Mr. Eiichiro Adachi Senior Researcher and Head of Socio-Incubation cluster Japan Research Institute Limited

Eiichiro Adachi is a senior researcher and the head of the Socio-Incubation cluster at The Japan Research Institute Limited, which was founded in 1989 and sponsored by companies in the Sumitomo group.

He received his bachelor's degree in mathematical economics from Hitotsubashi University Japan in 1986. He worked for Mitsubishi Research Institute during 1986-1989 as an industrial analyst.

Mr. Adachi is now engaged in environmental screening for the UBS Japanese Eco-fund. He is the project manager of research work regarding environmental finance that Ministry of the Environment Japan entrusted. He is the co-author of several books such as "The Illustration of Environmental Problems for Business Enterprise" and "Ethical-ecological Investment: Towards Global Sustainable Development".

He is now a working group member of the Study Group on Market Evolution and Corporation in the 21st Century by KEIZAI DOYUKAI (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) and is also a member of the Asia Pacific Roundtable Cleaner Production (APRCP) Board of Trustees.