[Sustainability Officer Study Group] Chief Sustainable Officer Network Trial Study

■Background and Objective:

In the business world, as a deep understanding and execution capability of sustainability become increasingly important, the role of Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) is crucial. The purpose of this study group is to support the learning of CSOs and CSO candidates, and to promote transformative changes in companies towards stakeholder-centered management through constructive dialogues with top executives facilitated by them.

KSI has been providing useful content and building a reliable network for practitioners involved in sustainability. Within this context, we are considering the establishment of a study group that delivers specialized knowledge to assist executive-level professionals in driving sustainability and pushing for corporate transformation.

As a trial for the launch of the study group, we are going to organize a pre-event and a series of three courses.This announcement serves as an invitation to the trial study sessions.


■Content of the Study Group:

  • Providing a networking platform for experts in the field.

  • Supporting expert professionals to provide valuable advice to companies.

  • Offering a learning environment where participants learn from each other.

(The sessions will be more discussions based on real-life cases, rather than lectures. Experts will be invited as needed.)


■Target Audience for the Trial Study Session:

Professionals with at least 10 years of work experience who currently hold or aspire to hold the position of Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO).



■Requirements for Participation in the Trial Study Session:

  • Professionals with at least 10 years of work experience.

Currently employed in a company, financial institution, government agency, non-profit organization, etc.

  • Executives, officers, or external directors.

  • Involved in practical work related to promoting sustainability.

  • Individuals aspiring to become Sustainability Officers in the future.

(*Please note that sustainability consultants and individuals with sales objectives are kindly requested to refrain from attending.)



■Pre-Event:

Pre-Event (Free and Open Lecture): July 31, 21:00-22:00

Speaker: ALEX EDMANS - Professor of Finance, London Business School

https://www.kamakurasustainability.com/blog/grow-the-pie-alex-edmans-en



■Trial Study Session Schedule:

Workshop for Value Creation (3 Sessions in Total)

  • Session 1: August 14, 11:30-13:00 - Kickoff and Introduction to the Value Model (Online)

  • Session 2: August 21, 11:30-13:00 - Applying the Value Model (Online)

  • Session 3: August 28, 11:30-13:30 - Final Presentations and Discussions (in-person event in Tokyo) followed by a networking lunch.

*There will be assignments to complete.

*Simultaneous or consecutive interpretation will be provided.

*The speakers will deliver their talks in English, but participants are welcome to use either English or Japanese for communication.

*Recordings of sessions missed can be viewed afterwards.



Study Group: The establishment is planned in autumn based on the trial study session.

■Participation Fee:

Individual: 20,000 yen (*Minimum of 15 participants required for the session to take place)

■Trial Study Session Details: Workshop for Value Creation (3 Sessions in Total)

In this workshop, participants will learn about the underlying philosophy of value measurement as well as the goal-setting and management metrics required for companies to achieve value creation, taking into consideration their key stakeholders. Utilizing the Value Model, which is based on more than 800 KPIs from over 35 world-class sustainability and ESG reporting frameworks, attendees will leverage the methods developed by Prof. Philip Sugai, Director of Doshisha University's Value Research Center. After understanding the basics of the Value Model, participants will apply it to their own company cases, or to public disclosures of other companies and discuss challenges and future possibilities for its application to the development of their own sustainability strategies going forward.

  • Session 1: August 14, 11:30-13:00 - Kickoff and Introduction to the Value Model (Online)

  • Session 2: August 21, 11:30-13:00 - Applying the Value Model (Online)

  • Session 3: August 28, 11:30-13:30 - Final Presentations and Discussions (in-person event in Tokyo) followed by a lunch gathering.

■ Instructor：

 

Prof. Philip Sugai

Prof. Philip Sugai is the Director of The Value Research Center at Doshisha University,  Professor of Marketing within Doshisha University's Graduate School of Business, also a Senior Fellow at the OSIPP-IAFOR Research Centre at Osaka University. 

Dr Sugai is the author of two books, Building Value through Marketing (Routledge, 2021) and The Six Immutable Laws of Mobile Business, (John Wiley & Sons, 2009) and has published case studies with Ivey Business School Publishing on Suntory Whiskey, KITKAT Japan, AGL, Hatsune Miku and Walt Disney Internet Group.

He received his Doctorate degree from Waseda University and his MBA in Marketing and Operations Management from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He has worked as a marketing executive at American Express, Muze, Inc., and Lightningcast, Inc., and currently serves as a marketing advisor and marketing strategy consultant to companies both in Japan and abroad.

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