by Americas Office | Dec 16, 2021 | News
During the “Supporting Progress in Asia and the Pacific” SDGs Localization Dialogue hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) earlier this month, Yokohama Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka and Toru Hashimoto, Director General at the City of Yokohama’s International Affairs...
by Americas Office | Mar 23, 2021 | News
The City of Yokohama has established the Yokohama City SDGs Certification System (Y-SDGs) to support small and medium-sized enterprises and organizations that promote SDGs, with the goal that companies and organizations will shift to sustainable management and...
by Americas Office | Jul 23, 2020 | News
In one of its largest city-wide projects ever, Yokohama City has taken the initiative to replace all power consumed within city-owned facilities with renewable energy by 2050 as part of its new goal: “Zero Carbon Yokohama.” As the first step towards this goal,...
by Americas Office | Oct 2, 2019 | News
The UN Climate Change Summit, SDG Summit, and other related events were held in New York surrounding the UN General Assembly in late September. During the “Summits Week 2019,” Yokohama City participated as a member of Japan Climate Initiative (JCI), a network composed...
by Americas Office | Mar 1, 2019 | News
Yokohama has pledged to become a leader in city-led sustainability efforts. The city was designated by the Japanese government as one of the twenty-nine “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Future Cities” in the country in June 2018 and was also selected as one of...
