News/Press release

2015 Business and Human Rights Conference in Tokyo was held for 16th and 17th September 2015.

Caux Round Table Japan (CRT-Japan) and the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) are working together to help galvanise respect for human rights as part of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The two organisations are preparing a Human Rights Statement for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic...

Members of the Group of Experts for Sustainable Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games (the Group of Experts) invited public comments on “Sustainability Themes for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020(draft)” between March 30th and 24th April, 2015....

The Institute of Human Rights and Business spoke to Hiroshi Ishida, the Executive Director of CRT Japan. IHRB’s Lucy Amis spoke to Ishida recently. In the conversation he talks about what motivated CRT’s advocacy, the key human rights concerns ahead of the Tokyo 2020...

【London & Tokyo – 16th April 2015】 CRT Japan as the Sedex Global Representative in Japan is delighted to announce that Japan Airlines Corporation (JAL) joined to Sedex, which follows the Kao corporation’s joining onto Sedex as the first AB member in Japan. Please see the...

The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held from July to September 2020. Building on three concepts “Achieving a Personal Best”, “Unity in Diversity” and “Connecting to Tomorrow(1)” , the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games is advocating th...

In 2020, the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held. We are now living in the context where even two planets will not be enough to sustain our activities by 2050 unless we change our lifestyles, and as a negative aspect of globalization disparity and poverty are...

CRT Japan and Sedex Group will be holding a joint event “Bringing Transparency to Multi-Supply Chains” in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. In the run up to the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic/Paralympic Games, the management of supply chain risks is getting a significant issue for...