Virtual Roundtables on Emerging Issues Session

Raising Ambition, Delivering Impact: Lessons from BSR Members (Tokyo)

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Sessions and speakers are subject to change.

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As part of BSR’s Member Engagement Month, the BSR Tokyo office is hosting an invite-only virtual roundtable to gather member companies. Hear directly from your peers who are accelerating action and impact to build more resilient businesses and communities. Aron Cramer, President and CEO of BSR will join us to kick off the session. We will then hear from BSR member companies from multiple sectors sharing their leading practices. The session will end with a networking discussion. This is an invite-only event, and registration for Member Engagement Month does not provide access to this event.

Scheduled Speakers

• Minoru Matsubara, Executive Officer, Responsible Investment Division, Resona Asset Management Co., Ltd.

  Minoru Matsubara

  Executive Officer, Responsible Investment Division, Resona Asset Management Co., Ltd.

  Biography coming soon.

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• Aya Tokunaga, Executive Director, Sustainability Department, Eisai Co., Ltd.

  Aya Tokunaga

  Executive Director, Sustainability Department, Eisai Co., Ltd.

  Biography coming soon.

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• Aron Cramer, President and CEO, BSR

  Aron Cramer

  President and CEO, BSR

  

  Aron is recognized globally as a preeminent authority on sustainable business. In addition to leading BSR, which has grown substantially throughout his tenure as President and CEO, Aron advises senior executives at BSR’s more than 250 member companies and other global businesses on the full spectrum of social and environmental issues.

  Aron joined BSR in 1995 as the founding director of its Business and Human Rights Program, and later opened BSR's Paris office in 2002, where he worked until becoming President and CEO in 2004. Aron serves on advisory boards to CEOs at Barrick Gold, Marks & Spencer, and SAP, and previously for AXA, Shell, and Nike. He is also a director of the Natural Capital Coalition, the International Integrated Reporting Council, and We Mean Business, and serves as a member of the Steering Council for the World Economic Forum’s Board of Stewards of its Future of Consumption System Initiative.

  Aron speaks frequently at leading business forums and is widely quoted in top-tier media such as the Financial Times, Le Figaro (France), The New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. He is co-author of the book Sustainable Excellence: The Future of Business in a Fast-Changing World, which spotlights innovative sustainability strategies that enable business success.

  Prior to joining BSR, Aron practiced law in San Francisco and worked as a journalist at ABC News in New York. He holds a B.A. from Tufts University and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

  Follow Aron @aroncramer.

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• Asako Nagai, Managing Director, BSR

  Asako Nagai

  Managing Director, BSR

  

  With more than 20 years of sustainability experience, Asako advises global technology companies as well as BSR members and partners in Japan to better integrate sustainability into core business strategies.

  Prior to joining BSR, Asako was Head of the CSR Management Section at Sony Corporation, and she has more than 10 years of experience leading global sustainability strategies. She has experience in sustainability reporting, stakeholder engagement, supply chain management, and responsible mineral sourcing and human rights. She also played a key role in shaping the industry framework for the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition.

  Asako holds dual master’s degrees in Business Administration and Science from the Ross School of Business and School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan.

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