Japan for Sustainability (JFS) is a non-profit communication platform to disseminate environmental information from Japan to the world, with the aim of helping both move onto a sustainable path.

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In the January 2006 issue of the JFS Newsletter:

- Organic Farming and Organic Food in Japan

- Toward a Sustainable Japan--Corporations at Work Article Series No. 35 Food as a Bridge between Humans and Nature (Mos Food Services, Inc.)

- Toward a Sustainable Japan--Corporations at Work Article Series No. 36 Making products that reduce environmental impacts (Mitsubishi Electric)

[JFS Web Site Additions of the Month]

- We present Newsletter No.40, featuring

Efforts for Sustainable Fishery

Toward a Sustainable Japan--Corporations at Work Article Series No. 33 Helping to Enrich the Relationship among People (Mikuni Coca-Cola Bottling Co.)

Toward a Sustainable Japan--Corporations at Work Article Series No. 34 Aiming to Become a Social Printing Company (Ohkawa Printing Co., Ltd.)

http://www.japanfs.org/en/newsletter/200512.html

- We updated "Better Compost Management at Kathmandu Valley Using Fermentation Technique" in Supporters' Papers page. (2006/1/11)
http://www.japanfs.org/en/supporters/papers.html

- We updated link in Outside Japan page. (2006/1/13)
http://www.japanfs.org/en/outside/index.html

- We present this month a new cartoon, "Other waste problems" on the High Moon Gallery. (2006/1/20)
http://www.japanfs.org/en/cartoon/index.html

Updated Contents in Supporters' Page

- With Kaiho Co., Ltd. [Manufacturing] (2006/1/17)

-CASIO COMPUTER CO.,LTD.[Manufacturing] (2006/1/31)

Announcement--Ethical Corporation's Asia CSR conference:
How to Manage Corporate Responsibility in Asia 2006

Date: Wednesday - Thursday, 22 - 23 February 2006
Venue: Excelsior Hotel, Hong Kong

Speakers from: Asian Development Bank, Adidas, GAP Inc., Shell, Microsoft, WWF, TATA Group, Standard Chartered... and many more...

Details:
- How to counter bribery and corruption in the workplace
- The Business/NGO/Government partnerships that succeed - and how to overcome challenges that coalitions can face operating in parts of Asia
- Best practices to tackle labour issues
- Effective measures of ROI - How Asian companies can assess the business case and impacts of CSR
- Why improved accountability and transparency is essential in Asian Business...

Website: http://www.ethicalcorp.com/asia2006/

Contact: Cal Foster, Ethical Corporation Asia, +64 211 030215, cal.foster@ethicalcorp.com (A discount will be available if you mention JFS.)

We hope you enjoyed this issue of the JFS Newsletter.

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We will be back next month with more news.

Junko Edahiro
Hiroyuki Tada

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