The SSBJ Standards have finally been finalized! A thorough explanation of corporate reporting obligations and key points for complying with regulations
This explains the development of sustainability disclosure and the development policy of Japanese standards, as well as an overview of the SSBJ standards, points to note when applying them, and how to respond to sustainability disclosure regulations and requests.
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Tomoo Machiba(Director of Zeroboard Research Institute)
After working as a reporter for the Asahi Shimbun, he is involved in supporting companies and governments in responding to sustainability strategies internationally. He was involved in revising guidelines at the GRI International Secretariat and led eco-innovation policy research at the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry. He is in charge of knowledge management of renewable energy technology data from around the world at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and is involved in creating strategies and policies for green economy and climate change response at the UAE Federal Government. He is responsible for supporting technology transfer to developing countries as Deputy Director of the United Nations Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), and returned to Japan in 2021. He served as a partner in charge of decarbonization and ESG at ERM, a foreign consulting firm, and became the director of Zeroboard Research Institute in August 2023. He will serve as a director of the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), a GRI advisory body, from January 2024 and as a member of the GHG Protocol TWG from March 2025. He graduated from the Department of Journalism, Faculty of Letters, Sophia University, and obtained a master's degree from the Institute of International Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK.
