Introduction seminar to the AISTS SSE Open Module in Tokyo in 2016
Getting Inspired and Convinced: Share the understanding of what a company can do, and what value it brings to a company for sustainable sport and events.

Corporate Initiatives for Sustainable Sport and Events

Here is the brochure of the seminar.
The AISTS Sustainable Sport & Events (SSE) Centre is a worldwide recognised centre of expertise for sustainability in sport and events. It engages and empowers the sport sector and companies who support sport and events with the knowledge and tools to incorporate sustainability in their initiatives. The AISTS offers a two-day open learning module, the AISTS SSE open module, in Lausanne each year, and will, for the first time, organise it in Tokyo in 2016. Prior to this module in Tokyo, Geert Hendriks, AISTS Head of Projects, will talk about the AISTS, Olympic Agenda 2020, and sustainable sport and events. The seminar will also discuss the added value for companies to participate in the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) supported program ‘Global Active Cities’.

The aim of the seminar is, through the support of case-studies, to share the understanding of what a company can do and what value sustainable sport and events bring to a company. Comments and discussion with participants during this introduction seminar will be integrated into the AISTS SSE open module in 2016, which will focus on the implementation or quite simply the “How to”.

Participants of the seminar will be granted partial access to the Sport Sustainability E-Learning and the AISTS SSE Toolkit for free as a special offer.Please join us to share the latest thinking and discuss best practices to better understand sustainability in sport and events.

The CRT-Japan (Caux Round Table Japan) (https://crt-japan.jp/en/) is the Japanese arm of an international network of principled business leaders working to promote a moral capitalism (http://www.cauxroundtable.org/). CRT-Japan offers practical advice to corporations in the area of sustainability and business, and human rights in Japan. In 2012, CRT-Japan started to hold several events on Sustainable Event to share the sustainability agendas and human rights related risks associated with the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.

The AISTS (International Academy of Sports Science and Technology) (http://aists.org/) was founded in 2000 by the International Olympic Committee, EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), University of Lausanne, University of Geneva, IMD Business School, Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), City of Lausanne and Canton of Vaud. A not-for-profit foundation, the AISTS is committed to professionalising sports management through continuing education, applied research and an engaging platform for industry connections.

Hiroshi Ishida
Executive Director, Caux Round Table Japan
Visiting Professor of Graduate School of Economics, Kyushu University
Hiroshi Ishida is the Executive Director of the Caux Round Table Japan. Preceding the CRT Japan, he worked at the Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ) for 10 years. After resigning from IBJ in 2000, Ishida was appointed as the Coordinator of CRT Japan, and now he has been working as the Executive Director of CRT Japan. He is involved in the field of CSR, Business Ethics and Personal Social Responsibility, and helps Japanese companies integrate CSR into their corporate strategy and management system.

Miho Okada
Director, Caux Round Table Japan
Assistant Professor, Institute of Business and Accounting, Kwansei Gakuin University
Prior to join the Caux Round Table Japan, Miho Okada worked at NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. Since 2009, Miho Okada has involved in activities of CRT Japan, striving for learning expertise of NGO/NPO with companies and realizing business operations with the integration of sustainability. She holds a MA in Political Science, Waseda University. Currently, she is an assistant professor of the Institute of Business and Accounting, Kwansei Gakuin University, and a student at Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership at Cambridge University.

Geert Hendriks,
Head of Projects, AISTS
Geert Hendriks is responsible at the AISTS for a range of applied research and consulting projects, working closely with the IOC (international Olympic Committee) and other international sports organisations. He is also tasked with the management of the AISTS Sustainable Sport and Events Centre, whose goal is to engage and empower cities and event organisers through providing practical and comprehensive resources on sustainability and (corporate) social responsibility in sport. His latest book on sport sustainability and legacy (expected December 2015) will include chapters on ‘sustainability & sponsorship’ and ‘the business value of CSR’.