BS1-25

Day 1

15:30-16:45

JP/EN

Co-creation

Businesses Taking Bold Action with NPOs, Local Governments, and Schools for Social Impact

Sustainable businesses are increasingly achieving greater impact on social challenges by collaborating with NPOs, local governments,schools, and other social-sector partners. From these leading-edge initiatives, this session will explore and share the essential elements required for companies that are building sustainable brands and aiming to generate positive social impact, as well as for NPOs, governments, and educational institutions seeking to partner with such companies.

Speaker

Facilitator

Masataka UO

CEO
Japan Fundraising Association

Erin McCusker

Senior Vice President and Leader, SATO and LIXIL Public Partners at LIXIL
LIXIL Corporation

Erin leads SATO, a social business that develops innovative sanitation and hygiene solutions for global communities. Within the broader LIXIL Group, she is also responsible for the LIXIL Public Partners and Hydrific ventures.
Erin is also Chair of the Toilet Board Coalition (TBC), a unique business-led partnership with the ambition to accelerate the Sanitation Economy. Previously having worked with social enterprises, philanthropists, and other bilateral and multilateral organizations, she is skilled in relationship management, strategy development and planning, engagement of complex stakeholder groups, organizational effectiveness and implementation, analysis, and business case development.

Shin Shimomura

Manager
Central Japan Railway Company

Hiromi Tengeji

Representative Director
Kopernik Japan

She joined Kopernik in 2011 and has served as the Representative Director of Kopernik Japan since its establishment in 2014, overseeing all of the organization’s programs and operations.

Through collaboration with public institutions, private companies, NGOs, and educational institutions, she has been engaged in initiatives aimed at addressing social and environmental challenges in developing countries, primarily in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, with a focus on the dissemination and promotion of locally rooted innovations.

In Japan, she has also led a wide range of activities, including corporate consulting, capacity-building programs for NGOs, and lectures at educational institutions. She is currently advancing the KOPERNIK-Campus initiative, which focuses on developing human resources capable of addressing complex social challenges.

Nao Nishikawa

Director
Service Affairs Policy Division, Commerce and Service Industry Group　
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Since joining the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Ms.Nishikawa has been involved in a broad spectrum of key policy areas. Her experience spans trade policy initiatives, including the Japan-U.S. Economic Dialogue and APEC; the formulation of Japan’s energy mix in the immediate aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake; and efforts to strengthen oil supply chain resilience. She has also contributed to climate change and environmental policies, including the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the promotion of green finance, as well as to international standardization policy. She has served in her current position since July 2025.