Report on Participation in "Social Impact Day 2025"

Written by: Kaori Suzuki, Social Value Japan

Ken Ito, Executive Director of Social Value Japan, spoke at a session during “Social Impact Day 2025,” hosted by the Social Impact Management Initiative (SIMI), held from May 14 to 16, 2025.

On 15 May, at Session 6 - "Applying Impact Management to Impact Investing: Lessons from the European Impact Valuation Hub" Impact Valuation Hub was introduced, a platform that supports the implementation of impact management (IMM) in impact investing, as a leading example from Europe’s evolving impact investment ecosystem. Presentations were given by Ben Carpenter, CEO of Social Value International (SVI), and Leslie Kapin, Impact Investor at Astanor Partners.

Through these presentations, the session demonstrated how platforms like the Impact Valuation Hub, by engaging a broad range of stakeholders including investors and advisors can contribute to the practical advancement and maturation of the impact investing market.

On May 16, Session 8 - "Enhancing Sustainable Corporate Value through 'Mutual Capitalism' Management" took place. This session featured a discussion on the concept of “Mutual Capitalism Management” proposed by Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives). Speakers included Yukari Inoue (Representative Director of Kellogg Japan and Chair of the Mutual Capitalism Committee) and Takahiro Fushimi (President and CEO of ICHI COMMONS Inc.).

The session emphasised that corporate social contribution is not merely philanthropic, but a strategic investment that enhances long-term corporate value.