Press Release

June 05, 2006
  • Environmental Policy

Environmental Business Plan Competition "eco japan cup" Being Held

An Environmental Business Plan Competition titled the "eco japan cup" organized by a consortium consisting of the Ministry of the Environment, NGOs, businesses, and academics is being launched in June, 2006.
For environmental ventures, capacity building is one of the key challenges in their efforts to build a sustainable society. This competition aims at supporting their capacity building by providing advice and consultation to participants from both the environmental and business perspectives. It is also intended to find good environmental business plans and to make them widely known within the business sector.
Entry for the primary level competition "eco-challenge," open to individuals and groups, began on June 5, 2006. The advanced level competition "environmental business open" is open to venture businesses and will start in July.
For more information, please visit: http://www.eco-japan-cup.com/ (in Japanese only)

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