We are pleased to announce the 3rd edition of the Sweden-Japan Sustainability Summit, taking place on 14 February 2024. The Summit marks a highlight of the Pioneer the possible platform, gathering Swedish and Japanese stakeholders to jointly address societal challenges.

The Summit is organized by Business Sweden and the Embassy of Sweden in Tokyo gathers forward-thinking – pioneering – Swedish and Japanese stakeholders with the aim to promote Swedish and Japanese collaboration to address sustainability challenges and boost the development towards a decarbonized economy and society. This year’s Summit will be focused around two key themes – Mobility and Circularity – in each of which a concrete challenge has been defined and where we are now calling for Swedish and Japanese to come together to co-create impactful solutions and initiatives. Aside from inspirational and informative keynote presentations and a panel discussion, a major part of the summit will be dedicated to discovering how we can work together to find solutions to these challenges and accelerate the green transition through cross-sectoral break-out discussions.

 

Summit program

14:30-14:35    Welcome     Pereric Högberg, Ambassador of Sweden to Japan & Takashi Horii, President AstraZeneca Japan

14:35-14:40    Opening remarks     Taku Ishii, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry, Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

14:40-14:45    Industrial roadmaps to accelerate the green transition - examples from Sweden    

14:45-14:55    1.5°C Roadmap : An action plan for Japan     Kentaro Tamura, Programme Director, Climate & Energy, IGES

14:55-15:05    Unlocking green transition finance in Japan     Yuki Nishida, Director of the Sustainable Finance Office, Financial Service Agency

15:05-15:25    Panel discussion: Why does the private sector need to take the driver’s seat in Japan’s green transition?     Katsuhiro Koyama, General Manager, Sustainability Management Department, Daiwa House Group & Tsuyoshi Kashima, CTO, Ericsson Japan & Yuki Nishida, Director of the Sustainable Finance Office, Financial Service Agency Moderator: Tsuyoshi Kawamura, Policy and Engagement Manager, The Climate Group

15:25-15:55    Fika break    

15:55-16:00    Pioneer the possible: Sweden-Japan Green Transition Alliance     Carsten Grönblad, Trade Commissioner of Sweden to Japan

16:00-16:15    Enabling the shift to ZEVs to accelerate Japan’s green transition     AstraZeneca Japan with challenge partner(s)

16:15-16:25    Accelerate public-private partnerships to realise a Circular Economy     Alejandro Cabal, Managing Director, Tetra Pak Japan

16:25-16:45    Panel discussion     Tetra Pak Japan & Oji Holdings & Zama City & Paper Container and Packaging Recycling Promotion Council

16:45-17:10    Workshop session    

17:10-17:25    Wrap-up    

17:25-17:30    Closing remarks     Sara Modig, State Secretary to Minister for Energy, Business and Industry, Ministry for Climate and Enterprise, Government Offices of Sweden