As of May.15, 2024

Three days to explore our collective future
Annual Conference on Social Impact

Social Impact Day 2024

"System Change" driven by
Impact Economy

5.15 WED to 5.17 FRI 2024
- Sessions List Co-organized by: Social Impact Management Initiative (SIMI) / Japan Social Innovation and Investment Foundation (SIIF)Day1: 2024.05.15 [Wed]Day2: 2024.05.16 [Thu]Day3: 2024.05.17 [Fri]

10:00-10:20
Opening Talk [JP/EN]（20 min）

09:30-10:20 Special Session 3（50 min） Managing for Purpose and Social Impact: New Possibilities for Sustainable Business

Session 7
09:30-10:20
New Entrepreneurs for the（50 min）
Impact Economy

10:20-11:10 Keynote Speech 1 [JP/EN]（50 min） Impact Accounting at the time of Regulatory Challenges

Special Session 4
10:30-11:40
Beyond Impact Investment：Toward the Next Stage of Achieving Impact Economy - GSG（70 min）
Japan NAB's 10th anniversary and the next 10 years

Session 9
10:30-11:20
What We have Learned from "IMPACT SHIFT": Let's Talk about the（50 min）
Future of Impact with 4 Gen Z

Special Session 1 [JP/EN]
11:30-12:40"Capitalism of Mutual Support": A Form of New Capitalism（70 min）
Realized by Collective Impact

Session 1
11:50-12:40
Impact Companies Going Public: How to（50 min）
Expand Impact and Achieve Business Growth

Session 10
11:30-12:20"B" THIS WAY FORWARD: The Latest of the B Corp Movement in（50 min）
Japan

Lunch BreakKeynote Speech 2 [JP/EN]
Child-lens Investing: An innovative framework to put
well-being of future generations first and create the
13:30-14:30
conditions for healthier and more inclusive societies（60 min）
Keynote Speech 3 [JP/EN]
Benchmarking Impact Management in Impact Investing: A
Discussion of BlueMark’s 2024 Report

Session 2 [JP/EN]
Catalytic Roles of Philanthropy andInvesting Toward Impacts in Aging Asia

12:20-12:50
Closing Talk
（30 min）

Lunch Break

13:40-14:30（50 min）

13:20-14:30（70 min）

Session 3
Triggers of Social Impact: Catalytic Capital inJapan

Sponsored Session 3
Short Pitch Session: Initiatives for
Creating Impact

Special Session 2 [JP/EN]
14:50-15:50
What is " System Change Investment" that Addresses（60 min）
Fundamental Social Issues?

Sponsored Session 4
14:50-15:40
Impact "K" Project Roundtable: Sharing insights from industry-leading impact investors on（50 min）
how to launch an effective impact fund16:10-17:00 Sponsored Session 1 [JP/EN]（50 min） The Role of Finance in the Impact Economy

Session 4
16:00-16:50
What is the Current Status of Impact Economy（50 min）
in Japan - A View from a Data Analysis

Sponsored Session 2 [JP/EN]
17:10-18:10
Focusing on Indian impact Companies: Achieving a（60 min）
Positive Cycle of Impact Generation and Revenue Growth

Session 6
17:00-18:00
Let's Talk about the Future of Impact Finance with the Next Generation: Impact Investing（60 min）
and New Directions

18:40-20:00
Reception（80 min）

Session 8
The Leading Edge of Impact-Oriented
Initiatives by Foundations

Session 5 [JP/EN]
Sustainable Development Performance
Indicators (SDPI) by UNRISD (The United
Nations Research Institute for Social
Development)

Each session will be conducted in Japanese. Only for sessions
marked [JP/EN], simultaneous Japanese-English interpretation will
be provided.

[*] There is NO online streaming/archive video available for Special
Sessions by UNICEF/BlueMark.

Special Session by UNICEF [*]16:30-18:00 What Exactly is Investing with a “Child-lens”?: Introduction of（90 min） the UNICEF Framework and Invitation to Japanese
Stakeholders
18:30-20:30 Special Session by BlueMark [*]（120 min） Introduction to BlueMark and Impact Verification

1

Wed, May 15【Opening】

10:00 - 10:20

Opening Talk

Free
【JAPANESE / ENGLISH】

Takeshi Mizuguchi
President, Takasaki City
University of Economics/ Member, Governing
Council, Social Impact
Speaker Management Initiative

Mitsuaki Aoyagi

Asami Takagi

Vice-chair of Executive
Committee, Social
Innovation and Investment
Foundation

Managing Director, Social
Impact Management
Initiative / Founder, Stemfor Leaves

SpeakerModerator

2

Wed, May 15【Keynote Speech 1】

10:20 - 11:10
Free

Impact Accounting at the time of Regulatory Challenges【JAPANESE / ENGLISH】
There is a growing debate on how to properly value companies that bring social value. Particular attention is being paid to the feasibility,
standardization, and comparability of valuation methods, their application, and integration into transparency requirements. Christian Heller
is founder and CEO of The Value Balancing Alliance (VBA), a business-led initiative, Vice Chair of the German government's Sustainable
Finance Advisory Board, and Vice President of BASF. VBA, together with IFVI, a spin-off from Harvard's Impact-Weighted Accounts
Initiative, is developing and testing impact accounting as a way to disclose the monetary equivalent of the impact of corporate activities.
This is for the benefit of the companies themselves and their stakeholders.
In his keynote speech, Mr. Heller will begin with an overview of impact accounting and trends in the world. Next, Mr. Mita, Executive
Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer of Mitsubishi Chemical Group, a VBA member, and Professor Farber, Director of the Center forSocial Innovation at IMB, a Swiss business school, and Director of the EMBA program, will discuss the significance of impact accounting
and challenges, and answer questions from participants.
Christian Heller
CEO Value Balancing
Alliance e.V. / Vice
President BASF SE /Co-chair Sustainable
Speaker Finance Committee tothe Federal
Government ofGermany

Noriyuki Mita
Vice President /Chief Sustainability
Officer, Mitsubishi
Chemical Group
Speaker Corporation

Vanina Farberelea Professor ofSocial Innovation
and Dean of the
IMD EMBA
Speaker program

Asami TakagiManaging Director,
Social Impact
Management
Initiative / Founder,
Moderator Stem for Leaves

3

Wed, May 15
11:30-12:40
Paid【JAPANESE / ENGLISH】【Special Session 1】"Capitalism of Mutual Support": A Form of New Capitalism
Realized by Collective Impact

In order to make social impact creation a movement of economic activities, diverse stakeholders such as corporations,
governments, and non-profit corporations need to collaborate.
In April 2023, the Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) released a proposal entitled "Mutual
Support Capitalism: Awakening 'Animal Spirits' with 'Corporate Purpose' and 'Empathy' as the Starting Points," which
advocates an economic society where private companies participate in "mutual support" efforts to solve social issues,
create new demand and innovation, and realize well-being.
In this session, representatives from Keizai Doyukai, Impact Startup Association, and Japan Association of New Public
will be invited to introduce multi-sectoral solutions to social issues to realize mutual support capitalism beyond themarginal curve of economic rationality.
Kohey Takashima
Chief Executive
Officer and Founder
Oisix ra daichi Inc.
Speaker

Daichi Konuma
Co-Founder andCEO, CROSSFIELDS / Director,
Japan
Speaker Association of
New Public

Haruka MeraFounder andChief Executive
Officer,
READYFOR
Speaker Co.,Ltd. /Chairperson of
Impact Startup
Association

Mitsuaki Aoyagi
Vice-chair of
Executive
Committee, Social
Moderator Innovation and
Investment
Foundation
4

Wed, May 15【Keynote Speech 2】

13:30 - 14:00

Child-lens Investing: An innovative framework to put

Freewell-being of future generations first and create the【JAPANESE / ENGLISH】

conditions for healthier and more inclusive societies.

Last year, UNICEF produced an innovative Child-Lens Investing Framework (CLIF) in working with key
stakeholders including global responsible and impact investment ecosystem actors. This is not only investing inchildren. Rather, it is investing with perspectives (lens) of creating a sustainable world for children. UNICEF has
been a leading institution for the development of children-first public policy and programs, but CLI isgroundbreaking in setting a course for its application in the world of investing and finance. Mr. Rostami will
introduce the Framework, explain how it will contribute to creating the impact economy, and invite diverse
stakeholders in Japan to join the initiative.
（Take a look at：https://simi.or.jp/grc/unicef_cli/）
Alexander Rostami

Katsuji Imata

Chief and Founder of UNICEF’s Global
Innovative Finance Hub in Helsinki

President, Social Impact
Management Initiative / Co-CEO,Blue Marble Japan, Inc.

SpeakerModerator
5

Wed, May 15
14:00 - 14:30
Free【Keynote Speech 3】
Benchmarking Impact Management in Impact Investing: A
Discussion of BlueMark’s 2024 Report【JAPANESE / ENGLISH】

BlueMark was launched in 2020 with a mission to strengthen trust in sustainable and impact investing by delivering
independent verification services that allow investors to optimize their impact measurement and management(IMM) systems for long-term success. This keynote address will feature Christina Leijonhufvud, CEO of BlueMark,
who will share key findings from BlueMark’s Fifth Annual Making the Mark report, which dives deep into the IMM
efforts most prevalent among segments of the sustainable and impact investing market.
*Take a look (last year’s report) at: https://simi.or.jp/grc/投資家が行うインパクトマネジメントのベンチマ/

Christina Leijonhufvud

Katsuji Imata

CEO, BlueMark

President, Social Impact
Management Initiative / Co-CEO,Blue Marble Japan, Inc.

SpeakerModerator

6

Wed, May 15【Special Session 2】
What is " System Change Investment" that Addresses

14:50 - 15:50

Fundamental Social Issues?

Paid【JAPANESE / ENGLISH】

How can we approach the most serious and complex social problems (Wicked Problem) and realize asustainable society?
"System change investment" is a new investment concept that not only creates social impact, but also
promotes transformation of the entire social system and leads to the solution of fundamental issues.
Discussions on system change investment have begun in Western countries. In this session, we will learn fromglobal trends and case studies, and discuss the potential for system change investment originating in Japan.
Dominic Hofstetter
Executive Director,
TransCap Initiative

Speaker

Yuya KatoBusiness Development
Department Impact Office,Social Innovation and
Investment Foundation
Speaker

Motoi Kawabata
Impact Economy Lab
Impact Catalyst, Social
Innovation and Investment
Foundation
Moderator

7

Wed, May 15
16:10-17:00【Sponsored Session 1】

Sponsored by Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

The Role of Finance in the Impact Economy

Free【JAPANESE / ENGLISH】

In this session, we will discuss with leaders of the impact economy the role that finance should play inthe systemic change that the impact economy will bring about. The session will provide insights on how
to upgrade the economic system, starting with a discussion on what to expect from financial institutionsin the virtuous cycle of "impact creation" and "revenue generation" and the desired state of theinvestment chain.
Ken Shibusawa
Chief Executive Officer,
Shibusawa andCompany, Inc. / Founderand Chairman,
Speaker
Commons AssetManagement / Founderand CEO, &Capital, Inc.
/ Member, Governing
Council, Social Impact
Management Initiative

Takeshi Mizuguchi
President,
Takasaki City
University of
Economics /Speaker Member,
Governing
Council, Social
ImpactManagement
Initiative

Haruka MeraFounder andChief Executive
Officer,
READYFOR
Speaker Co.,Ltd. /Chairperson of
Impact Startup
Association

Kotaro Sueyoshi
Mizuho Financial
Group, Inc.
Joint General
ManagerModerator Sustainable Business
Promotion
Department

8

Wed, May 15
17:10 - 18:10
Free【JAPANESE / ENGLISH】【Sponsored Session 2】

Co-sponsored by Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Focusing on Indian impact Companies: Achieving a Positive
Cycle of Impact Generation and Revenue Growth

Ken Shibusawa will talk about SITARA, an impact company derived from India's SEWA, the world's largest women's
self-employed workers' union, which has achieved a virtuous cycle of "creating impact" and "generating revenue.
SITARA is a financial services company that provides housing loans to low-income women in India, achieving a virtuous
cycle of "creating impact" and "generating revenue" and has recently raised Series E funding.
How does SITARA create a virtuous cycle of "revenue" and "impact" while raising more and more funds? How does
SITARA create a virtuous cycle of "revenue" and "impact" while raising more and more funds? In this session, Ken
Shibusawa will interview SITARA CEO Shruti Gonsalves, who will share her passion for impact business, focusing on
setting an impact thesis, measuring impact, information disclosure, engagement with investors, and more.
Ken Shibusawa
Chief Executive Officer,
Shibusawa and Company,
Inc. / Founder and Chairman,
Commons Asset
SpeakerManagement / Founder andCEO, &Capital, Inc. /Member, Governing Council,
Social Impact
Management Initiative

Shruti Gonsalves
Managing Director andChief Executive Officer、
SEWA Grih Rin Limited(Sitara)Speaker

Ayaka Matsuno
Program Director, Social
Innovation Team, Asia andMiddle East Department, The
Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Moderator

9

Thu, May 16【Special Session 3】
Managing for Purpose and Social Impact: New Possibilities

09:30 - 10:20

for Sustainable Business

Paid

This session will focus on "Purpose Management and Impact" and will discuss the importance of companies
pursuing not only profit but also social mission and value. In addition, actual examples of companies thathave implemented Purpose Management to create social and environmental impact, increase corporate
value, and build sustainable business models will be featured, and we will discuss with participants the new
possibilities for businesses that will open up the future.

Akie Iriyama
Professor, Graduate School ofBusiness and Finance,
Waseda University

Speaker

Yoshihiro Kamozaki
Managing Director, Social Impact Management Initiative
Executive Director, Japan Fundraising Association
Director, Social Impact Center
Visiting Associate Professor, Nagano Prefectural University

Moderator

10Thu, May 16
10:30 - 11:40【Special Session 4】
Beyond Impact Investment：Toward the Next Stage of
Achieving Impact Economy - GSG Japan NAB's 10thPaidanniversary and the next 10 years

Established in July 2014, the GSG-NAB Japan is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The size of the
impact investment market in Japan has grown remarkably over the past decade, reaching 5,848 billion yen as of
May 2023. The GSG-NAB Japan has always led the way in expanding the use of impact investing in Japan, andthis presentation will look back on its 10 years of activities and the growth of the impact investment market, andintroduce the future prospects for further expansion of the ecosystem and the impact economy.
Ken Shibusawa
Chief Executive Officer,
Shibusawa andCompany, Inc. / Founderand Chairman,
Speaker
Commons AssetManagement / Founderand CEO, &Capital, Inc.
/ Member, Governing
Council, Social Impact
Management Initiative

Nao Sudo
Director, Impact
Frontiers

Speaker

Yuuko Shiota
Executive
Officer, General
Manager,
Sustainability
Speaker Department,
ESG Promotion
Department,
Marui Group
Co.,LTD.

Masataka Uo
President ＆CEO,
Japan Fundraising
Association
Moderator

11

Thu, May 16
11:50 - 12:40【Session 1】
Impact Companies Going Public: How to Expand Impact
and Achieve Business Growth

Paid

Impact companies, which are listed on the capital markets to create an impact on the social environment andaccelerate business growth, are beginning to attract attention as they seek to sustainably increase their corporate
value. However, once listed, even impact companies must face a diverse range of investors. In this context, we will
discuss how companies can root the perspective of impact creation in their business management, how they caneffectively disclose information and engage in dialogue with investors on the value of their impact, and how thecapital markets can continue to produce impact companies that aim for even greater growth.
Tomoya Shiraishi
Representative Director,
Phronesis Partners

Speaker

Mikiko Ono
Director, Global Sustainability
Disclosure Regulations, ESG
Communication, Group DEI
Sustainability Transformation /Investor Relations
Speaker
Recruit Holdings Co., Inc.

Shohei Iwaya
Fund Manager, Equity Investment Group
Asset Management One Co., Ltd.
Speaker

Yuji Hisano
Director of Corporate
Affairs, CFO, CureApp Inc.

Speaker
Fumi Sugeno
Chief of Impact Economy Lab, Social
Innovation and Investment Foundation

Moderator

12Thu, May 16
11:50 - 12:40
Paid【JAPANESE / ENGLISH】【Session 2】
Catalytic Roles of Philanthropy and Investing Toward
Impacts in Aging Asia

By 2060, the population over 65 years old in Asia will exceed 1.2 billion, accounting for one in every 10 people in the world. How can we improve the quality ofhealthy life expectancy and enhance the wellbeing of all people in Asia as the region's rapidly aging population becomes a common agenda? This session brings
together distinguished panelists from Japan, Taiwan, China, and Singapore, countries that are facing the challenges of an aging society through investment andphilanthropy. Mr. Reito Watanabe, a venture capitalist who has invested in many nursing care and health businesses in Japan with a focus on local communities,
Ms. Francine Wu, who is facing issues specific to the aging society at a pension fund in Taiwan, Ms.Haoling Zhang, a pioneer in both business and philanthropy
who launched the Heorad Foundation, and Ms. Woon Saet Nyoon, who works with Singapore's largest foundation, Temasek Foundation, to foster and care forcommunities in multi-ethnic and urban societies, will discuss the challenges of aging societies in their respective countries and regions and case studies of how
these challenges are being addressed, and explore the future and possibilities for impact investment and philanthropy in Asia.
[About AVPN]
AVPN, headquartered in Singapore, is Asia's largest network dedicated to accelerating solutions to social issues through strategic philanthropy and impact
investment. Currently, more than 600 funders from 33 countries and regions, including foundations, financial institutions, and corporations, are members of
AVPN, which is working to build an ecosystem for the circulation of funds to create impact in Asia. https://avpn.asia/
Reito Watanabe
General Partner,
β venture capital
SpeakerFrancine Wu
Chairperson,
Pension Fund
Association,
SpeakerR.O.C.

Haoling Zhang
Co-Founder of
HeroadInvestments,
Founder of
Speaker
HeroadFoundation

Mariko Ito

Woon Saet Nyoon
Head, Community
Networks andPartnerships,
SpeakerTemasek
Foundation

Manager,
AVPN
Moderator

13

Thu, May 16【Session 3】
Triggers of Social Impact: Catalytic Capital in Japan

13:40 - 14:30
Paid

Catalytic Capital" is a concept that is accumulating practical knowledge in the world of social impact,
particularly in Europe and the United States. This concept is being organized as risk money that " triggers" theexpansion of social impact of impact startups and non-profit businesses and their financial growth as aprerequisite for such expansion. In this session, while referring to discussions and practices related to catalytic
capital overseas, we will invite practitioners in the Japanese social sector who are providing the equivalent of"catalytic capital" to social businesses and nonprofit organizations that have already begun to occur, and lookfor hints on how the concept of "catalytic capital" can be used to expand and deepen social impact.

Kenta Sowanaka
MITENE Fund

Speaker

Aiko Kozaki
Director of Investment Department,
Japan Network for Public Interest
Activities (JANPIA)
Speaker

Motoi Kawabata
Impact Economy Lab
Impact Catalyst, Social
Innovation and Investment
Foundation
Moderator
14

Thu, May 16
13:20 - 14:30【Sponsored Session 3】
Short Pitch Session: Initiatives for Creating Impact

Free
The sponsors will introduce examples of expanding efforts to create new impact in various areas.

Impact Circle, Inc.

Chuo-Nittochi Co., Ltd.

Masaki Kochi

The Norinchukin Bank
Nissay Asset Management Corporation

Managing Director,
Social Impact
Management
Initiative / CEO,
Moderator K-three15

Thu, May 16
14:50 - 15:40【Sponsored Session 4】Sponsored by JAPAN POST INSURANCE Co., Ltd.

Impact "K" Project Roundtable: Sharing insights fromindustry-leading impact investors on how to launch anFreeeffective impact fund

What lies beyond the eyes of impact investors to solve social issues and realize the impact economy?
In this session, industry-leading impact investors who have come together through the "Impact "K" Project," acertification program for impact investment by JAPAN POST INSURANCE, will discuss their efforts to realize
effective impact funds and future prospects. The session will be an opportunity to exchange views on the future
prospects and efforts to realize an effective impact fund.
Yuriko Gibo
Principal, Keio Innovation
Initiative, Inc.

Speaker

Masahiro Hata
Co-Founder & General Partner,
GLIN Impact Capital

Speaker
Hidetaka Matsumoto
Specialist, Private Equity Investment
Group, Alternative Investment
Department, JAPAN POST
Speaker INSURANCE Co., Ltd.

Kazuhiro Umeda
Co-Founder & General
Partner, SIIF Impact Capital,Inc.
Speaker

Asami TakagiManaging Director, Social
Impact Management
Initiative / Founder, Stem forLeavesModerator
16

Thu, May 16
16:00 - 16:50【Session 4】
What is the Current Status of Impact Economy in Japan:
A View from a Data Analysis

Paid
Since its establishment in 2017, SIIF has conducted various surveys and accumulated a great deal ofquantitative data. We have also collected qualitative knowledge from a wide range of experts andpractitioners by taking on the management of various research groups and participating as a member.
Through the accumulation of such data and knowledge, we have been able to understand the current status
and future issues regarding the development of impact investment and the impact economy. In this session,
we will review the changes that have occurred over the past several years based on the data and knowledge
we have gathered, and discuss what drivers are needed for impact investing and the impact economy tobecome mainstream.
Tamami Ota
Senior Researcher / Head of
Sustainable Finance Research Unit.,
Financial and Capital Market Research
Dept.
Speaker Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.

Kiyomi Kudo
President and CEO
FP Blossom Co.,Ltd.
Speaker

Satoshi Oda
Impact Economy Lab
Knowledge Development
Officer, Social Innovation
and Investment Foundation
Moderator
17

Thu, May 16
16:00 - 16:50
Free【JAPANESE / ENGLISH】【Session 5】
Sustainable Development Performance Indicators (SDPI)
by UNRISD (The United Nations Research Institute forSocial Development)

Recognizing the limitations of current ESG-related indicators which do not define what is sustainable, UNRISD(The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development) last year developed the Sustainable
Development Performance Indicators (SDPI). This new initiative consolidates various indicators and consider
targets relative to the level required to achieve sustainability. Considering sustainability in terms of sustainability
boundaries and thresholds is expected to accelerate in the next few years, and this session will focus on theambition and concrete plans of the SDPI.

Dr. Ilcheong Yi

Katsuji Imata

Senior Research Coordinator / United
Nations Research Institute for Social
Development (Switzerland)

President, Social Impact
Management Initiative / Co-CEO,Blue Marble Japan, Inc.

SpeakerModerator

18

Thu, May 16【Session 6】

17:00 - 18:00
Paid

Let's Talk about the Future of Impact Finance with the Next
Generation: Impact Investing and New Directions

It has been almost three years since the Impact-Oriented Finance Declaration began operating. The number ofsignatories and the balance of impact finance by signatory institutions have been steadily increasing, but is impact
finance in Japan and around the world moving in the right direction? While it is important to refine principles, models,and methodologies, are we missing something important? What is the perspective that we are currently missing?
We will point out the next impact finance impact investment with our expertise in impact-oriented impact finance,
venture investment, regional finance, and practical experience as an asset owner, and hit on what we think now andexplore the future direction.
Norio Ishii
Director of Social Good
Promotion Dept, THE
KYOTO SHINKINBANK / Member of
Speaker
Steering Committee,
Japan Impact Driven
Finance Initiative

Akitaka Wilhelm Fujii
President of REALTECH Holdings,
Director andExecutive Officer
Speaker (Head of Corporate)
Member of Steering
Committee, Japan
Impact Driven
Finance Initiative

Chihiro Baba
SeniorManager, Impact
Business
Development
Speaker Office, ESG
Strategy andSolution
Department

Makiko Hashizume
Senior Manager, theJapan ResearchInstitute, Limited
Vice Chair of Debt
Moderator Working Group,Japan Impact Driven
Finance Initiative

19

Fri, May 17【Session 7】
New Entrepreneurs for the Impact Economy

9:30 - 10:20
Paid

The series "The Door to the Impact Economy" started in 2023 on SIIF's official note. It is a seven-part
serial project that interviews and features entrepreneurs in order to understand the impact economy moreclosely. In this issue, we invite Mr. Naruse of on the trip Inc. and Mr. Tasaki of N-ARK Inc. from among theentrepreneurs featured in the series to take a deeper look at what is new for entrepreneurs in the impact
economy era.
https://note.com/siif_pr/m/m0b881c51d1a5

Yuki Naruse
CEO, On The Trip

Speaker

Yuki Tazaki
Founder, CEO, N-ARK

Speaker

Kanafumi Furuichi
Impact Economy Lab Impact
Catalyst, Social Innovation
and Investment Foundation
Moderator

20

Fri, May 17【Session 8】

9:30 - 10:20

The Leading Edge of Impact-Oriented Initiatives byFoundations

Paid"Impact", "System Change", "Impact-Oriented": What exactly do these words, which we hear so muchabout these days, mean?
In this session, we will invite a public interest incorporated foundation that has been in practice for morethan 30 years and an emerging foundation that has been in practice for 5 years to introduce specificexamples of impact-oriented initiatives implemented by their respective foundations.

Hiroko Kawano
Executive Director, Kawano
Masanori Memorial Public
Interest Incorporated
Foundation for Promotion of
Speaker Pediatrics

Eri Tamagawa
Manager, MIDAS Foundation

Speaker

Yuko Koshiba
Co-CEO, PA inc.

Moderator

21

Fri, May 17
10:30 - 11:20【Session 9】
What We have Learned from "IMPACT SHIFT": Let's Talk
about the Future of Impact with 4 Gen Z

Paid
IMPACT SHIFT was held on Sunday, March 3, 2024 with approximately 650 visitors. Various sectors related tosolving social issues, including impact startups, zebra companies, and the social sector, participated incross-industry discussions. It was planned by the executive committee, which consisted mainly of people in their
20s across organizations. In this session, four members of Generation Z who belong to the IMPACT SHIFT
Executive Committee will share what they felt and thought after IMPACT SHIFT about the future of impact and thefuture they will face in the future.
Sai Sakamoto
Zebras andCompany Inc.

Speaker

Mao Sato
Graduate School ofSocial Sciences
Hitotsubashi
University
Speaker

Risa Kogure
STYZ Inc.
Syncable
Fundraiser /Youth Chapter
Speaker Founding
member (JFRA)

Sora Ichiyanagi
UNERI, Inc. impact
catalyst/Sowledge,
Inc. Policy Impact
department
Moderator

22

Fri, May 17
11:30 - 12:20【Session 10】"B" THIS WAY FORWARD: The Latest of the B Corp
Movement in JapanPaid
B Corp is an international certification system for companies that conduct business activities in anenvironmentally and socially responsible manner. It has been attracting increasing attention in Japan, and asof March 2024, the number of Japanese corporations with B Corp certification was 40. In order to expand
the B Corp movement, which is leading the global B Corp movement, a general incorporated association, B
Market Builder Japan (BMBJ), which is equivalent to a branch of the so-called B Lab, was finally establishedin March 2024 to promote the B Corp movement in Japan, and moves toward the establishment of B Lab
Japan have now started in earnest. This session will introduce the benefits of B Corp, as well as the latest
trends and activities of the B movement in the world, Japan, and Asia.
Nozomi Torii
Co-Lead, B Market
Builder Japan / Director,
VALUE BOOKS Co., Ltd.
Speaker

Yuki Tazaki
Co-Lead, B Market
Builder Japan /Founder, ovgo Baker
Speaker

Katsuji Imata
President, Social Impact
Management Initiative / Co-CEO,Blue Marble Japan, Inc.
Moderator
23

Fri, May 17【Closing】

12:20 - 12:50

Closing TalkFree

Ken Shibusawa
Chief Executive Officer,
Shibusawa andCompany, Inc. / Founderand Chairman,
Speaker Commons AssetManagement / Founderand CEO, &Capital, Inc.
/ Member, Governing
Council, Social Impact
Management Initiative

Nanako Kudo
Member of Executive
Committee／Director of
Business Development
Department, Social
Innovation andSpeaker Investment Foundation

Katsuji Imata
President, Social Impact
Management Initiative / Co-CEO,Blue Marble Japan, Inc.
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【Special Session by UNICEF】

Fri, May 17

What Exactly is Investing with a “Child-lens”?:

16:30 - 18:00

Introduction of the UNICEF Framework and InvitationFree【ENGLISH】

to Japanese Stakeholders

Following the introduction of the Child Lens Investment Framework (CLIF) in the keynote speech on May 15, thissemi-closed session (partially by invitation only) will explore possibilities of the CLIF in the Japanese market,
especially with financial institutions. Mr. Alexander Rostami will speak about the examples of CLIF which will befollowed by a discussion with Japanese speakers (NGO and financial sector) on the prospects for the CLIF
application in Japan.
*Registration required. For more details: https://social-impact-day-2024-unicef.peatix.com
Alexander Rostami
Chief and Founder of UNICEF’s Global
Innovative Finance Hub in Helsinki

SpeakerFrancesco Saverio Ambrogetti
Principal Adviser of Innovative and Alternative Financefor Children (IF4C), UNICEF

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Fri, May 17
18:30 - 20:30【Special Session by BlueMark】
Introduction to BlueMark and Impact VerificationFree【ENGLISH】

In this Special Session, Christina Leijonhufvud, a pioneer in impact investing and CEO of BlueMark, will introduce
BlueMark as a firm and their role as third-party verifiers. Through dialogue with two clients based in Japan,
participants will learn how third-party verification enhanced impact measurement and management practices,
fostering greater buy-in for impact within their organizations. The latter part of this session will feature an informal
reception hosted by BlueMark. Partially by invitation only.
*Registration required. For more details: https://social-impact-day-2024-bluemark.peatix.com
Christina Leijonhufvud
CEO, BlueMark

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