JAPAN
SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD
AWARD

WINNER

  • Collaboration Award

    Ocean to Table: Blockchain-based Traceability Project

  • Leadership Award

    Kijima: “Passing on Delicious Japanese Cuisine and Our Vibrant Seas to Future Generations”

  • 株式会社臼福本店

    Special Award

    Usufukuhonten Co., Ltd.

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The Japan Sustainable Seafood Award will recognize individuals, companies, or collaborative projects of the year, for leading the sustainable seafood movement in Japan.
The award began in 2019 to celebrate the successes and to further accelerate the movement to achieve a sustainable future in the Japanese seafood industry.

Categories

Leadership Award
A pioneer project which contributed to expanding the sustainable seafood movement in Japan by setting the milestones for the industry.
Collaboration Award
An impactful multi-stakeholder collaborative project which took an innovative approach to drive the change in Japan.
第1会ジャパン・サステナブルシーフードアワード授賞式

Entry Requirements

Application Period
June 8, 2020 to August 28, 2020
Application Fee
Free
Qualification
The project must be implemented, on-going, or started in Japan between the period of July 2019 to July 2020.
Award Ceremony
Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Symposium 2020
Nomination is now closed. The finalists will be announced in October.

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Judges

Naoki Adachi (CEO, Response Ability, Inc.), Tetsuji Ida (Senior Reporter, Environment, Energy & Development, Kyodo News), Sotaro Usui (CEO, Usufukuhonten Co., Ltd.), Mariko Kawaguchi (CEO support, Fuji Oil Holdings Inc. / Project Professor, Rikkyo University Graduate School of Social Design Studies), Manami Yamaguchi (Director, Japan Sustainable Labels Association), Shiho Tateoka (CEO, Navire noir / Member, MAFF “Umi no Takara! Suisanjoshi no Genki Project”), Kaori Fujita (Senior Editor, Nikkei ESG / Producer, Nikkei ESG Management Forum), Ryan Bigelow (Senior Program Manager, Seafood Watch), Wakao Hanaoka (CEO, Seafood Legacy Co., Ltd.)

Organizer・Secretariat・Supporter

Organizer
Japan Sustainable Seafood Award Committee (WWF Japan, Marine Stewardship Council Japan Office, Aquaculture Stwardship Council Japan, Sailors for the Sea Japan, Seafood Legacy)
Secretariat
Seafood Legacy
Supporter
Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Symposium, SeaWeb
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