Tetsuro Mori

Chairman, Institute of Happiness Creation

Year of birth:

1961

Nationality:

Japan

With the current affiliation since:

April 2006

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Education:

Ø  Master of Forest Science (Environmental Economics and Policy Major), School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, USA (1995)

Ø  Bachelor of Art (Chinese language and political economy)

Languages:

Fluent: Japanese, English, Chinese            Some knowledge: Korean, German

Key areas of experience:

EMS certification, environmental due diligence, environmental / sustainability reporting, environmental accounting, ethics and compliance management system, corporate social responsibility, Macrobiotics

Sector experience:

Waste management, real estate, local government, environmental measurement, trading, housing, food, advertisement, amusement, printing, automotive components, chemical, financial, metal processing, agriculture, etc.

Engagement experience (selection):

- Environmental management system (EMS)  according to ISO 14001 (which is similar to phase one environmental due diligence in many aspects) for eight years

- Environmental due diligence based on the methodologies of KPMG Global Sustainability Network.   Around five environmental due diligence audit site visits in Japan and South Korea.  Several compiling EDD report in English based on site visits conducted by some colleagues.

- Consulting regarding EMS, risk management, environmental accounting, sustainability reporting.

- Consulting for implementing ethics and compliance management systems such as the one based on the Japanese standard ECS 2000 issued by Reitaku Univ.

- Verification project provided by KPMG Sustainability (the Netherlands) for a European electronics manufacturer for three years.  In Kobe, Hong Kong, Taiwan and China.  In some cases, non-environmental field such as Health and Safety, General Business Principles were also covered to some extent. 

- Advisory service for a large securities company in Japan for compiling and issuing sustainability report including various information including the ones related to environment, safety, corporate governance, compliance, ethics, customer satifaction, etc.

- In charge of global warming related services at KPMG Registrar

Previous employment:

Staff Writer and Researcher, Editorial Department

Toyo Keizai Inc.  Tokyo, Japan (1986-1996) .  Wrote number of articles including ones on environment issues.

Other:

- Publications(selected, in Japanese language):

• Proposing the whole picture of ISO Social Responsibility Standard, Nikkagiren Publishing Co., (2004).

• Co-wrote, How we can implement Ethics and Compliance Management Systems based on ECS2000, Nikkagiren Publishing Co., (2001).

• Co-wrote, Environmental Accounting: Key-points in the Theories and Practices, Toyo Keizai Shimposha Publishing Ltd., (2001).

• American Professional Environmental School, Taishukan Publishing Co., (1998).

• Co-wrote, An introduction to Environmental Audit, Nikkei Publications, (1992).

• Co-wrote, "Global Environmental Crisis Storming Japanese Firms", The Weekly Toyo Keizai, (January 20, 1990).

• "The Environmentalist Economy is on its Way", Tokyo Business Today (February, 1991).           

- Qualifications:

• Management Consultant (for Commerce Industries) certified by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan

• Second Grade Pollution Control Manager for Tokyo Municipal Government

• EMS Lead Auditor (CEAR A0288)

- Award

Grand Prize (Governmental System/Policy Division (domestic)) of the "Cool the Earth" Idea Contest organized Eco Business Creation Association in 2007.
(http://eco.goo.ne.jp/topics/cooltheearth/english/index.html)  (Proposal of restraining global warming and promoting health through reducing the amount of meat-eating and total dietary intake)