Sweden-Japan Sustainability Summit 2023
The third edition of the Sweden-Japan Sustainability Summit
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