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
１st	Paygilant (Israel）	【BtoB】 Want to further accelerate digital transformation in the financial industry	Provides technology which utilizes six innovative fraud intelligence sets, to determine whether a digital transaction is legitimate or fraudulent
２nd	Credify Pte. Ltd. (Singapore）	【BtoB】 Want a service to promote data utilization	Provide “idX (Identity Exchange)” based on the idea of "Self-Sovereign" and "Decentralized” Identity which the user manages their personal information and controls the disclosure scope of personal information by himself/herself
３rd	CrowdLoan Inc. （Japan）	【BtoB】 Want to further accelerate digital transformation in the financial industry	Proposed to add the function to improve the credit examination with the unique AI by using the existing loan data combining the external data.

ESG Investment Category

Company(location)	Subcategory	Main ESG Promotional Activities and SDGs Management Activities
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. （Japan）	SDGs Subcategory	Development and promotion of "GREEN PACKAGING," a unique eco-friendly package for the realization of a sustainable society
Impact Investment Exchange(IIX) (Singapore)	ESG Investment Subcategory	Issuing social bonds focusing on women's social and economic advancement in Asia
Nuveen Japan Co. Ltd. （Japan）	ESG Investment Subcategory	Through investing in farmland globally, improved natural environment etc. Promoted ESG/impact investment in Japan.
Pigeon Corporation （Japan）	SDGs Subcategory	Supporting the spread of human milk banks to save the lives of premature babies

2　Selection Committee

	Financial Innovation Category	ESG Investment Category
Chairperson of the Judging Panel	Hiromi　Yamaoka Board Director, Future Corporation
Judging Panel Members	Kayo Oe President, Office Libertas　Financial Planner
	Tomonori Uchiyama Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University	Masaru Arai Chair, Japan Sustainable Investment Forum
	David Milstein Director, Japan Venture Capital Association	Yasuyuki Kato Director, Money Design Research Institute Research Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University Visiting Professor, Kyoto University
	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）
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.