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IDEAS FOR GOOD held online event: “Designing the transition together—exploring the potential of ‘revised’ plastics (Climate Creative Cafe.16)”

  • On Dec 18, 2024
IDEAS FOR GOOD, a media platform collects ideas to make society better, hosted the online event “Designing the transition together—exploring the potential of ‘revised’ plastics (Climate Creative Cafe.16)” on December 2 in collaboration with Members Co.,Ltd.. As part of the Climate Creative project, which tackles the climate crisis through creative ideas, communication, and business model […]
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Circular Yokohama is Recognized with the superior rank in Yokohama’s SDGs certification program “Y-SDGs”

  • On Dec 17, 2024
Circular Yokohama, a platform promotes the circular economy in Yokohama, has been recognized with the superior rank in the 13th round of Yokohama City’s SDGs certification program, “Y-SDGs” (in Japanese). Y-SDGs is a certification system in which Yokohama City acknowledges businesses actively contributing to achieving the SDGs. The program aims to encourage transitions to sustainable […]
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Circular Yokohama held a seminar: “Why Companies Should Embrace Nature Positive Practices: Building Cities in Harmony with Nature”

  • On Dec 17, 2024
On November 28, Circular Yokohama, a platform promoting the circular economy in Yokohama and operated by Harch, held a seminar (in-person and online) titled “Why Companies Should Embrace Nature Positive Practices: Building Cities in Harmony with Nature.” Circular Yokohama is one of the operating companies in the Yokohama SDGs Design Center, a regional intermediary organization […]
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Participating teams selected for the second cohort of “CIRCULAR STARTUP TOKYO,” a circular economy-focused startup support program

  • On Dec 5, 2024
Participants for the second cohort of CIRCULAR STARTUP TOKYO, a startup support program focused on the circular economy and operated by Harch, Inc. in collaboration with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, has been selected. Following the success of the first cohort, which saw 16 groups and 24 participants complete the program, the second round received a […]
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Circular Yokohama Organizes “Yokohama Sustainable Business Design School” at Kanagawa University

  • On Nov 26, 2024
From December 5, 2024, to January 16, 2025, Circular Yokohama organizes “Yokohama Sustainable Business Design School” at Kanagawa University. Yu Kato, CEO of Harch, will give a lecture in the course. The program contains five-sessions, organized in collaboration with the Yokohama SDGs Design Center, aims to foster the creation of sustainable businesses in Yokohama, a […]
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Harch CEO Yu Kato and Circular Yokohama Participated in the 13th Asia Smart City Conference

  • On Nov 20, 2024
On October 23–24, Circular Yokohama participated in the 13th Asia Smart City Conference hosted by Yokohama City. Our CEO Kato spoke at the stage session and Circular Yokohama showcased its initiatives at the event’s exhibition booth. The Asia Smart City Conference is a global event centered on Asia’s decarbonization efforts, bringing together knowledge, ideas, and […]
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IDEAS FOR GOOD to host “Circular Kameoka Learning Program—Discover, Experience, and Create in the Circular City of Kameoka”

  • On Nov 15, 2024
From November 21 to 22, IDEAS FOR GOOD, a web media platform by Harch Inc. dedicated to sharing ideas for a better society, will host the “Circular Kameoka Learning Program—Discover, Experience, and Create in the Circular City of Kameoka,” an event focused on experiencing circular economy and sustainable urban planning. Circular Kameoka Learning Program—Discover, Experience, […]
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Harch publishes “Circular City Transition Guide” to support local governments’ circular economy policies

  • On Oct 31, 2024
Harch Inc., in collaboration with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited (President: Kazuya Oyama, hereinafter referred to as “Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank”), has published the “Circular City Transition Guide,” which explains the process for regions to transition to circular cities. Background As environmental and resource-related constraints and risks, such as climate change and resource depletion, become […]
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Circular Economy Hub to host online event on “Regenerative Tourism: Circular Design in Travel”

  • On Oct 29, 2024
Since 2021, Circular Economy Hub has held monthly sessions of “Circular X,” an online learning series that envisions the future spread of the circular economy across various industries and domains. The theme for October 2024 is “Regenerative Tourism: Circular Design in Travel.” With travel demand resurgent post-pandemic, projections indicate that Japan will welcome a record […]
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Event report: Circular economy-focused startup incubation program “CIRCULAR STARTUP TOKYO” information session held

  • On Oct 22, 2024
On September 19, we held an information session for applicants interested in our startup incubation program, “CIRCULAR STARTUP TOKYO,” which focuses on the circular economy and is conducted in collaboration with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Approximately 80 participants attended the event, both in person and online. Three guest speakers involved in circular startups and two […]
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Gamagori City, Harch, and Circle Economy launch circular employment analysis dashboard

  • On Oct 15, 2024
On September 30, Gamagori City in Aichi Prefecture (hereinafter referred to as Gamagori City) and Harch, in collaboration with the global impact organization Circle Economy based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, launched the “Gamagori Data Explorer,” a dashboard that analyzes the city’s transition to a circular economy from an employment perspective. What is the Gamagori Data Explorer? […]
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