2021/1/29 FY2020 third xSDG Consortium Meeting （members only）
2020/10/30 FY2020 second xSDG Consortium Meeting (members only)
2020/2/26 FY2019 Annual Meeting has been postponed
2020/1/28 FY2019 Third xSDG Consortium Meeting (members only）
2019/10/29 FY2019 Second xSDG Consortium Meeting (members only）
2019/9/24 xSDG Laboratory & xSDG Consortium, Keio Research Institute at SFC, Keio University was held the Symposium in NY "Essence for Successful Actions towards Achieving the SDGs" on 23rd September at NY
Report by International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Report by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (Twitter)
2019/7/16 xSDG Laboratory & xSDG Consortium, Keio Research Institute at SFC, Keio University held the Symposium in NY "Business Evaluation × SDG Beyond UNGA2019"
2019/02/26
xSDG Laboratory & xSDG Consortium, Keio Research Institute at SFC, Keio University held the FY2018 Annual Meeting at Keio University Mita campus
2019/01/30
FY2018 Third xSDG Consortium Meeting (members only)
2018/10/02
FY2018 Second xSDG Consortium Meeting (members only)
2018/07/26
FY2018 First xSDG Consortium Meeting (members only)
2018/02/13
Keio University SFC research center xSDG Lab symposium “Discussion of regional revitalization x(cross)SDGs starts here”, held at the International House of Japan. Discussions surrounding the theme “Local governments x(cross)SDGs” was carried out, and questions such as; what are the key elements in advancing the SDGs at the local level; How can SDGs contribute to creating business chances; How can collaboration utilizing SDGs be created; etc., were examined following the navigation of discussions by project Prof. Kuniya.
2022/3/4
The Japan SDGs Action Forum will be held （March 29th 2022）. （In Japanese）
2021/11/16
The result of the contest "SDGsクリエイティブアイデアコンテスト2021" announcement.（In Japanese）
2021/3/5
The "SDG Global Festival of Action" would be held on March 26th and 27th on 2021, online（NORICHIKA KANIE, CHAIRMAN, JAPAN SDGS ACTION PROMOTION COUNCIL).
- PROGRAM
- SPEAKER
2021/2/17
Norichika Kanie appears at the Symposium by Rikkyo University(online event) on March 19th.
2020/9/1
Norichika Kanie appeared as a speaker at the "NIKKEI SDGs Forum（online event）" on September 1st.
2020/5/15
Norichika Kanie appeared as a facilitator at the "NIKKEI SDGs Forum（online event）" on May 15th.
2020/5/14
Norichika Kanie appeared as a speaker at the "NIKKEI SDGs Forum（online event）" on May 14th.
2019/11/22-23
SFC Open Research Forum 2019 （Date：November 22-23, 2019、Venue：Tokyo Midtown、Chair of Planning Committee：Kanie Norichika）
2019/8/2
Norichika Kanie appeared as a speaker at the "NIKKEI SDGs Forum in Yokohama"
2019/7/16
Norichika Kanie appeared as a speaker at the "NIKKEI SDGs Forum in NY"
2019/7/10
Norichika Kanie appeared as a speaker at the "SPECIAL TALK"
of "TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2019"
2019/7/6
In the "Primary school SDGs Summit" (July 6), Norichika Kanie joined as the comment member.
2019/6/22
Norichika Kanie appeared as a speaker at the Symposium organized by The Hokkoku Shimbun
2019/5/27
Norichika Kanie moderated the symposium organized by Consumer Affairs Agency
2019/04/16
Norichika Kanie appeared as a speaker at the “STI for SDGs Award Symposium: Solving challenges through science and technology innovation, leading to regional revitalization”
2019/03/21
Norichika Kanie appeared as a speaker at the "Sustainability Summit 2019" in London
2018/12/07
EcoPro2018 Eco and SDGs stage “Sharing the latest SDGs trends by xSDG Lab” / Tokyo Big Site
2018/11/29
Symposium EARTH MALL with Rakuten “Shopping that can change the future” / Happo-en
2018/7/11
Symposium “Innovation Ecosystem for realizing the SDGs” (hosted by Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management) / Waseda University
2018/7/3
to “visualize” the SDGs actions taken by various actors and to link them to further national action, and also to disseminate the information outside of Japan, the “Japan SDGs Action Platform” was established by the Foreign Ministry of Japan
2018/6/23
Norichika Kanie gave a baseline report at the environmental academic conferences (Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, The Japanese Association for Environmental Sociology, and Japan Association for Environmental Law and Policy) co-organized symposium “Looking at social design in the SDGs era – New challenges for the humanity and social sciences” / Meiji University Shirogane campus
2018/4/21 Norichika Kanie and Mari Noda (Associate Professor, Ibaraki University college of humanities and social sciences/Associate Professor, Tokyo University Graduate school of arts and sciences) gave a lecture at the Takeda Foundation seminar on best practices of the SDGs “Road to changes by the SDGs” (Organized by the Takeda Foundation) / Dream Institute, Tokyo
2018/3/29
Norichika Kanie moderated the ASIA PACIFIC FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2018, Side event: Empowering scientists in the Asia Pacific region to support the SDGs (Organized by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and the Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA)) / United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2018/3/20 Norichika Kanie gave a keynote lecture at the SDGs and International forest certification SGEC/PEFC seminar on “The philosophies of the SDGs; why SDGs now?” (Organized by NPO PEFC Asia Promotions Japan) / Sankaido building, Tokyo
2018/3/16
Reusable energy symposium “Reusable energy and SDGs; prescription for a sustainable society”
2018/3/15
the 6th meeting of the SDGs stakeholders meeting (Organized by the Ministry of Environment, co-organized by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies) / TKP Akasaka Conference Center
2018/2/15
Norichika Kanie gave a keynote lecture at "The potentials of small to mid sized business and local government collaboration” symposium – how achieving the SDGs can lead to the increase in earning power of the region – (Organized by the Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry) / Leaning Square Shinbashi, Tokyo
2018/1/22
Symposium on “SDGs businesses from Ishikawa, Kanazawa” (Organized by the Ministry of Environment and United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study on Sustainability (UNU-IAS)) / The Kanazawa chamber of commerce and industry, Ishikawa city
2017/12/12 The eleventh public symposium on the ethical mindset for the future of fashion business – sustainability minded consideration and transparency “the changes SDGs will bring to the earth and humanity” (Organized by the Women’s Empowerment in Fashion (Project WEF)) / Tokyo Women’s Plaza
2017/11/24-26
Yoshimoto-Kogyo participated in the SDGs booth at the “Science Agora 2017” event / Medicom Center, Tokyo
2017/11/8 Norichika Kanie participated as a panelist and gave a lecture on “The philosophy and realities of the SDGs” at the 25th Next Generations Leader’s Summit “Leaving no one behind” (Organized by the Jodo Shinshu-Hongwanji ha) / Tsukiji Hongwanji, Tokyo
2017/10/13 the fourth meeting of the SDGs stakeholders meeting (Organized by the Ministry of Environment, co-organized by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies) / Kaiun Club, Tokyo
2017/9/21 The Japanese government started the open call for the first, 2017 FY “Japan SDGs Award”. This award was established to give recognition to businesses, institutions, and other groups, etc., that are making progress towards achieving the SDGs that were adopted by the United Nations in 2015, and the 2017 FY awards will be its first time
2017/9/15 Norichika Kanie gave a keynote lecture at the fieldwork tour on engaging in the SDGs, on “The innovative changes that will be brought by the SDGs” / Shimokawa-cho, Hokkaido
2017/9/12 Norichika Kanie will serve as the coordinator and lecturer at the Takeda Foundation seminar on the SDGs and its characteristics, “The road to innovative changes by the SDGs” (Part One) (Organized by the Takeda Foundation) / Dream Institute, Tokyo
2017/9/9 The New Challenges (SDGs) of the International Community and the actions by Toyooka City” / Toyooka City
2017/8/22 Think the Earth has started a project on “SDGs for School” to spread the SDGs to the educational field
2017/08/21-08/26 Future Earth and the Stockholm Resilience Centre launched the Sustainable Development Goal Labs (SDG Labs) in advance to the Resilience 2017 conference and the International Conference on Sustainability Science / Stockholm
2017/8/5 Norichika Kanie served as a speaker at the seminar on “The relations ship between the SDGs and businesses from the academic perspective”, on the promotion of the SDGs and ESG investment – how to tackle challenges and business management through collaboration for a sustainable society / Fukoku-seimei building, Tokyo
2017/7/19 Norichika Kanie appeared as a guest on the “Chiki Ogiue Session-22” radio program to discuss the topic of; what are the “SDGs” being discussed at the United Nations that our country has pledged to contribute one billion US dollars to?
2017/7/6 Norichika Kanie participated as a speaker at; Session 3: Community-based Research in the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “Development of a Framework for the Local Implementation of the SDGs”, University and the Power of Data Science for a Sustainable Society / Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2017/6/16 Norichika Kanie gave a keynote lecture at the “The meaning of the SDGs and possibilities it holds for utilization by regions and businesses” – a sustainable regional development symposium on creating the City of Sapporo an attractive place for all (Organized by Sapporo City, Ministry of Environment, Hokkaido University, and the Environmental Partnership Office Hokkaido) / Hokkaido University, Sapporo City
2017/6/13 Norichika Kanie gave an invited lecture a the lunchtime lecture “How the SDGs can change the world – A new approach to world wide challenges” / International House of Japan, Tokyo
2017/5/25-26 Norichika Kanie gave a lecture titled “Mapping gender equality relations in and among SDGs” at the Plenary 6 of the Gender Summit 10 Asia-Pacific – Better Science and Innovation through Gender, Diversity and Inclusive Engagement / Hitotsubashi Hall, Tokyo
2017/5/25
the Third Round Table Session on the Promotion of the SDGs
2017/4/28 Norichika Kanie participated as a panelist at the Future Media Café “What can Japanese businesses do for the world in 2030? Lets seriously discuss the SDGs”
2017/4/20
SDGs Student Photo Contest” calls for applications open / United Nations Information Centre
2017/4/19
GRI standard translation unveiling symposium 2017 “the potentials of sustainability and information disclosure, and beyond” (Organized by the Sustainability Forum Japan) / Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd Shinjuku Building, Tokyo
2017/4/14
Norichika Kanie participated as a guest lecturer at the special gathering for businesses and academia to discuss the collaboration for achieving the SDGs (Organized by the Council for Better Corporate Citizenship) / Keidanren Kaikan, Tokyo
2017/3/16
the project Co- hosted by Keio GESL/ UNU-IAS / Earth System Governance/Future Earth SDG KAN SynLink SDGs workshop “Research and Action Framework for Synergistic Scientific and Institutional Linkages between the SDG Targets” / Glen Cove Mansion, New York City
2017/3/2 Future Earth Kick-off Workshop “Looking at the whole concept of the Chiba University Future Earth from the perspective of food, health and the environment” / Chiba University West Chiba campus, Chiba Prefecture
2017/01/12 Norichika Kanie gave a lecture at the 2017 first Earth University CPV (Creating Planetary Value) forum “Paris Agreement, SDGs, and ESG – the rule book of the games is changing” (Organized by Tangible Earth Consortium) / Otemon tower JX building, Tokyo
2016/12/22 Following the creation of the “SDGs Implementations Guiding Principles” by the 2nd meeting of the SDGs Action Platform, the Japan Civil Society Network on SDGs held a joint press conference at the Japan National Press Club
2016/12/21 Norichika Kanie gave a lecture at the “2016 FY Media Round-table Talk: STI for SDGs” / JST Tokyo Headquarters, Tokyo
2016/12/20 a conference paper “The Contribution of Science in Implementing the SDGs”, based on the SDGs international conference on “Measuring Sustainable Development: How Can Science Contribute to Realizing the SDGs?” (held at the German House and UN Headquarters, New York through 23-24 April 2015. Norichika Kanie participated as a panelist at this event) was published
2016/10/18-11/8 the Keio University Campus SDGs project carried out a SDGs promotion activity at the SFC campus, placing SDGs stickers around campus to promote awareness towards sustainability and the SDGs
2016/08/16-08/17 Norichika Kanie participated as a committee member at the Improving Scientific Input to Global Policymaking: Strategies for Attaining the Sustainable Development Goals, First Committee Meeting / Carnegie Corporation of New York, New York
2016/7/19
a HLPF Side Event on the “Role of the Science-Policy Interface for the National Implementation of the 2030 Agenda”