On the 13th of July, Codo Advisory celebrated the opening of its head office in Fukuoka, the largest city in Japan’s western island of Kyushu. On this occasion, we held a seminar gathering local public and private stakeholders, to share views and ideas on how Kyushu can contribute to Japan’s decarbonization, by establishing new connections with the world.
Kyushu is an essential part of Codo’s ambitions to support Japan’s decarbonization. With nearly 14 million inhabitants and an economic weight comparable to Thailand or Belgium, it represents 10% of the national GDP of Japan. Kyushu has a long history of environmental technology and understanding of risks associated with pollution. It is now the Japanese region with the highest share of decarbonized electricity – 58% in 2019. Fukuoka, the largest city in Kyushu, aims at establishing itself as an international financial hub. For these reasons, Codo chose to establish its headquarter in Fukuoka, and is now developing privileged connections with regional stakeholders.
The office opening seminar held on 13th July gathered companies, financial institutions, administrations, and related organizations based in Kyushu. It was followed by an office-reveal ceremony, co-organized with our associated company MCP Asset Management Japan.
Opening the seminar, Reiji Matsuura, director of Fukuoka City’s Global Financial Business Attraction department, followed by parties who contributed to the establishment of Codo Advisory, offered their encouraging words and emphasized the need for ESG and more specifically low-carbon management in Japanese companies. Later on, Steven Mulholland, representative of our academic partner GLOCAL Erasmus Mundus, highlighted in a video message the role of innovative industry-academia collaborations for decarbonization.
Next, Codo introduced its ACT-based services, designed to reinforce Japanese companies’ climate actions and their background. The seminar closed with comments from one of Codo’s pilot client, airline company ANA, on the importance of ESG management and the merits of the ACT methodology for low-carbon transition plans.
Agenda
- The response to increasing climate-related financial risk | Kyoya Okazawa, Fukuoka City Global Finance Ambassador
- The role of Codo in the social transformation of Japan | Eisuke Kumano, AMITA Holdings, CEO
- Encouragements from Team Fukuoka | Reiji Matsuura, Fukuoka City’s Global Financial Business Attraction department, Director
- Connecting Japan to the World from Kyushu: Codo’s partners and allies | Stéfan Le Du, Codo Advisory, COO
- Global markets, local creativities: Erasmus Mundus and Codo Advisory’s partnership | Steven Mulholland, Glasgow University/GLOCAL, Programme Director (video)
- Transition strategies: the missing link in Japan’s decarbonization | Kaori Suzuki, Codo Advisory, CEO
- ACT user testimonial: the case of ANA | Chikako Miyata, ANA Holdings, Senior Executive and Sustainability promotion department director (video)
*The program has partially been changed due to technical troubles during the seminar.
More about the ACT methodology
- Visit ACT’s official website for resources in English
- Visit our local hub for resources in Japanese, including the ACT Maturity Diagnosis
If you’d like to know more about Codo Advisory’s services based on the ACT Methodology, feel free to contact us and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
What’s next?
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