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2024.05.30

June 4, aiESG Director Keeley will be speaking at a Kering sponsored pitch event on the theme of sustainable fashion.

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On Tuesday, June 4, 2024, Kering, the global luxury group whose brands include Gucci and Bottega Veneta, and the CIC Institute will host the Kering Generation Awards pitch event, where aiESG Director and Chief Researcher ( (CR) Keely Alexander Ryuta will be speaking at the event.

This event, themed Sustainable Fashion & Beauty, aims to discover promising start-ups and technologies in Japan that have the potential to accelerate change in the fashion and beauty sectors and have a positive impact on society and the environment. This will be the first time that the Kering Generation Awards will be held in Japan.

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Kering Generation Awards" held in Japan for the first time (Kering HP)

Kering Generation Awards" held in Japan for the first time
With the support of the CIC Institute, a unit dedicated to supporting startup growth, Kering will hold the first Kering Generation Awards in Japan to accelerate sustainable innovation in the luxury, fashion, and beauty sectors.

Kering Generation Award

Kering Generation Award | CIC Tokyo
Inspired by Kering's vision "Crafting Tomorrow's Luxury," this awards program aims to create sustainable innovations that have a positive environmental and social impact in the Japanese fashion and beauty industry. The program aims to create sustainable innovations that will have a positive environmental and social impact in the Japanese fashion and beauty industry.

Speaker Profile.
Keely, Alexander, Ryutaboard memberand Chief Researcher (CR)
Associate Professor at Kyushu University. D. from Kyoto University and worked at the World Bank. 2018-2012: Special Assistant Professor at Manaki Laboratory, Kyushu University, 2023: Associate Professor. He is a Principal Investigator of "ESG and Corporate Value" funded research by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, and Co-Unit Director of the Moonshot Project "DAC-U". Member of the Negative Emission Technology Center, and engaged in research on ESG and corporate performance, etc.