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Dialogue Session with Three Ministers of the Cabinet

2010/04/28

On April 26, 2010, Japan-CLP carried out a dialogue with Yoshito SENGOKU State Minister in Charge of National Strategy, Masayuki NAOSHIMA Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and Environmental Minister Sakihito OZAWA. In the meeting that lasted for an hour, Minister Sengoku welcomed the establishment of Japan-CLP and its recommendation, under the situation where a new growth model must be designed with green innovation as its axis. Minister Naoshima said that the principle of “sustainable low carbon society", which is also the title of Japan-CLP's recommendation, is important that he is interested in pursuing the idea of the recommendation for the new growth strategy as far as possible. Furthermore, Minister Ozawa, who attended Japan-CLP's symposium in December 2009, stated that he is willing to incorporate a wide range of opinion during policy designing, and showed great interest in eco-active consumers and Japan-CLP's views on how businesses may capture cost of burden.

Five Member Companies of the Japan-CLP Release "Our Recommendation"

2010/04/02

On April 2, 2010, five member companies of the Japan-CLP (Aeon Co.,Ltd., Fujitsu Limited, Ricoh Company, Ltd., SAP Japan Co., Ltd., and Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co. Ltd.) released "Towards a Sustainable Low Carbon Society: Our Recommendation”(English). This recommendation lays out twelve recommendations from a business perspective, providing the outlook and strategy for putting “Five Principles for a Sustainable Low Carbon Society” into practice. Recommendation 1, 2, and 6 is supplemented with discussion papers(in Japanese only) intended to facilitate further discussion.

Tokyo Steel Joins Japan-CLP

2010/03/31

Tokyo Steel Manufacturing has joined the Japan Climate Leaders' Partnership (Japan-CLP). Japan-CLP is now comprised of eight companies, spearheading the transition to a low carbon society.

Japan-CLP Symposium 2009

2009/12/04

The Japan-CLP Symposium 2009 was held on December 3, 2009. In addition to representatives from Japan-CLP member companies, Mie ASAOKA from Kiko Network, Professor Kiyoshi KUROKAWA from National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Yosuke KONDO, Parliamentary Secretary for Economy, Trade and Industry, and Tetsuro FUKUYAMA, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs participated in the panel discussion and provided input on Japan-CLP's recommendation (draft). In addition, Mr. OZAWA, Minister of Environment joined the symposium by addressing the crowd. The outcomes from the panel discussion as well as the results of the survey conducted among 300 symposium participants will be reflected in the final recommendation scheduled for release in late March, 2010.

Japan-CLP to carry out Symposium 2009

2009/11/04

The Japan Climate Leaders’Partnership (Japan-CLP), a business coalition that regards spearheading the transition to a sustainable low carbon society to be a business opportunity, will be holding a symposium on December 3, 2009. Japan-CLP will be presenting "Our Common Vision", along with the draft of recommendations for public comment. More information on the symposium can be found here (only in Japanese).

Obayashi and SAP Japan Join Japan-CLP

2009/11/04

Two new companies,Obyashi Corporation and SAP Japan Co., Ltd. have joined the Japan Climate Leaders' Partnership(Japan-CLP). Japan-CLP now comprises of seven leading companies spearheading the transition to a low carbon society.

Dialogue Session with Environmental Minister OZAWA

2009/10/15

Five launching member companies of the Japan Climate Leaders' Partnership (Japan-CLP) met with Environmental Minister OZAWA, Environmental Vice Minister TAJIMA, and Deputy Secretary KOBAYASHI on October 15, 2009. The meeting focused on Japan-CLP's "Our Common Vision", and future activities for a sustainable, low carbon society.The meeting was invited by the Minister himself, who welcomed Japan-CLP's principle of considering the transition to a sustainable low carbon society to be a business opportunity.

Launch of Japan Climate Leaders’Partnership (Japan-CLP)

2009/07/30

Five major Japanese blue-chip companies have launched the Japan Climate Leaders’ Partnership (Japan-CLP), the first Japanese business coalition holding a common goal to build a sustainable, low carbon society. Today, the Japan-CLP has released “Towards a Sustainable Low Carbon Society : Our Common Vision” “Towards a Sustainable Low Carbon Society : Our Common Vision”, which lays out a sense of urgency on climate change from a business perspective, and presents a promise to tackle climate change.
Japan-CLP is comprised of five companies from various sectors such as manufacturing, retailing, and finance, that consider climate change to be one of the major management issues. Perceiving sustainable, low carbon society to be the precondition for future economic activities, Japan-CLP, with Asia as base for action, will communicate proactive messages to accelerate changes in society
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