Ajinomoto Co., Inc

Ajinomoto is a leading food company in Japan.

In 2009, Ajinomoto is celebrating 100 years anniversary.
They have committed to have aspects of "B to N"(Business to Nature)
and "B to S"(Business to Society) in their business.

You can know more about Ajinomoto activities at JFS website.
http://www.japanfs.org/en/business/corporations39.html

The concept of this year's exhibition is "Tasty and environmentally friendly
-smart shopper is smart eco
-using seasonable ingredient and tasty, is smart eco
-use till its end, is smart eco
-not leaving anything on plate, is smart eco!

Nihon Kinuka

Nihon Kinuka is a coating company.

In the old day, Japanese people has used coating material
from rice bran.

They brushed the floor and furnitures with this.

Nihon Kinuka has revived this naturally coating system, "Kinuka"
There will be no problem to lick it, there will be no odor after its use.

"Kinuka" has been awarded at the 4th Eco Products Award Ceremony.

http://www.kinuka.co.jp/index.html

Aleph Inc.(Food)

Aleph Inc. manages "Bikkuri Donkey",
is one of the major hamburger restaurants in Japan.
They have a strong commitment to serve great qualities of food,
especially concentrating in areas of meat, rice, and vegetable.

They have a variety of projects like:
-Organic low-pesticide rice grown by contract farmers.
-"Total Food Industry"vision, from agriculture to the restaurant chain industry
-100% recyling at restaurants and factories
-made fuel from household used-oil

They recently held an event welcoming Denise Meadows
and discussed about the sustainability scenario of the next century.

To know more about Aleph's activity,
please go to Japan for Sustainability web site.
http://www.japanfs.org/en/business/corporations60.html

NTT DoCoMo

NTT DoCoMo is well known IT/Communicating Service in Japan.


NTT has presented unique products in the past exhibitions, such as "bioplastic cell phones".
NTT has been eye catcher for international guests, especially people with an interest in green technology.


This year in 2007, NTT is having booth with full of Green things.

From the pictures below, I have never seen booth like this in the past, and it is worth checking out.(This picture is shown in Eco-Products 2007 Official Page)



If you have interest in technology of cell phone in Japan, please check out NTT DoCoMo

http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/

Green Purchasing Network (NGO)

The Green Purchasing Network (GPN),
promotes the ideas and practices of "green purchasing" in Japan.


The 2,876 organizations (Jan 2005) join our network including corporations,
local autonomous bodies, consumer groups, environmental NGOs,
and cooperative associations.

Purchasing guidelines for various products and maintains an extensive product database
and awarding commendations to organizations that have excellently performed
in implementing green purchasing is our major activities.

They've organized a big "Say No to Plastic Bag campaign" involving
500 million people last October.

[What to look for in 2007]
Threen points of how processed food can be eco-friendly;
-being considerated in cultivating and breeding
-being considerated in packaging
-being considerated in decreasing CO2

http://www.gpn.jp/English/index.html

Be Good Cafe (NGO)

Field; Food, Lifestyle

Non-profit organization, "Be Good Café" is founded in 1999.

This organization is very unique where promotes an information
regarding goodness of environment through workshops,
live music, and healthy organic food.

The aim for this organization is to build a sustainable society
throughout the world. Be Good members are young activists with
variety fields of expertise. With multi-skilled members,
Be Good Café is filled with activities like Steiner, macrobiotic,
permaculture, and developments of eco-village..

Be good Café participate in Eco-Product Exhibition and serve traditional
Japanese food like “Otyazuke” (rice in soup) in organic style.
You should taste it for sure!!

http://begoodcafe.com/english.php (PDF)

SUNTORY Limited.

Field: Food&Beverage

Suntory has participated in Eco-Products 8times. Another words, they were involved with exhibition since the beginning. Also at the exhibition 2006, Suntory has displayed interesting things and explained their eco activity in detail.

Whats eco?
Last year Suntory had theme of “water” at the exhibition.
Presented:

• 3R in their product

• Forest Preservation, and Water Preservation (quality)

• Eco factory (Using water in most efficient way, and while using water, Suntory plants trees “in order to protect water, we must protect the forest”)

• Sustainability track (recycling process and etc.)

What to look for in 2007:
Strongly engaged in educating consumers about environmental problems and how to overcome it.

SUNTORY Limited.
http://www.suntory.com/