Date : 6th February 2014
Venue : Royton Hall, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Organisers :
  • Hokkaido Green Purchasing Network (Hokkaido GPN)
  • Green Purchasing Network (GPN)
  • International Green Purchasing Network (IGPN)
  • Sapporo MICE Promotion Committee (Sapporo International Communication Plaza Foundation)
  • Japan Association of Travel Agents Hokkaido Chapter
  • Sapporo Hotel Council
  • Sapporo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Sapporo Convention Network
  • Sapporo Convention Center
Sponsor : City of Sapporo
Thu 6th Feb, International Symposium on Ethical Purchasing in Sapporo
09:15 – 09:30

Opening ceremony :

09:30 – 09:45

Opening :

  • Hideki Nakahara (Professor, Tokyo City University / Chair, IGPN)
09:45 – 10:15

Keynote speech :
Ethical Purchasing in the Age of Anthropocene

  • Ryoichi Yamamoto (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo / Honorary Chair, IGPN)
10:15 – 11:05

Keynote speech :
The Rise of Ethical Consumers

  • Scot Case (Director, UL Environment Inc)
11:15 – 12:50

Panel discussion :
Prospect of ethical purchasing in Asia

[Panels]

  • Ryoichi Yamamoto
  • Scot Case
  • Stefanos Fotiou
    (Senior Regional Coordinator on “Resource Efficiency” for the Asia and the Pacific Region,
    United Nations Environment Programme)
  • Prasad Modak
    (Executive President, Environmental Management Centre LLP
    / Chairman, Green Purchasing Network India)

[Facilitator]

  • Prof Hideki Nakahara

Documents

[Keynote speech] Ethical Purchasing in the Age of Anthropocene
by Ryoichi Yamamoto

[Keynote speech] The Rise of Ethical Consumers
by Scot Case

[Panel discussion] Prospect of ethical purchasing in Asia
by Stefanos Fotiou

[Panel discussion] Prospect of ethical purchasing in Asia
by Prasad Modak

Contact

If you're interested in the ethical purchasing study workshops in Japan, please contact the IGPN secretariat.

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