The Frontier Network

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The Frontier Network (TFN) is a group of leading Japanese corporations working innovatively on sustainability strategy.

About The Frontier Network

The Frontier Network (TFN) is a network of leading Japanese corporations focused on the global sustainability agenda and proactive sustainable value creation.

Challenges to sustainability are increasingly impacting businesses, and it is now essential that sustainability and ESG be embedded as an integral part of corporate management. Since its founding in 2003, TFN has been following the changing landscape of related environmental and social constraints and has been proactively engaged in sustainable value creation.
TFN provides its member companies with a series of monthly workshops, lectures, and other types of sessions through which to engage in continuous, active knowledge development. By gathering the most current information and facilitating discussions and knowledge exchanges, TFN guides its member companies to the frontier of the latest perspectives on sustainability-related issues.
As part of its activities, TFN also organizes an annual “Global Study Tour,” providing members with a chance to exchange views with leading experts, companies, research institutions, government organizations, and NGOs from around the world and explore the “Why’s” behind the latest global trends.

Our Activities

We carry out a range of activities to lead Japanese companies in the exploration of the frontiers of sustainability and ESG management.

Three main objectives of our activities:

To analyze our changing world and hold direct dialogues with key global experts
To share ideas and hold in-depth discussions with companies representing diverse industries
To support the sustainability and ESG strategy planning of our member companies

TFN Members

Management/Advisory

Managed by:: E-Square Inc.

A consulting firm supporting the creation of a more sustainable society through the provision of corporate sustainability and ESG management advisory services.
Welcome to TFN

Advisor: Takejiro Sueyoshi

Special Advisor to UNEP-FI, Representative of Japan Climate Initiative, Chairperson of WWF Japan. Japan’s leading expert in business and climate change.
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Theme for FY2025:

Strategic Sustainability for Creating Corporate Value

This year will be a time to not only grasp major developments in the U.S. and Europe, but also to explore how to address emerging sustainability challenges and what kind of sustainability management is required to continuously create corporate value over the medium to long term.

The era in which companies and institutional investors were unconditionally praised for engaging in sustainability or ESG efforts has come to an end. We are now entering a time when the significance and effectiveness of these efforts are being rigorously scrutinized. For example, in the United States, political movements have intensified anti-ESG pressure on companies and institutional investors, while other stakeholders are calling for more essential and effective ESG initiatives.

In addition, as standards for sustainability disclosure become more established, corporate transparency will increase, making it easier for investors to compare and evaluate. In such an environment, evaluations of companies’ sustainability efforts will increasingly focus on their actual impact and performance.

Precisely because we are in this kind of era, it is no longer enough to act simply because “it’s the right thing to do.” What is now required is strategic sustainability that directly contributes to the creation of corporate value.

Messages from Experts

Messages from the world's leading experts who provide critical insights for TFN.

Michael Braungart

Professor, Leuphana University Lüneburg; Founder, Environmental Protection and Encouragement Agency (EPEA)

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John Elkington

Founder & Chief Pollinator, Volans

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Mark Gough

CEO, Capitals Coalition

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Ashok Khosla

Chairman, Development Alternatives Group

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John Morrison

Chief Executive, Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB)

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Sally Uren

CEO, Forum for the Future

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Andrew Winston

Founder, Winston Eco-Strategies

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Contact

If you have any questions about The Frontier Network, please send us a message from the inquiry form below.

E-Square Inc.: 2nd Yamauchi Bldg, 3-23-12 Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo,
105-0003 JAPAN
Phone +81-3-5777-6730 / Fax +81-3-5777-6735
https://www.e-squareinc.com/english/
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E-Square Inc., which manages The Frontier Network, is a Japanese consulting firm supporting the creation of a more sustainable society through the provision of corporate sustainability and ESG management advisory services.
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