IMPACT

Publishing a Better Future

Since its founding in 2015, we have been working on creating positive impacts for the future of our customers and society through our content and media.

Our mission, “Publishing a better future” means making a better future “public.” Harch publishes hundreds of articles every month and it means we have the same number of opportunities to make the future of our customers and society better.

When we click the “publish the article” button on our media, we always ask ourselves if this article can change the future of all the stakeholders who support us towards a better direction.

Facing various environmental and social challenges, the role and the responsibility of media companies are getting bigger than ever. We embrace the concept of “constructive journalism” and put our editorial focus on not only issues but also solutions so that we can play a role in making the world a better place as both an information provider and a practitioner.

Yu Kato. Founder and CEO, Harch Inc.

Media for good

Towards a regenerative media company for well-being

Harch aims to create a regenerative business model that recovers the natural environment, enhances social cohesion, and achieves the well-being of all the stakeholders who are related to our business. In order to make it happen, we set six material issues based on people, planet, and prosperity.

People

Create a society where everyone can be themselves.

Diversity
Community

Planet

Regenerate nature through our business.

Zero carbon
Zero waste

Prosperity

Prosper with all the stakeholders.

Community giving “UU Fund”
Responsible publishing “ESG editorial guidelines”

Media lineup

Publishing a better future

We have been running several online magazines with a mission of “Publishing a better future.”
We offset the CO2 emissions of all our media operations, and also created a model that our readers can automatically make positive impacts just by reading our articles through our charity program “UU fund” that donates 0.1 yen to local non-profits every time they visit our websites.

An online magazine for global audiences interested in sustainable lifestyles, businesses, and cultures in Japan. It delivers the latest sustainability news, reports, and interviews.

A source of inspiration for social innovators in Japan. It showcases a wide range of creative ideas and solutions worldwide for enabling sustainable innovation and social change.

An online platform to accelerate the circular economy in Japan. It delivers deep knowledge and insights for businesses and cities while connecting them for circular innovation.

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Circular Yokohama launched “Hoshiten Circular Library,” where books travel and circulate in the city

  • On 2023年8月31日
Circular Yokohama, Harch’s online platform that aims to promote the circular economy in Yokohama, has launched the “Hoshiten Circular Library” project in July 2023, a bookshelf where books that individuals no longer need are shared with the next person who will enjoy reading them. This project is being held at the “qlaytion gallery” in Hoshiten […]
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Harch held co-host event “B Corp Certification: Past and future vol.2”

  • On 2023年7月13日
Harch co-hosted the event “B Corp Certification: Past and Future vol.2” on July 7. This second event featured our company as an example of a company that has obtained the certification, and discussed the true value of B Corp™. Understanding the growing significance of “B Corp™” as it goes mainstream Ten years ago, many people […]
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Harch will co-host event “B Corp Certification: Past and future”

  • On 2023年6月19日
Harch Inc. will be co-hosting the event “B Corp Certification: Past and future” together with UMITO Partners Co., Ltd. and four other companies. The event will take place over two days, on June 22 and July 7. Understanding the growing significance of “B Corp™” as it goes mainstream Ten years ago, many people said that […]
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Harch became a B Corporation™

  • On 2023年5月10日
An overall score is 101.3. It was highly rated for its commitment to community and employees. Harch Inc. (Chuo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yu Kato), a company with the mission of “Publishing a better future” and engaged in web media management and sustainability and circular economy support business for corporations and municipalities, received the B Corporation™ Certification, […]
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Circular Yokohama held “YOKOHAMA CIRCULAR DESIGN MUSEUM” at Lumine Yokohama

  • On 2023年2月13日
From January 10 to 15, “Circular Yokohama,” Harch’s online platform that aims to promote the circular economy in Yokohama, and “LOCAL GOOD YOKOHAMA” collaborated to hold “LOCAL GOOD DAY! Good communities circulate.” The event was held at the event space on the second basement floor of Lumine Yokohama. Circular Yokohama held the “YOKOHAMA CIRCULAR DESIGN […]
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