Author

Around 20 years ago, Michikazu Koshiba started his career in International Development and Humanitarian Relief fields as an INGO worker. Serving as a staff for disaster-affected communities, the concept of “sustainability” and multi-stakeholder approach became the essential value for his career. Shaping his career as a consultant to dedicate his life to CSV (Creating Shared Values)-related business and social investment from the mid 2000s, he has worked with scores of established corporations and startups in Japan, as well as with the financial community, industry bodies, government, the media, NGOs, academia. His favorite description of his role: “nexus between conventional politics and one of the future.”