Corporate Japan's passion for protecting nature is inspiring

Determination shown to make up for earlier slowness to respond to climate agenda

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20240411 Satoyama in Saitama

Visitors enjoy a stroll in a forest in Saitama prefecture, near Tokyo: Satoyama illustrate Japan's special relationship with nature. (Photo by Akira Takemura)

Guy Williams is an executive director at Pollination, a climate change investment and advisory firm. He was a foundation member of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure, a global initiative to develop a comprehensive reporting framework for companies.

For keen observers of the global effort to decarbonize business and tackle the climate change crisis, the idea of Japan as an early sustainability adopter might sound somewhat surprising.

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