2 June-"Considering the Significance of Sustainable Finance: Analysis of Green Bond Disclosure in Japan”

Kamakura Sustainability Institute (KSI) is hosting an online seminar "Considering the Significance of Sustainable Finance: Analysis of Green Bond Disclosure in Japan” on Wednesday, 22nd June 2022 at 8:00 pm JST.




＋＋＋＋＋＋＋＋＋＋＋＋＋＋＋＋＋＋＋

The market of green, social, and transition bonds/loans and other forms of sustainable finance is on the rise worldwide, and Japan is no exception.

However, it is not always clear whether these bonds and loans are contributing to solving environmental and social issues such as climate change, or whether they are creating an impact that meets the Paris targets. At present, the monitoring functions are not sufficient in Japan, and greenwashing is a growing concern.




KSI published a report on the state of green bond disclosure in Japan, "Analysis and Recommendations on Green Bond Disclosures in Japan" in April 2022 with the aim of contributing to the sound development of the Japanese sustainable finance market from the civil society sector. In this event, with wonderful guest speakers, we discuss the findings of the report and the future of sustainable finance in Japan.




DATE: 22ND JUNE, 2022, 20:00-21:30 JST 

VENUE: ZOOM WEBINER (TENTATIVE)

ADMISSION: FREE *REGISTRATION REQUIRED BY 21ST JUNE 

LANGUAGE: JAPANESE/ENGLISH *SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION AVAILABLE


<Register here!>

(open until 21st June)

<Agenda>

messages to investors and issuers

<Speakers>

　Mr. Eiichiro Adachi, Managing Director, The Japan Research Institute, Limited

　Mr. Takeshi Mizuguchi, President, Takasaki University of Economics

　Ms. Zalina Shamsudin, Head of International Programmes - Asia Pacific, Climate Bonds Initiative

Moderator: Yuka Nukaga, Executive Director, KSI

<Speakers>

Mr.Eiichiro Adachi

Senior Counselor, Japan Research Institute

Senior Counselor of the Japan Research Institute, Limited. Eiichiro Adachi was born in 1962 in Tokyo, Japan, and graduated from Hitotsubashi University with a Bachelor of Economics degree in 1986. He is now a member of the ISO/TC 322 which is the technical committee responsible for the development of ISO standards relating to sustainable finance, and a member of the working group developing ISO 32210 which gives the financial sector practical guidance on how to integrate key sustainability principles into its operations. For now, he has been appointed as a member of the Japan FSA Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance. Currently, he is also an advisor to Research Institute for Environmental Finance and a special advisor to Kamakura Sustainability Institute. He has publications on business and global warming, CSR, environmental management, ESG, natural capital, and sustainable development.

Mr. Takeshi Mizuguchi

President, Takasaki City University of Economics

After working at a trade company and an audit firm as a certified public accountant, he became a lecturer at the Takasaki City University of Economics in 1997 and had been a professor since 2008. He has been appointed as the President of the University on April in 2021. His measure area of study is responsible investment and non-financial information disclosure. He was appointed as a chair of working group of green bond/green loan and a member of ESG Finance High-Level Panel both set by the Ministry of Environment,　and a chair of sustainable finance expert committee set by Finance Service Agency. He is the author of ‘Responsible Investment – changing future by financial flow’ and ‘ESG Investment – the new form of capitalism’ (both in Japanese).


Ms. Zalina Shamsudin

Head of International Programmes - Asia Pacific, Climate Bonds Initiative

Zalina is the Head of International Programmes Asia Pacific at Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI). Her role involves her leading country teams in the development and execution of programmes in India, China, Japan and the ASEAN region. With a career that spans more than 28 years, predominantly in corporate advisory, and work experience in six countries throughout Asia, the Middle East, and the Indian sub-continent Zalina has been a strong advocate for sustainable finance in the last eight years.

Her primary area of strength is market development through positioning and creating opportunities for new markets and product solutions. In her last role with Securities Commission Malaysia, she was pivotal in building the financial sector’s technical expertise and experience in sustainable finance. A major focus was also to support industry and regulator’s effort to build recognition of Islamic Finance as responsible finance

She holds an MBA in Finance from CASS Business School of the UK and is a Fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA)


Moderator

Yuka Nukaga

Executive ESG consultant /KSI Director

Yuka Nukaga was involved in launching and marketing of SRI funds in Daiwa Asset Management since 2005. After working on ESG from the investor side, she shifted her career to ESG consulting for corporations and project evaluation for the non-profit sector in Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting. She started her own business in 2013 as a freelance ESG consultant and supports companies in various industries to improve their ESG communication.

lecture, Englishai aonumaevent