Seminar on ESG Trends to Commemorate the Selection 《Free Online Seminar on Wednesday, September 20, 11:00am》.

(Head office: Hakata-ku, Fukuoka; Representative Director: Shunsuke Managi; hereinafter "aiESG"), an ESG evaluation company, has been selected for inclusion in the Forbes Asia 100 To Watch (100 Companies to Watch in Asia) 2023*, organized by the global business magazine Forbes Asia. Forbes ASIA, a global business magazine, has selected the company as one of the "Forbes Asia 100 To Watch.

To commemorate this event, an ESG Trends Seminar will be held on September 20 (Wed.) to commemorate the selection of the "Forbes Asia 100 To Watch 2023. Shunsuke Managi, CEO of Minebea, Daikichi Seki, CEO, and Ryuta Kiely-Alexander, Director and Chief Researcher (CR) will take the stage to introduce ESG trends, the relationship between ESG and corporate performance, and Minebea's efforts to address ESG issues.

Click here to register (free of charge).
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KU5z6EOwREu0SN7uD6-CSA#/registration

*Forbes Asia 100 To Watch 2023
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesasiateam/2023/08/28/forbes-asia-100-to-watch-2023/?sh=450d426475a1

Forbes Asia 100 To Watch

We are pleased to announce that we have been selected as one of the 100 companies to watch in Asia this year in the "Forbes Asia 100 To Watch", which targets small and medium-sized enterprises and startups to watch in the Asia-Pacific region, in recognition of our efforts.

For the third edition of the "Forbes Asia 100 To Watch 2023," only three companies from Japan, including our company, were selected as part of a select group of growing companies that have had a positive impact on their home country and regional markets, received high praise from their customers, and successfully attracted investors.

We are a start-up company from Kyushu University that is growing rapidly in the area of ESG analysis services with a pioneering approach and innovative technology.

In recent years, ESG-conscious management has been attracting attention worldwide, but it is not easy to objectively evaluate your company's efforts and disclose appropriate information to investors and other stakeholders.

As a solution to this issue, we provide our proprietary ESG assessment service, "aiESG," which is designed to assess CO₂We support quantitative and comprehensive assessment and disclosure of ESG information, including biodiversity and human rights, as well as other relevant information.

To commemorate this selection, we will hold a seminar on ESG trends on Wednesday, September 20. This is a unique opportunity to learn more about ESG trends and how they impact corporate performance. We look forward to your participation.

Comment from Daikichi Seki, CEO of aiESG

We are very pleased to have the honor of being selected as one of the 100 startups to watch in Asia. We help our clients to comprehensively clarify the value of their products and services, not only in terms of the economy and CO2 emissions, but also in terms of their impact on nature and human rights, which are essential in today's world. In this sense, it is those who are trying to contribute to a truly sustainable society who should be recognized. As a compass for such people, our team will continue to work as one to help the global economy move in a truly sustainable direction.

Seminar Outline　

Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 11:00~12:00 
Format: Online webinar (via Zoom)
■Participation Fee: Free (Pre-registration required)
■ URL for registration:https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KU5z6EOwREu0SN7uD6-CSA#/registration

Agenda for the day
General ESG Trends Representative Director: Shunsuke Managi
Director and CR: Keeley Alexander Ryuta, ESG and Corporate Performance
■About aiESG Initiatives CEO: Daikichi Seki
■Question and Answer Session

What is aiESG, a product-level ESG analysis service?

aiESG is the world's first service that enables comprehensive ESG analysis at the product and service level. Using AI analysis based on our ESG supply chain big data, aiESG can provide detailed calculations for more than 3,200 ESG indicators and compare them to industry averages and conventional products. In particular, it is possible to compare the CO₂This is the world's first solution that enables quantitative evaluation of not only environmental aspects such as human rights, biodiversity, and labor environment, but also social and governance aspects, including human rights, biodiversity, and labor environment, which have become increasingly important in recent years.

List of aiESG evaluation items (excerpt)

Furthermore, analysis by aiESG enables geographical estimation, which is difficult with conventional Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and visualization of environmental, social, and corporate governance hot spots, tracing back not only to direct suppliers, but also to secondary and upstream business partners.

Dashboard Image Diagram

In addition, since the only data required from the customer is product cost structure data or physical quantity data, ESG supply chain disclosures, which previously required enormous man-hours, are facilitated.

Click here for an introduction to our services (https://aiesg.co.jp/topics/report/20230515_service_aiesg/)

About aiESG Corporation (aiESG)

We are a start-up company from Kyushu University that aims to realize a sustainable society through product and service level ESG analysis. Based on years of international and academic ESG research, including UN report representatives, we provide an ESG assessment platform, aiESG, that traces back the entire supply chain.

Click here to visit our corporate website (Japanese only)https://aiesg.co.jp/)

About Us

Company name: aiESG Co.
Head Office: NMF Hakata Ekimae Bldg. 2F, 1-15-20 Hakata Ekimae, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka
President and Representative Director : Shunsuke Managi
Business : ESG analysis business at the product/service level
HP : https://aiesg.co.jp/
Establishment : July 2022

For inquiries regarding this matter, please contact
To: aiESG Corporation, Public Relations
メールアドレス：pr@aiesg.co.jp