Circular Yokohama

[Circular Yokohama] awarded the Grand Prize at the 31st Yokohama Environmental Activities Award

On Feb 27, 2025

Circular Yokohama, a platform dedicated to promoting the circular economy in Yokohama, has been honored with the Grand Prize at the 31st Yokohama Environmental Activities Award for its contributions to advancing local environmental initiatives. About the Yokohama Environmental Activities Award The Yokohama Environmental Activities Award recognizes individuals, organizations, businesses, and students actively engaged in environmental […]

Circular Yokohama delivers a career education lecture at Yokohama Mine elementary school

On Feb 7, 2025

On December 16, 2024, Circular Yokohama, a platform promoting the circular economy in Yokohama, delivered a career education lecture to sixth-grade students at Mine elementary school in Hodogaya Ward, Yokohama City. The school actively promotes career education by inviting professionals from various fields, helping students envision their future paths. Mine elementary school is located just […]

Event report: “Memories embedded in school gym floor begin a new journey of circularity—exhibit and workshop at ‘Yokohama Architecture Plaza 2024′”

On Jan 28, 2025

On November 9, 2024, Circular Yokohama, an organization dedicated to promoting circular economy in Yokohama City, participated in the “Yokohama Architecture Plaza 2024” held at the Yokohama City Hall. Circular Yokohama showcased unique items crafted from repurposed gymnasium flooring. note: This article is from Circular Yokohama’s report, “Memories embedded in school gym floor begin a […]

Circular Yokohama hosted the screening event for the original documentary “The Repair Cafe” in Patagonia Kannai

On Jan 8, 2025

Circular Yokohama, a platform promoting the circular economy in Yokohama, hosted a screening event for Harch’s first short documentary, The Repair Cafe, at Patagonia Yokohama Kannai on December 7. About The Repair Cafe The Repair Cafe is the first original short documentary by IDEAS FOR GOOD, a web media platform operated by our company to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Circular Yokohama and Life Hugger to host workshop “Create your own zero-waste wreath using fabric scraps”

On Oct 7, 2024

Circular Yokohama, a platform promoting a circular economy in Yokohama, and Life Hugger, a web magazine that celebrates sustainable living, will co-host a one-day workshop titled “Create your own zero-waste wreath using fabric scraps” on October 12. The theme of this event is “zero waste = a lifestyle without throwing things away.” Why not transform […]

Event report on Circular Yokohama’s “National Sun Yat-sen University’s Study Tour on Local Decarbonization Initiatives”

On Aug 6, 2024

From July 11 to 12, 2024, Circular Yokohama, Harch’s online platform promoting a circular lifestyle in Yokohama, welcomed National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) from Taiwan for a study tour focused on local decarbonization. *This article is a reprint of the Circular Yokohama “National Sun Yat-sen University’s Study Tour on Yokohama’s Decarbonization Initiatives” Report on “National […]

Event report on Circular Yokohama’s University of Illinois one-day tour on circular design

On Jun 28, 2024

On May 24, 2024, Circular Yokohama, Harch’s online platform that aims to promote a circular lifestyle in Yokohama, welcomed the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (hereinafter “UIUC”) to Yokohama for the “Circular Design Learning Tour.” (hereinafter “Circular Design Tour”) *This article is a reprint of the Circular Yokohama “Circular Yokohama Hosts UIUC from USA: A […]

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