Victoria Taylor is a recognized leader in sustainability reporting and communications, with over 20 years of experience advising global brands on best practice. As CEO of Flag, Vic leads a multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering strategic insight, creative innovation and impactful reporting for clients navigating the evolving sustainability landscape. Vic and her team lead and advise on ESG and sustainability reporting programmes for high-profile organizations including Hitachi, McDonalds and General Motors.
A board member of the Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (ICRS) since 2020, Vic now serves as Vice Chair, where she plays a key role in advancing the profession. She is a regular speaker and facilitator at industry events, having recently chaired the plenary session at the UK Environmental Law Association’s annual conference, led a session on emerging trends in sustainability reporting at the ICRS Exchange in London.

Ohtani joined Kao following a career in mass media to lead internal engagement efforts around corporate philosophy The Kao Way. She went on to work in global internal and corporate communications, contributing to the realization of the mid-term management strategy through projects for corporate image establishment and future creation. In 2018, Ohtani was appointed Director of ESG Promotion and ESG Public Relations, ESG Division, where she took on the responsibility of developing and promoting the ESG strategy the Kirei Lifestyle Plan. She was appointed Vice President, ESG Global Strategy in 2022, and has held her current position since 2025.

Joined Mitsubishi Corporation in 1980. Served as General Manager of Corporate Communications Department in 2001, Executive Officer and General Manager of General Affairs Department in 2010, and Member of the Board, Executive Vice President and Corporate Functional Officer in 2014. Concurrently served as General Manager, Kansai Branch in 2017.

Joined ASICS Corporation as Corporate Adviser in January 2018, and appointed Representative Director, President and COO in March 2018. Appointed Representative Director, President, CEO&COO in March 2022, and Representative Director, Chairman and CEO in January 2024.

Dr. Kazuo Yano is Fellow, Hitachi Ltd. and CEO, Happiness Planet Ltd.
He is known for his pioneering works dedicated to the world-first room- temperature single-electron memories.
Subsequently, he has pioneered the measurement and analysis of social big data.
He and his coworkers have succeeded in quantifying the happiness of people from unconscious physical motion,
and founded “Happiness Planet, Ltd.” in 2020 for enhancing happiness and psychological capital through technologies.
He has provided a number of keynote speeches on data for happiness world-widely.
Yano has applied for over 350 patents, and his papers have over 4500 citations.

His book, “The Invisible Hand of Data”, was nominated as one of the top 10 business books in Japan in 2014.
He received 2020 IEEE Frederik Phillips Award and many other international awards.
He is Fellow of the IEEE.

With a career that began at Matsushita Electric Industrial Company (now Panasonic), she has worked across product planning and marketing for hair-care categories in both domestic and international markets. She later played a leading role in the company’s New Business Development division, where she guided the creation of a new service designed to support women’s health and wellbeing. She currently oversees domestic marketing for this service, directing its strategic development and promotional activities.

Yuriko joined Unilever Japan as Head of Communications in 2023 attracted by its purpose to make sustainable living common place. Her function is responsible for Corporate PR, Corporate Affairs and Internal Communications. She started her professional career in IKEA Japan in 2006, worked mainly in Marketing and Communications. She studied International Relations at University of Tsukuba and lived in Sweden for 1 year as the exchange student at high school. Lives in Tokyo with her husband, 12 years daughter and 10 years son

From an early age, I was drawn to both music and nature, and during my student years I devoted myself to band activities. After studying forest utilization at Nagoya University and aspiring to balance wood protection and effective use, I joined Yamaha Corporation, a local musical instrument manufacturer, in 1990. I worked in wood-flooring design and development and later in technical sales for semiconductors before transferring to the Environmental Affairs Division. There, I handled a wide range of environmental planning tasks, including ISO 14001 certification support, environmental accounting, environmental reporting, data collection, scenario analysis, transition planning, and responses to SBT, CDP, and other surveys. I currently serve as secretariat for the Sustainability Committee’s Climate Change Subcommittee and lead the development of TCFD and TNFD disclosures. My hobbies include growing roses, soccer, fishing, and playing in a band. I am a father of two.

Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Komazawa University.

Specializing in Consumer Behavior and Brand Management, she conducts research on consumer-brand relationships, fan psychology, and brand platform strategies. She serves as a board director for the Japan Association for Consumer Studies and the Japan Marketing Academy.

During her tenure as a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley (2015–2017), she deepened her expertise in diversity and sustainability. In November 2025, she published her co-edited book, Sustainable Marketing: Consumer Behavior and Corporate Response in the SDGs Era (Yuhikaku).

Sputniko! is a British–Japanese artist whose work playfully yet provocatively explores the intersection of technology, identity, and society. Through films, robotics, music, and interactive installations, she challenges social norms and imagines the ethical and cultural implications of emerging technologies. Between 2013 and 2017, she was an Assistant Professor at the MIT Media Lab, where she founded and directed the Design Fiction Group, and later served as Associate Professor at both the University of Tokyo and Tokyo University of the Arts. Named Vogue Japan Woman of the Year in 2013, Sputniko! has also been recognized as a TED Fellow, delivering a widely acclaimed talk at TED 2019, and as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2017. In recent years, she has expanded her practice into social entrepreneurship as Founder and CEO of Cradle Inc., a company dedicated to supporting women’s health and well-being in the workplace, now serving more than 80 major corporations across Japan.

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.

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.

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.

Taku Minami is CFO and Managing Executive Officer of Sustainability in Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. He joined Tokyo Gas in 1988 and has held leadership roles in Energy Planning, Corporate Planning, Human Resources, and Fuel Procurement, later serving as General Manager of Energy Planning. In 2019, he became Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer at Tokyo Gas Engineering Solutions, and in 2021, Executive Officer and General Manager of Finance. Since April 2024, he has served as Senior Managing Executive Officer and CFO, overseeing Finance, Accounting, and Sustainability Promotion. Minami focuses on enhancing corporate value while advancing decarbonization, improving capital efficiency, and strengthening integrated reporting and investor engagement in alignment with TCFD and ISSB standards. He works closely with global stakeholders to achieve sustainable growth

Masaaki Mezaki graduated from Keio University’s Faculty of Business and Commerce and holds an MSc in Social Anthropology from the London School of Economics (LSE). He began his career as a derivatives trader at Merrill Lynch, specializing in interest rate swaps, working in Tokyo, New York, and London. After leaving Merrill Lynch, he spent nearly a decade traveling to over 100 countries, exploring diverse cultures worldwide. In 2012, he founded Japan Mega Solar Inc. to achieve grid parity through solar power in Japan, later renaming the company GPSS Holdings Inc. in 2017 to expand sustainable energy initiatives nationwide. He actively promotes renewable energy through various media outlets. His publications include “Kōfuku Tojōkoku Nippon” (“Japan: A Developing Country in Happiness”). He also appears on FM Yokohama’s “Baile Yokohama” every Sunday at 21:30.

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.

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.

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.

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.