Category Archives: Diversity and Inclusion

Tributes to Haruno Yoshida

Former CEO of BT Japan, and BCCJ Executive Committee member (2014-2015), Haruno Yoshida passed away on June 30. Learning of the news yesterday morning, July 8, the BCCJ Executive Committee wishes to express its deepest condolences to Yoshida-san’s family and friends. Messages of condolence We have since been receiving messages of condolence and a selection of these …

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Profitability key to driving D&I agenda

BCCJ members speak on International Women’s Day  Womenomics is working, but it needs to be linked with greater profitability to maintain momentum in the long-term, according to a panel of D&I experts at an event marking International Women’s Day. Presented by the BCCJ, Barclays and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), the headliner event was held …

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W20 co-chair addresses BCCJ members

Digital advances provide new era for women The co-chair of the W20 engagement group, which proposes women-related policy recommendations to the G20, has called on BCCJ members to be pioneers for female empowerment through individual actions. Speaking at a BCCJ workshop about the W20 summit held in Tokyo on March 23–24, Haruno Yoshida presented digitalisation …

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics & Paralympics: opportunity to improve diversity

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games offer Japan a great opportunity to improve diversity in the workplace, said Sue Hunt, Director of Strategic Programmes at London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) at a joint-chamber event, held yesterday at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo. The event, “Agents of change: the Olympic …

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