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Tokyo Financial Award 2020:The Winning Businesses Have Been Chosen!
As one of the projects in the “Global Financial City: Tokyo” Vision, launched in 2017, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) is hosting the “Tokyo Financial Award.” The TMG has been granting a prize to financial businesses who provide and develop innovative products and services that meet Tokyo citizens’ and businesses’ needs and challenges, as well as financial businesses who work to promote ESG investments*.
We are pleased to inform you that the award-winning businesses have been chosen.
*ESG (“Environmental, Social, Governance”) investment refers to investment decisions based on an institution’s proactive efforts such as combating global warming, empowering women, selecting outside directors, etc.
1 Award-winning Businesses
Financial Innovation Category
Place | Company(location) | Theme | Submission Outline |
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1st | Paygilant (Israel) |
【BtoB】 Want to further accelerate digital transformation in the financial industry |
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2nd | Credify Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) |
【BtoB】 Want a service to promote data utilization |
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3rd | CrowdLoan Inc. (Japan) |
【BtoB】 Want to further accelerate digital transformation in the financial industry |
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ESG Investment Category
Company(location) | Subcategory | Main ESG Promotional Activities and SDGs Management Activities |
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Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (Japan) |
SDGs Subcategory |
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Impact Investment Exchange(IIX) (Singapore) |
ESG Investment Subcategory |
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Nuveen Japan Co. Ltd. (Japan) |
ESG Investment Subcategory |
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Pigeon Corporation (Japan) |
SDGs Subcategory |
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2 Selection Committee
Financial Innovation Category | ESG Investment Category | |
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Chairperson of the Judging Panel | Hiromi Yamaoka Board Director, Future Corporation |
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Judging Panel Members | Kayo Oe President, Office Libertas Financial Planner |
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Tomonori Uchiyama Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University |
Masaru Arai Chair, Japan Sustainable Investment Forum |
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David Milstein Director, Japan Venture Capital Association |
Yasuyuki Kato Director, Money Design Research Institute Research Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University Visiting Professor, Kyoto University |
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Masakazu Masujima Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto |
Fiona Reynolds CEO, PRI*(Principles for Responsible Investment) |
*PRI are the principles advocated by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 2006 for the purpose of realizing a sustainable society and for institutional investors to incorporate environmental, social and governance issues into investment decision-making as well as the organization to disseminate these principles.
3 Award Ceremony Details
Date and Time:Monday, February 8, 2021 from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm (planned)
(Due to coronavirus infection countermeasures, the ceremony will be hosted online)
Program (Planned):Japanese-to-English simultaneous interpretation available
Time | Session | Speaker(Planned) |
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14:00 | Opening | |
14:02~ | Opening remarks | Mr Hisaaki Terasaki Director General, Office for Strategic Policy and ICT Promotion |
14:10~ | Comment from the chairman of the judging committee | Mr Hiromi Yamaoka Chairperson of the Judging Panel |
14:17~ | Greetings from the Governor of Tokyo | Ms Yuriko Koike Governor of Tokyo |
14:20~ | Presentations from awarded companies | Financial Innovation Category:3companies ESG Investment Category:4companies |
15:00 | Closing | |
15:05~15:25 | Lecture | Mr Manabu Miyasaka Vice Governor of Tokyo |
*Before and after the award ceremony, there will be a number of sessions, including a variety of lectures and networking events. Please see the Tokyo Financial Award website for details.
*The program times listed above are subject to change on the day of the event without notice
4 How to Apply for Attendance
Regular attendees can register for the award ceremony at the website (External link).
5 Tokyo Financial Award Website
The Tokyo Financial Award is hosted as a collaborate event with Tokyo Sustainable Finance Week.
For details, please see the website.
*Please click here for the original Japanese press release.
For Inquiries
Strategic Projects Section, Strategy Promotion Division, Office for Startup and Global Financial City Strategy
E-mail: S1130103@section.metro.tokyo.jp
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