The origin story of NELIS: How an idea grew into a new generation of sustainability leaders
NELIS was established as a non-profit in Japan on January 30, 2015. But the story goes back to the summer of 2004. In 2000, I co-founded one of Japan’s first sustainability consultancies, E-Square Inc., in Tokyo with Tachi Kiuchi, former Chairman of Mitsubishi Electric America. From scratch, we worked our way into companies like …