Japan's ESG commitment explained at ESG Summit

Yu Shimizu,  lead portfolio manager of the Japan Sustainable Equity strategy at SPARX Group in Tokyo, will outline to delegates the shifting ESG landscape in Japan, when he presents at the InvestmentEurope Pan-European ESG Summit Zurich 2019 on 13-14 June. His session will start by reviewing the history of Japan from its post-war high-growth era to present day through an ESG lens to better understand the issues the country faces. Ongoing improvements in corporate governance will be discussed, as well as measures taken to overcome population decline - one of the key sustainability issues ...