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Our Initiatives for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics

Our activities in 2017

  • Meeting Report on ‘on Implementing the UN Guiding Principles for Business Human Rights through sustainable sourcing at Mega-Sporting Events (Workshop)’ is released. (English/Japanese) Further information is here.

Our activities in 2016

Our activities in 2015

  • CRT-Japan produced a draft “Food Vision” for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics (Japanese only), on the basis of a series of workshops that brought together companies, NGOs and other stakeholders, and submitted it to the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Further information is here.
  • A CRT Japan – AISTS joint seminar on “Corporate Initiatives for Sustainability Sport and Events” convened on 1st December in Tokyo. The conference report is available here. Further information is here
  • CRT Japan and the Institute for Human Rights and Business submitted “Proposed Human Rights Statement for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020″ following public consultation from June 16 to July 10, to the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  • The Sustainability & Sports Integrity Study Group (renamed from the Group of Experts for Sustainable Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games), which CRT-Japan is a member of the group, conducted examinations to ensure sustainability and the integrity of sports at the Tokyo 2020 Games from December 2014 to August 2015 (5 meetings in total). The results of the examinations were summarized, and released as “Report of the Sustainability & Sports Integrity Study Group“. It was submitted to the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Further information is here
  • CRT-Japan, a Vice Chair of United Nations Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, Institute for Human Rights and Business, and Business & Human Rights Resource Centre co-hosted the “2015 Business and Human Rights Conference in Tokyo” on 16th and 17th September 2015. In one section, the topic of “Mega-Sporting Events and Business and Human Rights” was addressed. Further information is here
  • CRT-Japan and Institute for Human Rights and Business invited public comments on “Draft Sustainable Sourcing Policy for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics” on 25 August 2015. The final version of this report will be submitted to the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Further information is here
  • 2015 Human Rights Due Diligence Workshop consisted of two sections. In the first section, participants discussed and identified actual or potentially adverse human rights issues arisen from corporate activities by sector. In the second section, they conducted a workshop to discuss how to ensure sustainable food procuring practices in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. As outcomes of the discussions, a draft “Food Vision” for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics (Japanese only) was created and submitted to the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.Further information is here
  • CRT-Japan and Institute for Human Rights and Business invited public comments on “Draft Human Rights Statement for Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games” on 16 June 2015. The final version of this report was submitted to the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Further information is here
  • The Group of Experts for Sustainable Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games released a Result of summary on “Sustainability Themes for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020(draft)” on 9 June 2015. This report was submitted to the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Further information is here
  • The Group of Experts for Sustainable Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, which CRT Japan is a member of the group, invited public comments on “Sustainability Themes for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020 (draft)” on 30 March 2015. Further information is here
  • CRT Japan and Sedex made a partnership to boost responsible sourcing in Japan on 11 February 2015. Further information is here
  • CRT Japan released a “Request on Sustainability on the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games” on 20 March 2015, and submitted it to the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Further information is here

  • Our activities in 2014

  • How to Plan a Sustainable Event – Part 2 Sustainability, a Major Factor in Achieving a Successful Games in Tokyo（April 22, 2014）Further information is here
  • How to Plan a Sustainable Event – Part 1 Sustainability, a Major Factor in Achieving Successful Games in Tokyo（March 18, 2014）Further information is here

  • Our activities in 2013

  • What is the advantage of using Sedex? – The largest collaborative platform for sharing ethical supply chain data (November 28, 2013)
  • What is the Role of Sponsor Companies in Achieving Sustainability at an event? -Taking London 2012 Summer Olympics as an example (July 24, 2013)
  • Supply Chain Sustainability underpins Sustainable Events: Learn about ISO20121, and Share ideas on what we should anticipate as a corporation in a candidature city for Olympic 2020 (Wednesday, July 24, 2013)
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