Speakers
Plenary Speakers
Speakers
Tenrai Inc.
Japan Association of Healthcare Initiative,Planetary Health Initiative
Medical Doctor
CEO, Tenrai Inc.
Chief Chairman,Japan Association of Healthcare Initiative,Planetary Health Initiative
Sponsor/Co-researcher, Laboratory of Mathematical Engineering of Morality Emotions, Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Sustainable Brands
Michael Dupee is a corporate sustainability and innovation expert, educator, and entrepreneur, with over 25 years of experience across the consumer products, graduate education, investment banking, and ecotourism fields.
Michael served as both the first Vice President of Corporate Sustainability and the first Vice President of Sustainable Innovation at the former Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and Keurig Green Mountain Inc. In these roles, he created and led an award-winning and internationally recognized corporate responsibility program, was named co-winner of the Best First Time Sustainability Report in North America by CERES, and deployed over $48 MM in strategic philanthropy, and developed innovative biomimetic and Base of the Pyramid projects. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters was named the #1 Best Corporate Citizen by CRO Magazine twice during his tenure.
He taught “Business Strategy for a Sustainable World”, “Sustainable Operations and Green Supply Chains”, and “Biomimicry as an Innovation Tool” in the Sustainable Innovation MBA program at the Grossman School of Business at the University of Vermont, one of the world’s leading Green MBA programs. He was recognized as Faculty Member of the Year in 2017 and as Best Adjunct Faculty Member in 2021.
Additionally, he has served as a Vice President at Goldman Sachs & Co., making and managing investments in distressed financial assets, co-founded an innovative and successful railbiking ecotourism venture, and acted as a Senior Advisor to a boutique consulting firm for their Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) practice.
Michael holds graduate degrees in law, business administration, and biomimicry. He is based in Vermont where he lives with his son, makes music, and both plays and coaches baseball.
Sustainable Brands
Through Sustainable Brands, she and her team lead the global conversation about how 21st century brands can, and are delivering new business value through innovation for environmental and social purpose. In addition to overseeing direction and strategy at SB, she writes and speaks around the world on the shift in consumer demand and the opportunity for brands to respond by changing the way they think of and deliver against their role in society. She served as faculty for Harvard’s Leadership for Sustainability Exec Ed program, and is on the external sustainability advisory council for P&G. She was recently awarded the Hutchens medal from ASQ, (American Society for Quality) which recognizes exceptional leaders in social responsibility and sustainability.
Prior to launching Sustainable Brands Worldwide and parent company, Sustainable Life Media, in 2004,KoAnn founded and lead a boutique management consultancy focusing on helping enable breakthrough financial performance through purpose-driven leadership and improved organizational alignment.
Prior to that, she worked for 18 years in business-to-business media where she served in positions of increasing responsibility, launching and leading media properties including magazines, conferences, trade shows, and more for a wide range of markets, starting with natural resources (timber, paper, and mining) and ending with a variety of emerging technology sectors including digital video, computer game development and the web. During her tenure she garnered extensive experience launching and growing countless product brands, as well as driving a corporate brand effort and integrating it with a global product brand portfolio spanning many market sectors. She completed her media tenure as Senior Vice President of a multinational division of United Business Media, overseeing a $50 million division and a 150-person team.
Global Compact Network Japan
After graduating from the College of Liberal Arts of International Christian University in 1967, he joined Fuji Xerox.
He became President and Representative Director of that company in 2002. In 2007 he retired as President and was appointed Executive Advisor to the Board. In 2012 he retired from Fuji Xerox. He served as a Board Member of the United Nations Global Compact from 2007 to June 2018. Since 2008 he also has served as Chairman of the Board of Global Compact Network Japan.
Sharing Economy Association, Japan
Eminent Group Ltd.
登壇セッション
HERALBONY Co., Ltd.
Chiba University of Commerce
CSR/SDGs Consultant
March 1976 Graduated from the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law.
April 1977 Joined the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (currently the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
July 2005 Councillor, the Ministry of the Environment
August 2006 Councillor, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
July 2007 Director-General of the Kanto Regional Forest Office
March 2008 Retired the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
May 2008 Joined ITO EN, LTD.
July 2010 Director of ITO EN, LTD.
July 2014 Managing Executive Officer of ITO EN, LTD.
April 2019 Retired as Advisor of ITO EN, LTD.
April 2020 Professor at Platform for Arts and Science, Chiba University of Commerce (current position)
June 2022 Outside Director of NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION (current position)
[Official HP] Hidemitsu Sasaya Official Site (https://csrsdg.com/)
Brands for Good
General Incorporated Association “NEW HERO”
Futoshi Takashima is a founder / CEO of the General Incorporated Association “NEWHERO”, which approaches social issues from the creator’s point of view and runs a community that connects social activists and creators.
Futoshi is also a visual director/documentalist, specialized in bringing out and capturing ephemeral emotions and moments from individuals, and actively creates social-good content.
He efficiently applies visual expression and ideas which he cultivated through his experience in the advertisement industry, in the field that solves social challenges, and works on creating new stories that reach out to people’s hearts.
His major works are P&G’s “Mom’s Happy 1st Anniversary”” (ママも1歳、おめでとう) etc., which won awards both at home and abroad.
登壇セッション
World Wide Fund For Nature Japan
Chief Executive Officer of WWF Japan since July 2020.
Currently serving as WWF Network’s AP25 Senior Executive Team member, ADB (Asian Development Bank) WWF Partnership Steering Committee Chair.
Studied natural resources management at University of Edinburgh and graduated with Master of Science degree, joined WWF Japan in 1992 and worked on wetland and flyway conservation. Since 2000, initiated an international marine biodiversity conservation project for the Yellow Sea Ecoregion cooperating with scientists, environmental NGOs, local and central government agencies, and UN agencies in China and South Korea. Between 2011-2020, as Conservation Director for WWF Japan, managed a conservation programme. Between 2017-2020, also worked as an Asia-Pacific Representative of Conservation Directors and led the launch of the WWF Asia Pacific Counter-Illegal Wildlife Trade Hub.
Yamanashi Prefecture
Environmental Management Group, ESG Management Department
SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
HERALBONY Co., Ltd.
Environmental Management Group, ESG Management Department
SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
Sinc Inc.
Sustainable Brands TOKYO
Department of Business Administration
Komazawa University
Shigeki Aoki is an expert on structuring and managing channels of distribution, and rivitarizing local areas throughout Japan. He is on a member of the board of trustees of the association of Design about Strategy for Zone Industry and Zone Brand.He has won several awards for his teaching, including Shakaijin Kisoryoku(Business Basic Skills) Award by MEIT(Ministry of Economy、Trade and Industry) in 2008. Professor Aoki has consulted and taught for a number of major corporations. Before joining KOMAZAWA in 2008, Professor Aoki served on the faculty of the University of Yamanashi Gakuin University.He is also a chairman of NPO Yamanashi Cycling Project. He got Master Degree of Commerce at Keio University in 1994. He finished the Ph.D Course of Commerce at Keio in 1997.
登壇セッション
Sustainable Brands TOKYO
Response Ability, Inc.
登壇セッション
Sustainable Brands
Sustainable Brands Japan and Sustainability Development Dept.
Hakuten Corporation
Sustainable Brands TOKYO
Sinc Inc.
Sun Messe Co.,Ltd.
After having extensive experience in administrative departments such as stocks, derivatives trading, research-related work, human resources, finance / IR, and public relations at a major securities company, finance / IR consultants, M & A advisors, and corporate communication support managers of major companies Engaged as.
Leveraging a career in financial and non-financial consulting, including talks with numerous management teams, focusing on integrated thinking related to corporate management, ESG / SDG consulting, internal penetration, and information disclosure support services -Involved in a wide range of consulting services, including ESG Producer at the International Conference on Sustainable Brands, and is responsible for regional revitalization and regional collaboration between companies and local governments.
Sustainable Brands TOKYO
Grow Company Plus Inc.
After working for an airline company, she became a training planner for a dispatched labor company. After that, she moved from her motivation for human resource development to a consulting company affiliated with a major manufacturer, and she became a manager of development, sales promotion, public relations, etc. related to human resource development to a general manager of the corporate training department. After that, started a business. With much of her experience in the business field, she continues to be involved in creating a variety of human resources and organizations, focusing on her diversity, including her experience in managerial positions and entrepreneurship in balancing childbirth and parenting.
Her goal is “Peace.”Asking the most influential “human” in the resources on the planet, She has been involved in many schemes that balance SDGs with social problem solving and business for many years, and also works as an SDGs promotion advisor.
Sustainable Brands Japan
Sinc Inc.
After graduating from Waseda University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering, Suzuki began his career at Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd., contributing to the launch of various IT service businesses.
He later founded a promotion company specializing in the IT industry, where he spent over 20 years developing and executing marketing communications, branding, PR, and sales strategies for IT companies.
In 2012, he joined Hakuten Corporation, where he led new business development, digital initiatives, and global strategy under the concept of “Experience Marketing.”
His encounter in 2015 with KoAnn Skrzyniarz, founder of Sustainable Brands (SB), inspired him to bring the global sustainable brand movement to Japan, resulting in the launch of SB-Japan in 2017.
Since then, Suzuki has produced the annual SB international conference.
In August 2024, he transitioned to Sinc Inc., where he actively supports sustainability initiatives for both domestic and international companies and local governments.