The University Consortium Kyoto and the United Nations University SDG Corporate Strategy Forum will co-host the project “SDGs Addressed by Companies”.
Based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations and set by 2030, domestic companies are also developing activities to achieve the SDGs.
Since interest in the SDGs is growing among students, we will hold an online seminar (3 times in total) for students to share the SDGs initiatives of prominent companies in Japan.
\\ What is the SDG Corporate Strategy Forum? //
“The management of the company,Aiming to realize a sustainable society through the dissemination of the SDGs in strategic divisionsSumotsu
Contribute to the long-term and sustainable growth of the company.”Founded in 2017 with the goal of
The only country with headquarters in JapanPart-time work between the United Nations University (UNU) and about 20 leading companies in JapanNeurship.
In 2020, we collaborated with Kyoto City on the social implementation of the SDGs.
Outline of the event
【Format】 Webinar via Zoom Webinar
Target: Graduate students, university students, junior college students (regardless of faculty or department)
Organizer: University Consortium Kyoto
United Nations University SDG Enterprise Strategy Forum
【Capacity】500 people each time (free of charge, first-come, first-served basis, pre-registration required)
program
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Part 1
10/7(Wed)
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Application Period: 9/16 (Wed) – 10/5 (Mon)
(1) Orientation
(2) “The United Nations University’s SDGs Initiatives and the SDGs Corporate Strategy Forum”
Daikan Oki (Senior Vice-Rector, United Nations University, Chair of the SDG Corporate Strategy Forum)
(3) Examples of SDGs initiatives (1)
Japan Tobacco Co., Ltd. (JT)
(4) Discussion and Q&A
Japan Tobacco Co., Ltd. (JT)
Daikan Oki (Senior Vice-Rector, United Nations University, Chair of the SDG Corporate Strategy Forum)
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Part 2
11/6(Fri)
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Application period: 9/16 (Wed) – 11/4 (Wed)
(1) Orientation
(2) Examples of SDGs initiatives (2)
Lion Corporation
(3) Examples of SDGs initiatives (3)
UCC Holdings Corporation
(4) Discussion and Q&A
Lion Corporation
UCC Holdings Corporation
Ryuji Kitajima (Secretary-General, SDG Corporate Strategy Forum, Attorney-at-Law)
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3rd
12/8(Tue)
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Application Period: 9/16 (Wed) – 12/4 (Fri)
(1) Orientation
(2) Examples of SDGs initiatives (4)
Toyota Motor Corporation
(3) Discussion and Q&A
Toyota Motor Corporation
Yoshio Nakatani (President, Ritsumeikan University)
Katsutaka Shiraishi (Vice President, Ryukoku University, Professor, Department of Policy Studies, Faculty of Policy Studies)
Daikan Oki (Senior Vice-Rector, United Nations University, Chair of the SDG Corporate Strategy Forum)
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Profiles of the 1st Seminar Speakers
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Yoshimasa Mukai (General Manager, Sustainability Management Department, Japan Tobacco Co., Ltd.)
Born in Kyoto. After graduating from the Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University in 1992, he joined JT. He served as Deputy General Manager of the IR and Public Relations Department, General Manager of the Audit Department, General Manager of the Planning Department of the Beverage Division, and General Manager of the Corporate Planning Department.
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Daikan Oki (Senior Vice Rector, United Nations University, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations)
Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Ph.D. (Engineering, 1993, The University of Tokyo), Weather Forecaster. After working as an assistant at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo and as an associate professor at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, he became a professor at the University of Tokyo in 2006. He has been in his current position since October 2016. He also serves as a special advisor to the President of the University of Tokyo and a professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering. His research interests include global hydrology and the sustainability of the world’s water resources. He served as chief author of the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and as a member of the National Land Council. Since October 2020, he has been a regular member of the Club of Rome and a member of the Science Council of Japan. He has received numerous awards, including the Lake Biwa Prize in Ecology, the Nikkei Global Environmental Technology Award, and the Japan Academy Academic Encouragement Award. He was the first Japan Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in hydrology (2014). His books include “Fundamentals of SDGs” (co-author), “The Future of Water: Global Risks and Japan” (Iwanami Shinsho), “Water Crisis: The True Story” (Shincho Sensho), “World Map of Water 2nd Edition” (supervised translation), and “Professor of the University of Tokyo” (Shincho Shinsho).
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Profiles of the 2nd Seminar Speakers
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Midori Owada ( General Manager, CSV Promotion Department, Lion Corporation)
Joined Lion Corporation
Dealer sales representative (Seiyu, Ito-Yokado, etc.)
Product development (hair care and makeup)
Advertising Department (in charge of newspapers, magazines, and TV spots)
October 2008 Subsidiary to develop and sell personal care
Launched “Isure Co., Ltd.” and became its representative director.
January 2015 Lion Corporation General Manager of Advertising Department
October 2017 From Advertising Department to Communication Design Department
January 2020 General Manager of CSV Promotion Department
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Rie Sekine (UCC Holdings Co., Ltd., Sustainability Promotion Office, Section Manager)
1989 Joined UCC Ueshima Coffee Co., Ltd. After working in charge of the environment and CSR, he was appointed to the Sustainability Promotion Office of UCC Holdings Co., Ltd. in January 2020. UCC Coffee Advisors
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Ryuji Kitajima (Secretary General, SDG Corporate Strategy Forum, Partner Attorney, TMI Associates)
After graduating from the University of Tokyo’s College of Arts and Sciences in 1994, he worked at Rengo Co., Ltd. and Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Co., Ltd. (Deloitte Tohmatsu Environmental Quality Research Institute, Inc.) before completing the Graduate School of Law and Politics at the University of Tokyo in 2010 and registering as a lawyer in 2012. In 2013, he joined TMI Associates (current position). He specializes in environmental law, FinTech, startups, and crisis management. He has served as a member of the Ministry of the Environment. In 2017, he launched the SDGs Corporate Strategy Forum together with the Senior Vice Rector of the United Nations University, Daikan Oki. Since 2020, he has also served as Executive Director of the United Nations University SDG University Collaboration Platform.
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Profiles of the 3rd Seminar Speakers
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Tomomi Otsuka (Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer, Toyota Motor Corporation)
Joined Toyota Motor Corporation in 1992. He has experience in multiple fields such as planning products for the domestic market such as the first-generation Vitz, planning and promotion of personnel measures such as diversity projects, revenue and personnel management in the overseas sales department, concept planning for future mobility, and supervision of GAZOO Racing Company (motorsports and sports cars). Along the way, he earned an MBA from Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business. Since February 2020, he has been in charge of sustainability initiatives as Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer (newly established).
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Yoshio Nakatani (President, Ritsumeikan University)
Graduated from the Faculty of Human Sciences, Osaka University in March 1981
Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in April 1981
1989 Ph.D. (Kobe University)
He was a visiting scholar at Stanford University for one year from 1991
April 2004 Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University
2014 Dean of the Faculty of Information Science and Technology and Dean of the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
2018 Vice President of Ritsumeikan Educational Corporation (in charge of research, academic information, international collaboration, and gender equality)
2018 Chief Information Officer, Ritsumeikan School Corporation
Current position since 2019
His areas of expertise include artificial intelligence (AI), human interface, cognitive engineering, memory engineering, and erotic engineering.
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Katsutaka Shiraishi (Vice President, Ryukoku University, Professor, Department of Policy Studies, Faculty of Policy Studies)
Obtained a doctoral degree from the Nagoya University Graduate School of Law, and received a master’s degree in law. After working as an assistant at the Faculty of Law, Nagoya University, he became an associate professor at the Faculty of Law, Ryukoku University in 1988, a professor at the Faculty of Law in 2000, and a professor at the Faculty of Policy Studies in April 2011. He was appointed Vice President in April 2019. Currently, he is in charge of research, social contribution and SDGs, international education and international exchange, information system business, etc. He also serves as the director of the Yunus Social Business Research Center at Ryukoku University, which was established in June 2019. |
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Daikan Oki (Senior Vice Rector, United Nations University, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations)
Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Ph.D. (Engineering, 1993, The University of Tokyo), Weather Forecaster. After working as an assistant at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo and as an associate professor at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, he became a professor at the University of Tokyo in 2006. He has been in his current position since October 2016. He also serves as a special advisor to the President of the University of Tokyo and a professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering. His research interests include global hydrology and the sustainability of the world’s water resources. He served as chief author of the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and as a member of the National Land Council. Since October 2020, he has been a regular member of the Club of Rome and a member of the Science Council of Japan. He has received numerous awards, including the Lake Biwa Prize in Ecology, the Nikkei Global Environmental Technology Award, and the Japan Academy Academic Encouragement Award. He was the first Japan Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in hydrology (2014). His books include “Fundamentals of SDGs” (co-author), “The Future of Water: Global Risks and Japan” (Iwanami Shinsho), “Water Crisis: The True Story” (Shincho Sensho), “World Map of Water 2nd Edition” (supervised translation), and “Professor of the University of Tokyo” (Shincho Shinsho).
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How to apply
(1) Please open the application form at each time, fill in the required information, and register.
* Please download Zoom (application) to your smartphone or tablet (free of charge).
(2) After completing the entry, you will receive a URL and passcode for the course, so please keep it in a safe place until the day of the course.
(3) Registration starts 30 minutes before the day of the course. Please use the specified URL and passcode to access it.
*Internet access is required for the course.
Precautions
◎ It is strictly prohibited to record screenshots, photos, videos, audio, etc. of the seminar without permission, or to share or publish them to a third party.
◎ Registered personal information may be provided to participating companies.
Implementation Report
Part 1: SDGs Addressed by Companies
On Wednesday, October 7, 2020, we held the first online seminar on “SDGs Addressed by Companies,” a joint project with the United Nations University SDG Corporate Strategy Forum.
The first session began with an orientation by Ryuji Kitajima, Executive Director of the SDGs Corporate Strategy Forum, followed by a lecture entitled “UNU SDGs Initiatives and SDGs Corporate Strategy Forum” by UNU Senior Vice Rector Daikan Oki, followed by a presentation on JT’s SDGs initiatives by Yoshimasa Mukai, Director of Sustainability Management Department of Japan Tobacco Co., Ltd. (JT).
In the lecture by Senior Vice President Oki, he explained examples of SDGs initiatives from the perspective of “water” issues, which are not often faced in Japan. In addition, a wide range of explanations were given, including specific goals for achieving the purpose of the SDGs Corporate Strategy Forum, which is to “aim to realize a sustainable society and contribute to the long-term and sustainable growth of companies through the penetration of the SDGs into corporate management and strategic departments,” as well as SDGs goals related to students’ job hunting.
In his presentation, Mr. Mukai explained the overall picture of JT, followed by a detailed explanation of the JT Group’s common foundations: respect for human rights, reduction of environmental impact and exercise of social responsibility, and implementation of high-quality governance and business norms. In addition, there were presentations on interesting content for learning about JT, such as a story about the development of cigarettes with low health risks.
After the presentation, a discussion was held between Senior Vice President Oki and Dean Mukai during a question-and-answer session with the audience, and the results of the questionnaire were highly satisfactory from the participating students.
Part 2: SDGs Addressed by Companies
On Friday, November 6, 2020, we held the second online seminar on “SDGs Addressed by Companies,” a joint project with the United Nations University SDG Corporate Strategy Forum.
This time, Lion Corporation and UCC Holdings Corporation presented examples of SDGs initiatives.
In a presentation by Ms. Midori Wada, General Manager of the CSV Promotion Department of Lion Corporation, she explained the LION Eco Challenge 2050, a long-term environmental goal established last year to realize a decarbonized society and a recycling-oriented society. There was an introduction such as.
In the next presentation, Ms. Rie Sekine, General Manager of the Sustainability Promotion Office of UCC Holdings Co., Ltd., gave a presentation titled “The UCC Group’s Sustainable Actions” and explained the unique initiatives of “collaboration with producing countries” and “coffee value creation.”
There were many questions from the students in the audience about both presentations, indicating a high level of interest. Discussions were held with the speakers based on the questions asked by the students, and the speakers were asked to answer questions as much as possible within the time limit to deepen their understanding of the initiatives.
The results of the questionnaire conducted after the seminar also showed a high level of satisfaction, and both the speakers and the audience were able to spend a meaningful time.
Part 3: SDGs Addressed by Companies
On Tuesday, December 8, 2020, we held the third online seminar on “SDGs Addressed by Companies,” co-hosted with the United Nations University Forum on Corporate Strategy for SDGs.
This time, after a presentation on the case studies of Toyota Motor Corporation’s SDGs initiatives, a discussion was held with faculty members from a university in Kyoto and the Senior Vice Rector of the United Nations University.
In her presentation, Ms. Tomomi Otsuka, Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer of Toyota Motor Corporation, introduced that the company is working on initiatives with the vision of “transforming society into possibilities” and the mission of “mass-producing happiness” beyond that.
Specifically, he introduced initiatives unique to automobile companies, such as “using the electricity of the car as a mobile generator to supply power in the event of an emergency” and “joint development of a towed-type mobile toilet.” In addition to installing toilets, the initiative to install toilets in about 200 public schools in India has helped children get into the habit of washing their hands and using the toilet cleanly for the next person, and by installing toilets so that women and children can not only go to the toilet safely, but also make it a habit to clean the toilet themselves. He introduced initiatives such as eliminating the sense of hierarchy in society (changing the awareness that cleaning toilets is a job for people of low status).
After the presentation, a four-person discussion was held with Tomomi Otsuka, Ritsumeikan University President Yoshio Nakatani, Ryukoku University Vice-Rector Katsutaka Shiraishi, and United Nations University Senior Vice Rector Daikan Oki as moderator. A lively discussion was held that contributed to the SDGs initiatives through the exchange of opinions based on the content of Toyota Motor Corporation’s initiatives, the presentation of how companies and universities approach the SDGs, and the sharp questions and answers from the audience. The results of the questionnaire conducted after the seminar also showed a high level of satisfaction, and both the speakers and the audience were able to spend a meaningful time.
Inquiries
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