EBC Newsletter – September 8, 2021

• Leveraging Green Towards a Profitable and Sustainable Business – Managing Assets with ESG in Japan and Luxembourg (7 October), organised by the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Japan
• The Japan-Central Europe Investment Summit & Awards (9 September)

The EBC too believes that vaccinated people should be exempted from quarantine. We believe this would still be safe under the current health protocols as returnees are tested once before departing to Japan and again when entering Japan.

To read the complete statement, please click on the link.

The BLCCJ, together with the Luxembourg Embassy and Luxembourg Trade and Investment Office Tokyo, are honored to invite you to the following webinar with FinCity.Tokyo Chairman Hiroshi Nakaso and LuxFLAG Chairwoman Denise Voss:

As Japan’s Prime Minister announced ambitious targets of carbon neutrality by 2050 and a 46% reduction of the country’s carbon footprint by 2030, corporate Japan has stepped up its active stance in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) matters to catch up with their peers in Europe and the United States. Beyond the obvious reasons of social responsibility, companies across the world realize the positive financial outcomes of ESG investing: efforts in sustainability lead to actual business success and there is growing evidence that ESG-themed strategies boost returns.

But how can one invest profitably in Green and ESG-conscious companies?

After a welcome by H.E. Luxembourg Ambassador Pierre Ferring, the first speaker, Mr. Hiroshi NAKASO, Chairman of FinCity.Tokyo and formerly Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan, will present how Japan emphasizes asset management and the introduction of innovative strategies to make Tokyo a leading global financial city, and moreover how ESG fits in this picture.

The second speaker Ms. Denise VOSS, Chairwoman of LuxFLAG, the Luxembourg Finance Labelling Agency, will share the agency’s definition of Green and ESG, the approach/criteria to label ESG funds, how this labeling contributes to the growth of Luxembourg companies, and how Green in general can be profitable for your business.

Afterwards the speakers will gladly take your questions.

EVENT DETAILS
Thursday 7 October
16:00-17:00 Japan time
Presentations + Q&A in English
Free of charge for EBC members

If you are interested, please send an email to [email protected]  by 7 October.

Format: During Main Stage Presentation, the guests can choose to join industry-focused RoundTable discussions and meet and interact   with key players in those sectors.
Each Main Stage Presentation is followed by a Roundtable on the same subject, giving guests the opportunity to meet and interact with each other, and with the Speakers and Panelists just after their Presentation.

Please visit this address for further details.

This year’s White Paper is called “Strengthening partnerships – in crisis and opportunity alike” . The opportunity is of course referring to the EU-Japan EPA that entered into force on February 1, 2019. Unfortunately, at the same time the COVID -19 crisis struck the world.

We are, however, confident that with our recommendations, the European and Japanese economies and companies will continue to prosper.