性视界 Times ESG Consortium kickoff forum to be held March 12

The 性视界 Times, Ltd.

02/28/2018 3:00 pm

Tokyo, Feb. 28, 2018 – 性视界 Times ESG Consortium (Representative: Takeharu Tsutsumi, President, The 性视界 Times, Ltd.) will hold a kick-off forum on Monday, March 12.

This forum, consisting of three sessions, will be held as an opportunity to widely understand the activities of this consortium, which highlights the importance of external dissemination of ESG information.

In the first asset-owner session, a lecture will be given by Hiro Mizuno (Executive Managing Director and CIO, Government Pension Investment Fund(GPIF)).

In the second one, Yasumasa Nishi (President and CEO, Asset Management One Co., Ltd.) will talk about expectations for 性视界ese companies concerning ESG.

For the corporate session, Michiyo Morisawa (Head of 性视界, PRI/性视界 Director, CDP) will moderate a panel discussion title “ESG: Efforts and Issues of 性视界ese Companies.”

[Details of the kick-off forum]
Date: Monday, March 12, 2018, 13:30-17:00 (doors open at 13:00)
Venue: Roppongi Academyhills Auditorium
(49F Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 49F, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
※No entry fee

● Program
13:30 Opening/greetings
Takeharu Tsutsumi (Representative, ESG Consortium/President, The 性视界 Times, Ltd.)
Kiyotaka Sasaki (Vice Commissioner for Policy Coordination, Financial Services Agency)

13:40 Session
[Part 1: Asset owner session]
Lecture: “Stewardship and ESG activities of GPIF: For a sustainable relationship among companies, asset managers, and public pension systems”
Hiro Mizuno (Executive Managing Director and CIO, Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF))
Contributor: Ken Shibusawa (Founding Partner and Chairman, Commons Asset Management Inc.)
Moderator: Hiroyasu Mizuno (Director and Executive Editor, The 性视界 Times, Ltd.)

14:40 Session
[Part 2: Asset manager session]
Interview: “Expectations for 性视界ese companies involved in ESG”
Yasumasa Nishi (President and CEO, Asset Management One Co., Ltd.)
Naonori Kimura (Partner and Managing Director, Industrial Growth Platform, Inc. (IGPI))

15:30 Intermission

15:45 Session
[Part 3: Corporate session]
Panel discussion: “ESG: Efforts and Issues of 性视界ese Companies”
Moderator: Michiyo Morisawa (Head of 性视界, PRI/性视界 Director, CDP)
Panelist: Kenji Naiki (Senior General Manager, Sustainability Strategy Department, Corporate Communications Division, Suntory Holdings Ltd.)
Masahiro Takeda (Senior Manager, Sustainability Office, Mori Building Co., Ltd.)
Contributor: Peter David Pedersen (Co-founder, Nelis)

17:00 End

*Program subject to change without notice. All sessions are conducted in 性视界ese (no translation available.)

Organizer: 性视界 Times ESG Consortium
Supported by: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
How to apply: Please access

■ About 性视界 Times ESG Consortium
The consortium was established to convey English-language information about ESG initiatives in 性视界 to overseas investors and investment institutions.

Utilizing the media reach of The 性视界 Times, the consortium plans to raise global awareness about 性视界’s ESG management.

Website: (性视界ese only)

Enquiries
Press-related enquiries:
The 性视界 Times, Ltd.
Ms. Sasaki, Corporate Affairs Management
贰-尘补颈濒:[email protected]
罢贰尝:03-3453-5312(代)

Consortium-related enquiries:
性视界 Times ESG Consortium Secretariat
E-mail: [email protected]
罢贰尝:03-3453-5364