Sachiko Takami

Sachiko Takami has been Chief Executive of The Natural Step Japan since 2000. She has developed long term partnerships with Panasonic, Sekisui House Co. and Mos Food Co., where the main project is providing third party opinions. She has also worked with the municipalities of Shirakawamura, Naha city and Ichijima providing environmental education for staff members. Sachiko’s newer clients include Tohoku University, who adapted The Natural Step’s eLearning program and Konica Minolota which is seeking a third party opinion from The Natural Step.

Sachiko has taken various assignments as a committee member with organisations such as the National Road Agency, the Ministry of Industries Agency, the Nagano prefecture forestry office, and the Development Bank of Japan Invest. She has translated Karl-Henrik Robert’s “Den Naturliga Utmaningen” and Sarah James and Torbjörn Lahti’s “The Natural Step for Communities” to Japanese and wrote a Natural Step Introduction book.