Summer vacation is coming soon - many of you may be traveling or going on business trips abroad. Living in an island country like Japan, it is not possible to take a train or bus to a neighboring country like in Europe. What can you do to be environmentally conscious?

World Ocean Day is celebrated every year on June 8, one of the international days established by the United Nations. Why don't we start with what we can do to connect our lives with the oceans, which are so close to us, to the future?

Do you live around Daikanyama? Go and visit the resource circulation service “Recycle Stand” at Daikanyama!

A nice initiative we saw during our recent research in Taipei. Today we’d like to introduce a few initiatives we found about resource collection in the city.⁠

In a previous blog, we talked about the difference between “use by” dates and “best before” dates.  Some foods are safe to eat past their best before date, so it's important to check the labels and look at what the dates indicate.

Recently our friends in Sweden sent us some example of what is done in Sweden to combat food loss.  It’s definitely quite interesting and I wish this can be done in Japan too! 

There is a big difference between use-by and best before dates. Why are they different?

In the UK, majority of new cars sold to be electric by 2030. How about Japan?

Sustainable Travel Index rankings have been published!

TAIWAN : Starbucks Borrow a Cup Service available in over 500 stores

Japan Airlines (JAL) has started a trial of a clothing rental service called "Any Wear, Anywhere" as a service to reduce luggage.

Trial for delivery and collection of refillable Coke Zero Sugar bottles starts in England!

France bans short-haul domestic flights to cut carbon emissions.