Press Release

February 09, 2021
  • Waste & Recycling

Convening Japan Circular Economy Roundtable in collaboration with the World Economic Forum(WEF)

Background

　The Ministry of the Environment (MOE), in collaboration with the World Economic Forum (WEF), will convene the Japan Circular Economy Roundtable. The WEF hosts an annual meeting in Davos called "Davos meeting". They are also planning to hold Circular Economy Roundtable series around the world and the Japan round is the first time.

In this forum, many business leaders will participate from not only Japan but also around the world, and they will discuss the visions, subjects and solutions to accelerate circular economy. This meeting aims to encourage development of corporate strategy for circular economy in each company and to disseminate Japanese companies' best practices related to circular economy to the world.

Overview

【Open Plenary-Livestreamed】

・Session ：Open Plenary

・Schedule ：2nd March 2021 18：30－19：30 JST/ 10:30-11:30 CET

・Location ：Virtual Meeting※

・Organizer：World Economic Forum, Ministry of the Environment Japan

・Moderator：Makiko Eda, Chief Representative Officer, World Economic Forum Japan

・Speakers：

　・Shinjiro Koizumi　　 Minister of Environment, Japan

　・Børge Brende　 　　President and CEO, World Economic Forum

　・Tsutomu Sugimori 　Vice Chair, Chair of Committee on Environment and Safety Keidanren

　　　　　　　　　　　 Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, Group CEO ENEOS Holdings, Inc.

　・Naoko Ishii　　　　 Director, University of Tokyo

　・Masayuki Waga　　 CEO, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

【Thematic Session-Closed】

・Schedule : 3rd March 2021 17:00 - 19:00 JST/9:00 - 11:00 CET

「Accelerating the Circular Electronics and Batteries」、「Closing the Loop on Plastics Wastes」、「Circular Innovation and Finance」

・Participants：Private Business Sector、Governments etc.

　

※ The detailed of this roundtable is referred in WEF website as below. Live stream of the Open Plenary will be accessible from the same website.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/from-ambition-to-action-japan-circular-economy-roundtable/

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