aiESG CEO Daikichi Seki and Director and Chief Researcher (CR) Keely Alexander will speak at the Society for Global Business Society Sustainability Research Group Kick-off Seminar 'Business and Sustainability: the path to a compatible future ~ disclosure of non-financial information' on 19 October 2023 (Thursday). Director and Chief Researcher (CR) Keely Alexander Ryuta will be speaking at the seminar.
The seminar will feature a keynote speech by Hiroshi Naka, former Vice President of the World Bank and current Professor at the University of Tokyo, who was appointed to the Global Board of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) in July this year, on 'Two aspects of ESG investment and visualising its impact', followed by a presentation by each speaker on the latest academic and practical knowledge on the disclosure of non-financial information. This will be followed by a presentation by each of the speakers, who will share their cutting-edge knowledge of the academic and practical aspects of non-financial information disclosure.
《Outline of the event.
Dates: 19 October 2023, 17:30~19:00.
Organiser: Sustainability Research Group of the Society for Global Business
Format: online (link to be sent to applicants later)
... Seminar details:https://bit.ly/3rr5FpL
Application form:https://forms.gle/MdUvLDt8jQR8t5BS9
(Application deadline: 16 Oct (Mon), 17:00)
Programme.
Introduction of the chairperson and the purpose of setting up the study group.
Akiko Murai, Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kyoto University
⎯ Keynote: "Visualising the Two Dimensions of ESG Investment and Their Impact."
Prof Hiroshi Naka (Future Vision Research Centre, The University of Tokyo)
... "Introduction to Research on ESG Activities and Corporate Value Strategies."
Keeley, Alexander Ryuta, Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University.
... "Introduction to aiESG, an ESG analysis service for companies, products and services."
Daikichi Seki, CEO, aiESG Inc.
'Introducing ECOLO METRIKA, a digital approach to climate change'.
COO, METRIKA Corporation Toshitake Sawamura
'Introduction to practical issues and solutions for ESG assessment and regulatory compliance'
Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Hiroyoshi Niwa, Executive Officer
Question and answer session and introduction of future activities.
《aiESG Speaker profile》.
Daikichi Seki, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
After obtaining his PhD in physics research at Kyoto University, he worked as a data scientist at Accenture Corporation's AI Centre, where he launched and organised industry-academia collaborations with Kyoto University and Kyushu University, and developed and implemented industry-academia collaboration strategies. The results of the collaboration with Kyushu University later developed into the company's AI Powered Enterprise Value Cockpit, and he was also involved in leading its development and implementation for customers.
Keely, Alexander Ryuta, Director and Chief Researcher (CR)
Associate Professor, Kyushu University. After receiving his PhD from Kyoto University, he worked at the World Bank, where he has been a special assistant professor at the Manaki Laboratory, Kyushu University since 2018 and an associate professor since 2023. Principal investigator of the Ministry of the Environment-commissioned research "ESG and Corporate Value", Head of Co-Unit of the Moonshot Project "DAC-U". Member of the Centre for Negative Emission Technology, engaged in research on ESG and corporate performance, etc.