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A Luxury Hotel in the English Countryside, Environmentally Conscious: "The Newt in Somerset" Key takeaways from this article: ✔ Here is a small luxury hotel where everyone in the world longs to stay, where hope dances and happy moments overlap. A rare luxury and extraordinary stay is taking place in a wonderful natural environment. ✔ Located on the outskirts of #Somerset, a small town in western England, about a three-hour drive from #London, and opened in August 2019. ✔ Kyoko Sekine, a Japanese hotel journalist introduces how sustainable this hotel is. #SustainableTourism #Sustainability #Ecotourism #ESG #Sustainability #Hotels #Somerset ELLE Decoration South Africa, 石田 麻衣子 https://lnkd.in/gbkMgstc

The Adecco Group to Visualize "Scope 3" of the Service Industry by Using AI Key takeaways from this article: ✔ Akkodis Consulting, an Adecco Group company, has begun a demonstration experiment to reduce emissions during travel, which accounts for a large portion of #GHG emissions (Scope 3) in the service industry. ✔ More than 300 employees are equipped with an AI application TRAM developed by a #startup from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (#MIT) to visualize their emissions during commuting and other activities. ✔ Not only does it encourage behavioral change toward #decarbonization, but it also has the potential to improve #wellbeing. #Decarbonization #ESG #Sustainability #Scope3, TRAM Global #NetZero 長濱 慎 wrote this article. https://lnkd.in/gEmQFYds

Auto Parts Maker App Enables Real-Time Voice Recognition Key takeaways from this article: ✔ AISIN, a manufacturer of automotive parts, developed the "YYSystem" communication support system, a series of applications that visualize conversations and environmental sounds. ✔ The impetus came from an encounter with a hearing-impaired person during COVID-19 ✔ Yoshihiro Ito, the chairman of Information Gap Buster, an NPO, interviewed the developer about the development process. #ESG #Diversity #Inclusion #Equity #Disability #Innovation #Sustainability 伊藤 芳浩, the chairman of Information Gap Buster, wrote this article. https://lnkd.in/g2BE75Jb

Tokio Marine Group to Withdraw Investment from High GHG Emitters that Fail to Decarbonize Key takeaways from this article: ✔ Tokio Marine Holdings recently revised its "Our Basic Approach to Climate Change". ✔ Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. to target 60 high greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting companies, and will not do business with companies that do not have a #decarbonization plan by 2030. ✔ Environmental #NGOs urged to set emission reduction targets for its underwriting portfolio. #ESG #sustainability #ClimateChange #SustainableFinance #SustainableInsurance #GHG, JACSES Hiroko Yoshida wrote this article. https://lnkd.in/gk46w_8K

Degender Stereotype Education in Europe Leads to Good Social Change Key takeaways from this article: ✔ Education that does not imprint gender stereotypes is progressing in Europe. ✔ In #Denmark, children in all elementary schools participate in Sex Education Week. ✔ Fostering values that embrace gender diversity will lead to the realization of a society that is "easy to live in" for all. #ESG #Gender #GenderedInnovation #Equity #Inclusion #Diversity #Sustainability, Tomoko Kitamura Nielsen, #Sweden, Uppsala University https://lnkd.in/gH-BCa_K

Cosmetics Brand "SHIRO" Utilizes Local Timbers in Stores and Accommodations Key takeaways from this article: ✔ SHIRO, a company which develops the cosmetics brand #SHIRO, concluded an agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan on March 11, 2024, to promote the use of timber in buildings to expand the use of timber. ✔ The Company aims to use a total of 500 cubic meters of local timber in new buildings and renovations over the next five years. ✔ The Company will also use thinned timber in a lodging facility to be opened in Naganuma Town, #Hokkaido, in April 2024. #ESG #Sustainability #Forestry #Japan Hiroko Yoshida and Aiko Kaneko wrote this article. https://lnkd.in/es4xUYQG

Corporate Political Responsibility (#CPR), The Questioned Relationship Between Corporations and Politics Key takeaways from this article: ✔ Corporations are highly influential in the formulation of policy because they can share their voices and expertise in the field. ✔ While some #Japanese companies directly advocate to the government, many Japanese companies engage in policy engagement indirectly through industry associations. ✔ In the EU, transparency of lobbying activities is a criterion for institutional investors to choose where to invest. ✔ For this process to be healthy, "transparency" is important and "corporate political responsibility (CPR)" is being questioned. #ESG #Sustainability #Politics #Advocate #Lobbying #LobbyActivities 細. レイナ, InfluenceMap Analyst and Japan Investor Engagement Lead, wrote this article. https://lnkd.in/gXbX7a3F

🎤 Interview: Yamato Holdings is Going Full Steam Ahead with Sustainability Transformation (SX); "If We Can't Transform Ourselves, We Will Lose Our Existence Value" Key takeaways from this article: ✔ Yamato Holdings, (former Yamato Transport Co.,Ltd.), one of leading delivery service companies in #Japan aims to achieve #sustainability transformation by investing 80 billion yen in environmental investments by FY2026. ✔ The Company's management team takes the initiative in business transformation, to achieve both #decarbonization and profitability. ✔ alterna interviewed with Mr. Yasushi Fukuda, Executive Officer of Yamato Transport, who is leading the charge toward SX, about the Company's transition strategy. #ESG #Transportation #Delivery, ヤマト運輸（株）, #CarbonNeutrality #CarbonNeutral #EV #GreenTransportation #Logistics #GreenLogistics 池田真隆 オルタナ編集部 conducted the interview and wrote this article. https://lnkd.in/eHk2YHuh

High Court in #Japan For the First Time Rules That Not Recognizing Same-Sex Marriage Is "Discriminatory" and Unconstitutional Key takeaways from this article. ✔ "Freedom of Marriage for All" lawsuits, claiming that the provisions of the Civil Code and Family Registration Law of Japan that do not recognize the marriage of couples whose legal sex is the same sex are unconstitutional. ✔ On March 14, 2024, the Sapporo High Court ruled that the provision not recognizing same-sex marriage violates Articles 24 and 14 of the Constitution. ✔ On the same day, the Tokyo District Court ruled that not recognizing same-sex marriage was "unconstitutional" under Article 24, Paragraph 2 of the Constitution. Both dismissed the claims for compensation. #ESG #Sustainability #Gender #Inclusion #Diversity #SameSexMarriage Hiroko Yoshida wrote this article. https://lnkd.in/g8kx8rpv

Fast Retailing Highly Rated in "Ethical Report Card of Companies" Key takeaways from this article: ✔ On March 18, 2024, the Citizens Network for a Sustainable Society through Consumption (SSRC), a coalition of citizen groups, released its seventh annual "Ethical Report Card" (2023). ✔ The industries surveyed change each year, but this year the apparel industry was evaluated. ✔ Fast Retail stands out with a high rating, while TSI Holdings, Onward, and World received low ratings. #ESG #Sustainability #Ethical #Apparel #SustainableFashion Setsu MORI wrote this article on March 18, 2024. https://lnkd.in/gq9wiv5N