachs Asset Management Co.,Ltd. (2000-2020), and was the Executive Vice President COO at Catalyst Inc. (2020-2022). She has over 20 years of experience in investment management business and has an expertise in the area of ESG. She has been promoting investor stewardship by being involved in ESG research, dialogue with investee companies and proxy voting. Currently, she sits on the board of Daiwa Asset Management and Musashi Seimitsu Industry and is a member of the councils of the Financial Services Agency, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the Cabinet Office. She is the representative director of Future Design Initiative by Science and Finance (FDSF).

Will Oulton

Advisor, MUFG Asset Management Sustainable Investment

Will Oulton is the Chair of the European Sustainable Investment Forum (Eurosif), a Non-Exec Director and Board Champion for Ocean Recovery at the UK based Marine Conservation Society, and Chair of King Charles III’s Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Expert Panel.

He also Chairs the Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Responsible Investment Advisory Council, and the Eden Tree Investment Management’s Responsible Investment Expert Panel. He is also a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Investment Committee for UK based wealth advisor, Impact Lens Financial Planning.

Prior to these positions he was for over a decade the Global Head of Responsible Investment at First Sentier Investors (FSI), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, where he founded the FSI/MUFG Sustainable Investment Institute.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), Honorary Professor at Nottingham University Business School, visiting lecturer at the University of Vienna and Nottingham Trent University and an advisor to several financial services companies.

Margarita Pirovska

Director of Policy, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

Margarita is leading the Global Policy team at the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), working on policy engagement and regulatory analysis to support responsible investment across key capital markets and multilateral organisations. She has over 20 years of experience in sustainable finance and energy markets, including at UNEP FI, Engie and the International Energy Agency. Margarita has a Ph.D. in Economic Science on European natural gas markets and a Master’s degree in Industrial Organization.

Alexander Pui

Adjunct Fellow, University of New South Wales

Alex is Adjunct Fellow at the Climate Change Research Center (CCRC) at the University of New South Wales. His research interests include the impact of transition and physical climate risk on the financial sector. Senior Vice President, Climate and Sustainability Consulting at Marsh Advisory.

Before his current role, Alex led the group climate analytics practice at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) responsible for building out climate physical and transition risk maturity across the bank's mortgage, business and institutional banking divisions. Apart from working with business to develop climate risk management risk indicators and appetite statements, he was instrumental in crafting strategy around emerging risks such as the challenge of insurability of its mortgage book, and spearheaded the bank's climate scenario response to the inaugural APRA climate vulnerability assessment in 2022.

Prior to CBA, Alex was Head Nat Cat and Sustainability (APAC) at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions based out of Tokyo and Singapore, where he managed the underwriting of its property portfolio, and developed bespoke climate risk solutions and innovative parametric insurance solutions. Alex has been recognized as a thought leader within industry through the Risk Leader of the Year award by Risk Management Institute of Australia (RMIA) (2022), and holds a PhD in Applied Statistics from UNSW.

Kim Schumacher

Associate Professor in Sustainable Finance and ESG, Kyushu University

Prof. Schumacher is an Associate Professor in Sustainable Finance and ESG at Kyushu University (Japan). He is also a Visiting Lecturer at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan).

His research focuses on ESG data and impact metrics, sustainability reporting, greenwashing, green bonds, natural capital, nature-based carbon offsets, biodiversity and ecosystem services, renewable energy project development, and TCFD/TNFD disclosures.

Past work includes work as a Lecturer in Sustainable Finance and ESG at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Adjunct Lecturer at the United Nations University (Tokyo, Japan). He also worked as a consultant for the Luxembourg Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development, and as a Postdoctoral Researcher in sustainable finance at the University of Oxford.

In terms of organizational outreach activities and society memberships, he was a member of the GRI Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB). In addition, he is also a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv), sits on the ISO Technical Committees on Sustainable Finance (TC 322) and Environmental Management (TC 207), and is a Lead Author at the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

He holds a PhD degree in Environmental Science from the University of Tokyo (2017) and Master’s Degree in Environmental Law from the University of California, Berkeley (2012).

Yukie Shibano

Executive Director, ESG and Climate Research, MSCI

Yukie Shibano leads MSCI’s ESG research team in Japan. She also covers Chemical Industries as a Global Industry Lead. She has more than 10 years working experience in the ESG field.

Yukie joined MSCI in 2016 as an ESG analyst. Prior to joining MSCI, Yukie worked as an ESG analyst at the Good Bankers Co. Ltd. She also worked at Ebara Corporation.

Yukie received her BA in Economics from Hitotsubashi University, and MBA from Emory University. She is a Certiﬁed Member Analyst of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan.

Ken Shibusawa

Chief Executive Officer, Shibusawa and Company

He is a special advisor to the ISSB (International Sustainability Standards Boards) chair, a board member of the IFVI (International Foundation for Valuing Impact), and a chairman of GSG (Global Steering Group for Impact Investment) National Advisory Board Japan. He serves as a member of Asia Advisory Board of Chiratae Venutres, a leading venture capital fund in India investing in tech startups.
And recently was named as co-head of Triple I (Impact Investment Initiative) for Global Health, an initiative that was endorsed by G7 leadership at the Hiroshima Summit.
He is also trustee and co-chairperson of the Japan-Middle East/Africa Relations Committee of Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives), and is a member of numerous government committees, including the Council for New Form of Capitalism, established by Prime Minister Kishida. In addition, he is an advisor to the Office of the President at the University of Tokyo, steering committee member of UNDP SDG Impact.

Kenji Shiomura

Managing Director, ESG & Stewardship Department, Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)

Mr. Shiomura joined GPIF in February 2016. Prior to GPIF, he worked for Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. He was in charge of domestic and global macro economy, as well as investment strategy for Japanese equities in the Investment Strategy Department.
After joining GPIF, he was responsible for planning of investment strategy as a Chief Strategist. Currently as the Managing Director of ESG & Stewardship Department, he is in charge of selecting ESG indexes. He is also as an Editor in Chief of ESG Report since its launch, supervising ESG information disclosure, research and analysis. He is a CMA (Certified Member Analyst of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan) holder.

As a Japanese public pension fund, Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) manages the reserve fund for beneficiaries with the mission of securing long-term returns with minimal risk. With approximately 196 trillion JPY currently under management and a globally diversified portfolio, GPIF outsources 100 percent of equity and most of its bond investment to external asset managers. As a universal owner, GPIF is committed to making the capital market sustainable by integrating ESG factors into investment and expecting sustainable returns with a long-term horizon.

Philip Sugai

Professor of Marketing (Graduate School of Business), Director (Value Research Center), Doshisha University

Prof. Philip Sugai is the Director of The Value Research Center at Doshisha University, Professor of Marketing within Doshisha University's Graduate School of Business and a Senior Fellow at the OSIPP-IAFOR Research Centre at Osaka University.

Dr Sugai is the author of two books, Building Value through Marketing (Routledge, 2021) and The Six Immutable Laws of Mobile Business, (John Wiley & Sons, 2009) and has published case studies with Ivey Business School Publishing on Suntory Whiskey, KITKAT Japan, AGL, Hatsune Miku and Walt Disney Internet Group.

He received his Doctorate degree from Waseda University and his MBA in Marketing and Operations Management from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He has worked as a marketing executive at American Express, Muze, Inc., and Lightningcast, Inc., and currently serves as a marketing advisor and marketing strategy consultant to companies both in Japan and globally.

Yasuyuki Sugiura

Managing Director of the Institution of the Social System Research, Nikko Research Center

Yasuyuki Sugiura, as a managing director of the Institution of the Social System Research in Nikko Research Center, Inc., has studied ESG investment, corporate governance, and carbon pricing. He supports Japanese companies in ESG-related disclosure and integrated reporting, rates the performance of corporate governance, and conducts quantitative research on corporate governance and ESG investment.
He holds a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from Tokyo Science University and a master’s degree in financial Strategy from the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy at Hitotsubashi University. He is also a CMA (Certified Management Accountant).

Mariko Suzuki

Artist, Founder, CEO, KINYU-JOSHI

After working as a group tour coordinator at H.I.S. Co., Ltd., Mariko joined a fintech venture in 2015.
She started her own business in 2016 after realizing the necessity of financial and economic literacy . She runs Kinyu-Joshi, the community website for those young women who are interested in finance and economy.

Tomoki Takahashi

Vice President, ESG and Climate Research, MSCI

Tomoki Takahashi is the Climate Specialist Lead for Japan at MSCI. In this role, he is responsible for promoting MSCI's climate solutions for investment, risk management, disclosure, and engagement.

Prior to joining MSCI, Tomoki was responsible for climate change and sustainability initiative at corporate side. Before that, he was engaged in consulting on climate change at a think tank and an advisory firm. Tomoki has been involved in the climate change field for over 10 years and has gained extensive experience in strategic planning, policy advisory, and business implementation.

Tomoki holds a Bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo and a Master's degree in Environmental Science from the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences.

Yukari Takamura

Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo

After receiving Master of Laws (Public International Law) from Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, she was appointed Associate Professor at Shizuoka University. Before joining the University of Tokyo in 2018, she worked as Professor at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, and Professor at Nagoya University, Japan. She also studied at Graduate School of University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), France and was Visiting Researcher at University of London, U.K.

Specializing in international law and environmental law, her research focuses on legal and governance issues relating to multilateral environmental agreements as well as climate and energy laws and policies. She is member of the Editorial Board of Journal Sustainability Science and of the Editorial Advisory Board of Journal Climate Policy. She is member of Board of Directors of the Japanese Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies as well as member of the Board of Executive Directors of the Japanese Society for Environmental Law and Policy Studies.

She serves as member of governmental advisory bodies, among others, Central Environment Council as President and Environment Council of Tokyo Metropolitan Government as President. She is also member of the Sustainability Standards Board of Japan (SSBJ) and member of the Advisory Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). She served as Vice President of Science Council of Japan (2020 - 2023) and as Chair of Procurement Price Calculation Committee for Feed-in Tariff Scheme for Renewable Energy (2021-2024). She received Environmental Conservation Merit’s Minister of the Environment Award in 2018.

Kae Takase

Senior Coordinator, Renewable Energy Institute

Kae Takase joined Renewable Energy Institute in 2023. Previously she was Associate Director at CDP Worldwide-Japan, where she was responsible for helping Japanese companies and investors to set science-based targets (SBT), procure renewable electricity (RE100), and disclose TCFD-aligned sustainability information. She worked as a modelling analyst at the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan, the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, and Center for Low Carbon Society Strategy under the Japan Science and Technology Agency, built and ran Integrated Assessment Model for Climate Change, Computable General Equilibrium Model, Econometric Model, Energy System Model, bottom-up model for the energy system. She also initiated and conducted pilot projects for 'Pay as You Save' scheme for solar power and other energy efficiency improvement measures in several municipalities. She graduated from Keio University (B.A., M.A.) and the University of Tokyo (PhD). She has also spent a year in Yongin University in South Korea to devote herself to taekwondo and take a break from research.

Ken Tammoto

Principal Strategist, Carbon Solutions Development Unit, MOL

Former Programme Officer for UNEP Headquarters (Nairobi, Kenya), where Mr. Tammoto served as Secretariat of the Preparatory Committee for the 1992 The United Nations Conference Environment and Development; Earth Summit in Rio. Since returning to Japan, he has worked on climate change issues at the Institute of Developing Economies (now JETRO Institute of Developing Economies), Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Research Institute (Mizuho Research Institute), Daiwa Institute of Research, etc. In his previous company at Kokusai Kogyo, as project leader of the REDD+ project in Indonesia, he was the first Japanese to have the project be passed validation by the third-party certification body, SCS.
His areas of expertise include climate change policy, carbon pricing (emissions trading, carbon tax), ESG investment and institutional theory such as the Kyoto Protocol/Paris Agreement. He has given a lot of lectures to institutional investors so far.
Major books and papers include "Paris Agreement Between Dichotomies and Common Rules - A Study on the Transparency Framework and Flexibility around NDC" (2019), "Climate Change Issues and ESG Investment - The Importance of Universal Ownership Concepts and Affinity with the SDGs" (2017), "Environmental Business at a Turning Point- Outline REDD+" (2013) ASCII Media Works (principal author) and many others. He earned M.Phil (Development Studies) from University of Cambridge.

Yutaro Tanaka

Executive Director, ESG and Climate Client Coverage, MSCI

Yutaro Tanaka is Japan ESG and Climate Lead in client coverage and responsible for overseeing business strategy and business development related to ESG and Climate business in Japan. Prior to the current role, he has been responsible for coverage of financial institutions in the index, ESG and climate business with a focus on asset managers and securities firms. He holds a Master's degree in Environmental Management from Duke University and is a certified ESG Analyst® (CESGA)

Paul-Antoine Thiebot

Head of Sustainable and Positive Impact Finance, Asia Pacific, Societe Generale

Paul-Antoine Thiebot is Head of Sustainable and Positive Impact Finance for Asia Pacific at Societe Generale, based in Singapore. His teams spread across the Asia Pacific region, focusing on supporting origination and structuring of sustainable finance products, ensuring strong alignment with the Bank’s ESG targets, and scaling up impact-based solutions whilst promoting ESG advisory services to support its clients’ sustainability journey.

Paul-Antoine has over 16 years of experience in energy financing and advisory. He began his career at Societe Generale in 2007 in the energy project finance team in Hong Kong and then relocated to London in 2015 where he strengthened the bank’s leading position in the offshore wind sector. Paul-Antoine has played a leading role on numerous advisory and arranging mandates for oil and gas and renewable projects, including multi-billion USD transactions, to support strategic clients of the bank across the EMEA and APAC regions.

In 2023, he moved to Singapore to take up a new role as Director, Energy Transition and Sustainable Finance for Asia Pacific. Paul-Antoine graduated from HEC Paris with a specialisation in Finance.

Ryusuke Tanaka

Programme Officer, International Labour Organization Office for Japan

Ryusuke Tanaka is the Programme Officer at the International Labour Organization Office for Japan. In that capacity, he assumes the role of contact point for tripartite constituents in Japan and has engaged in activities related to international labour standards particularly in the context of business and human rights. He is one of the members of the Working Group on the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan and assumed the member of Study Group of Guidelines on respecting human rights in responsible supply chains, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Japan.

Tomoko Tsuruno

Director, Institute of Sustainability Management and Assurance （i-SMA）

Tomoko Tsuruno is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) of Japan. She is currently a Board Director at CSR Design Green Investment Advisory, Co., Ltd. (CSRD), where she specializes in conducting research on sustainable finance and providing expert advice on sustainability disclosure. In addition, she is also a Technical Director at the Japan Institute of Certified Public Accountants (JICPA), where her research focuses on sustainability disclosure.
She co-founded the Institute of Sustainability Management and Assurance (i-SMA) in April 2024.
Tomoko is currently a member of the JICPA's Expert Committee on Sustainable Finance and the PRI Global Policy Reference Group. Previously, she was a member of the ISSB Technical Reference Group.
Prior to joining CSRD, she worked at KPMG Japan, providing audit and sustainability-related research.
Tomoko holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Tokyo in Japan and a Master of Accounting from the University of Essex in the UK.

Maho Uehara Cavalier

Director, Animal Welfare Corporate Partners Japan (AWCP)

After obtaining a degree in Business Administration from the State University of New York, and later pursuing a master's degree in Animal Policy and Advocacy at The Humane Society University Graduate School, Maho joined the prominent livestock welfare organization, The Humane League, in 2017. As a founding member, Maho worked to establish the Japanese branch. Focusing on ethical consumption and incorporating animal welfare perspectives within the framework of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), she has been engaged in ongoing discussions with major corporations to promote cage-free farming practices for laying hens.

In February 2024, founded the non-profit organization "Animal Welfare Corporate Partners" , an advisory organization, enabling major companies that have continued their engagement to implement animal welfare policies and cage-free egg sourcing policies. Maho serves as the board member of Animal Welfare Food Community Japan, as well as the Corporate Team Lead of Asia for Animals. Maho has over 20 years of experience in animal advocacy, both domestically and internationally.

Will van de Pol

CEO, Market Forces

Will joined Market Forces in its early stages in 2015, and became CEO in 2023 after previously leading the organisation's shareholder action, superannuation and asset management campaigning work. Market Forces is a not for profit environmental advocacy organisation that works with community members - including pension fund members, bank and insurance company customers, shareholders, and people affected by fossil fuel projects and climate change impacts - to shift finance and investment away from projects that would harm the environment and exacerbate global warming. The organisation launched in Australia in 2013 and has grown to deliver campaigns in key financial centres around the world, with particular focus on fossil fuel projects in Australia and Asia.

Sylvain Vanston

Executive Director, Climate Investment Research, MSCI

Sylvain Vanston is Executive Director, Climate Investment Research at MSCI since November 2021. In this capacity he helps formulate a research agenda for MSCI’s climate-related content through collaboration with a wide range of teams and works with strategic clients globally on issues of climate risk reporting, risk management, portfolio management, TCFD, GFANZ, climate metrics, biodiversity, etc.

Previously, he worked at the AXA Group where he was in charge of generating new policy developments and integrating Climate Change and Biodiversity-related factors into the AXA Group’s operational, underwriting and investment processes (e.g. ESG integration, Impact Investing, divestment, shareholder engagement, underwriting guidelines, coalition building, green products, etc). He also led AXA’s work within the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, Net-Zero Insurance Alliance, TCFD and TNFD.

His academic background is in International Relations, with degrees from Sciences Po Paris, London School of Economics, and Kent University. He started his career in Public Relations and business finance, followed by SRI ratings and analysis.

Anjali Viswamohanan

Director, Policy, Asia Investor Group on Climate Change

Anjali is the Director of Policy for the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change.
At AIGCC, Anjali works with governments and stakeholders in Asia to build investable national climate, physical risk, and climate-related risk policies. In her previous roles, she has spent several years advising policymakers and investors in emerging markets on various elements of energy transition and climate finance.

Hirofumi Watanabe

General Manager, Regional Sustainability Design Dept., AEONMALL / Leader, Regional Sustainability Desig (Community Development, Resilience, Energy Security), AEON

We are promoting industry-government-academia collaboration and regional cooperation to strengthen local value and community development, with the aim of responding quickly to changes in the social environment and providing new solutions to the challenges faced by local communities.

Kenji Watanabe

Vice President, ESG and Climate Research, MSCI

Kenji Watanabe has specialized in ESG and climate change research. His publication included international environmental law articles, journals and research insights on climate change mitigations published in MSCI, the United Nation University, Oxford University Press and Georgetown Environmental Law Review. His works were referenced by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Climate Data Steering Committee.

He holds an LLM in Environmental Law from the George Washington University Law School.

Daniel White

CEO, Gentian

Dan is the CEO and co-founder of Gentian, he is a serial entrepreneur and passionate about creating and applying new techniques for data to conserve and enhance biodiversity.

His journey as an entrepreneur began in 2013, when he co-founded The Behaviouralist, a consultancy solving big social and commercial problems, using techniques and methods taken from behavioural economics. In 2017, he founded and led Signol as CEO, a company which uses personalised behavioural feedback to drive emissions reductions in aviation and shipping, with a focus on the crew.

In 2020, he co-founded Gentian, a service that uses remote sensing, AI, and computer vision to precisely and remotely map ecology. This allows for much faster and lower cost access to crucial data, which historically has taken months or years to acquire.

His work with Gentian continues to shape the conversation on preventing biodiversity loss and has already influenced numerous businesses.

Christian Wiehenkamp

Founder, Effectual Capital

Christian Wiehenkamp is Chief Investment Officer at Perpetual where he is responsible for the investment strategy and process in public and private markets. He also founded Effectual Capital to systematically incorporate costs and benefits (“externalities”) to the environment and society for a sustainable and efficient allocation of capital. Before, Christian held various positions in the Allianz Group incl. as responsible investment advisor for family offices and fiduciary clients at Allianz Global Investors / risklab. He holds a doctorate in finance from Goethe University Frankfurt and a master's degree in econometrics from Maastricht University.

Asahi Yamashita

Head of Japan, ClientEarth

Mr. Yamashita is Head of Japan at ClientEarth from February 2024. He was a legal advisor in Japan to ClientEarth since January 2021. Over the last few years, he assisted European institutional investors in engaging Japanese companies and climate shareholder resolutions in Japan. On climate shareholder advocacy, he also serves as Director of Corporate Action Japan.

By way of background, he served as Deputy General Counsel of a reputable insurance company listed in New York Stock Exchange and Tokyo Stock Exchange. Prior to the inhouse-position, he practiced financial laws as partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in Tokyo for more than 10 years. He has been familiar with Japanese securities law throughout his career as he started as a securities litigator during Japan’s bubble burst. He is a member of Daini Tokyo Bar Association and Climate Change PT at Japan Bar Federation.

Evonne Yiu

Manager, EY

Singaporean. Doctor of Agricultural Studies, the University of Tokyo. After working in governments and UN organizations, Evonne joined the Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) division of Ernst & Young ShinNihon in 2022 and is leading the work on nature and biodiversity, including TNFD. Prior to joining EY, Evonne worked on biodiversity and sustainable agriculture, forestry and fisheries through UN initiatives for more than 10 years. Based on her expertise she was selected to participate in the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Values Assessment (2018 to 2022) as a fellow and currently also participating in the ongoing IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment as a lead author. In April 2024, she is also appointed as a committee member of the Experts Meeting on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan．

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Senior Lead, PRI

Director for Strategy Development, Financial Services Agency

Senior Responsible Investment Manager, Responsible Investment Ecosystems, PRI

Chief Sustainable Finance Officer and Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs, Financial Services Agency, Government of Japan

Co CEO, SDG Impact Japan

The next RI Japan conference will take place on 22-23 May 2024, all timings are in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).

Agenda

RI Japan 2024 - Wednesday 22nd

Registration

Welcome remarks from Responsible Investor

Plenary 1: The future role of transition finance in sustainable investing

Bhargav Dasgupta

Helena Fung

Fumihiro Kajikawa

Leong Wai Leng

Margarita Pirovska

Hideki Takada

Keynote

Yutaka Matsuzawa

Networking break

Plenary 2: Turning Nature positive: embracing Biodiversity and incorporation of the TNFD

Naomi Davies

Makoto Haraguchi

Hirotaka Hideshima

Sylvain Vanston

Evonne Yiu

Plenary 3: Countering the anti ESG backlash, does Japan have a meaningful role to play?

Khalid Azizuddin

Sasja Beslik

Satoshi Ikeda

Colin Melvin

Monica Nagashima

Networking lunch

Stream A-1: Spotlight on the GX bond and transition bonds as labelled instruments

Ulf Erlandsson

Ryushiro Kodaira

Kenichi Konuma

Maiko Morishita

Stream B-1: Business and Human Rights

Arisa Kishigami

Minoru Matsubara

Hideki Matsuoka

Michiyo Morisawa

Ryusuke Tanaka

Stream C-1: Reaching for a global baseline: Implementation of the ISSB and sustainability disclosures

Daiki Fujino

Hiroshi Komori

Koichiro Kuramochi

Chikako Matsumoto

Anjali Viswamohanan

Stream A-2: Addressing the challenges of financed emissions

Tomohiro (Tomo) Ishikawa

Kenichi Konuma

Chie Mitsui

Masaaki Nagamura

Paul-Antoine Thiebot

Stream B-2: Social Disclosure in Japan

Asako Nagai

Kiran Aziz

Atsuhito Mori

Ana Colazo

Stream C-2: Creating better governance in Japan

Nicholas Benes

Amane Fujimoto