Promoting wooden and woody building construction to preserve Forest Conservation and activation of forestry Moen-Wood: Structural fire-resistant glued laminated timber(glulam) that provides fire-resistance performance for one hour or two hours through a combination of wood and mortar. In the case of the 2-hour fire-resistance product, timber construction of buildings as high as 14 stories is possible. T-FoRest: Seismic retrofitting technology which have the advantages of wood

Employee Volunteers Support Youth Employability Program Pathways to Progress is a program operated by Citi Foundation that aims to reduce youth unemployment in cities around the world. The program has helped more than 100,000 young people become career-ready by providing first jobs, internships, and leadership and entrepreneurship training. Citi conducted a survey of more than 7,000 young people aged 18-24 from 45 cities in 32 countries. The result shows that youth are very o

Establishment of optimized heat and elecdtrical network to the district with utilization of ICT. Recently, it is strongly required to tackle issues, such as reduction of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emission, saving electricity consumption, stabilized securement of energy, etc., with an entire society. As to solve those issues, Tokyo Gas Group tackle establishment of smart energy network system. Centralizing gas combined heat and power which generates and consumes heat and electricit

【Hakuhodo Inc.】 Mikke: Delivering fun Japanese-style learning to the world's children An educational magazine launched in September 2016 in Thailand, this initiative aims to spread Japanese educational methods, which are drawing attention in developing countries, to Asia. Named Mikke (Japanese for "eureka") in the hopes that it will be a place for children to make discoveries and find joy, the magazine has a circulation of 150,000, with each issue distributed free to around 3

Promotion of SMH(Smart Maintenance Highway) Project The Smart Maintenance Highway Project is a comprehensive approach to promoting considerations closely related to solving various problems at maintenance site. The project intends to establish more efficient maintenance system by the integration of ICT and Robotics with engineers' knowledge and skills to ensure long-term highway safety and security, towards target year 2020. In particular, the framework of the road maintenanc

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION Development of Fuel Cell Vehicles, “Ideal Eco-Cars” Through the chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen, fuel cell vehicles(FCV) generate electricity to power a motor. They are ideal eco-cars which discharge only water. Toyota has made use of its hybrid vehicle technology as core technology in the development of fuel cell vehicles. In addition to excellent environmental credentials, fuel cell vehicles are fun to drive, and also offer convenienc

Mr. Masaya Futamiya, Chair of Committee on Corporate Behavior & Social Responsibility of Keidanren and Director - Chairman of Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc., had a great meeting with Ms. Henriette. Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF yesterday in Tokyo. We discussed how to collaborate for deliverling on the SDGs. And we agree on having a dialogue continuously and making an effort to lead our next meeting successful. Thank you very much Ms. Fore and UNICEF! #UNICEF #Keida

Keidanren(Japan Business Federation) launched this websie at 17 July, 2018. This website introduces mary varieties of Innovations for deliverling on SDGs. It is the reason for this that we believe we can realize new better world through maximumly utilizing cutting-technologies. We called this concpet "Society 5.0 for SDGs". As globalization has progressed, we have witnessed an increase in economic activities that transcend national borders. Especially the wave of digitalizati