Compared to a few years ago, there is more awareness of environmental and social issues in Japan. Alongside the pandemic also came the opportunity for Japanese society to reassess relationships with nature and the need for sustainability. More and...
Contraceptive pills are important not only to prevent unintended pregnancy but also to improve women’s reproductive health. It’s been more than 20 years since Japan legalized contraceptive pills, but not many Japanese women are taking...
Did you know that food products within safe “consumed by” dates are being discarded? Food products have delivery dates—deadlines that indicate when they should be shipped to stores. When the products miss these delivery dates, the food...
Technology and mass production help provide food for people in Japan and all over the world. However, it also comes with drawbacks for the environment. Current methods of food production contribute to global warming in various ways. Raising cattle...
Starting this year, Mitsubishi Estate・Simon Co. Ltd. is making June a “Premium Outlet Environment Month.” It wants to create a sustainable outlet shopping center for people to participate in social contribution easily while shopping...
Following Day 1’s exploration of the potential of SMEs in shaping a sustainable society, participants learned why businesses should shift towards sustainability. But what are the next steps? The guest speakers, Harumi Komura from UDS Ltd...
In this session, we heard from two guest speakers from Fujimi Mori-no-Office, Yuta Matsuda and Yoshio Tsuda, who not only succeeded in introducing sustainability into the office, but also onboarded users to join in sustainable actions too. Fujimi...
To accelerate sustainable living and assist SMEs in making a shift towards sustainability, Mamoru and Zero Waste Japan co-organized the Sustainabili-Tea Talks from 25~27 May. The talks attracted participants interested in discovering how small...
No doubt tourism took a huge blow from the pandemic. But as we have seen in the past two days, there are opportunities to relook and redefine how businesses can operate in a post-pandemic era, especially for sustainable tourism. When tourists are...
If businesses and government can lead the way, the Japanese are savvy enough to follow suit for sustainable living. However, greenwashing is a major issue in many companies. We need a systemic change to implement sustainability properly...