All over the world there is an urgent need for better protection of nature

  press review | May 30, 2024

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Japanese companies are rising to the challenge, supported by an international framework that aims to shift financial flows towards more nature-positive outcomes.

euronews - 30.04.2024

In this edition of Green Japan, Euronews journalist Damon Embling visits the Château Mercian Mariko vineyard and winery to find out how it is developing a nature-positive business.

The vineyard, located near Ueda in central Japan, transformed an abandoned mulberry field. The company director tells Damon that the lawns and plants have returned, creating natural habitats for insects, including some endangered species.

Damon also finds that the company takes a circular approach, composting the remains of grape pressing and turning pruned grape vines into a type of carbon called "biochar."

Vineyard and winery owner Kirin Holdings Company was one of the first 80 adopters in Japan of a global framework launched by the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

The program encourages companies around the world to assess, communicate and act on nature-related risks and impacts. The overall goal is to produce more data for companies and investors, to help shift global capital towards more positive outcomes for nature.

An environmental specialist from Kirin highlights the importance of water and natural capital for the wine market, as part of the company's commitment to TNFD.

In Tokyo, Damon also listens to a member of the TNFD task force talk about how global businesses should support other businesses in exploring positive avenues for nature. Meanwhile, a Tokyo professor reiterates the fact that creating business opportunities to protect nature is fundamental to changing the world economic system.