Empowering Women, Enhancing SocietyIn January, the World Economic AkiraSakanoBorn in 1989. She has been a founding member of Global Shapers Osaka Hub since 2012. She moved to Kamikatsu, Tokushima Prefecture, in 2014. Presently, she is chair of the board of directors of NPO Zero Waste Academy. “In the future, while still promoting zero waste, I want to be involved in social change focused on the circular economy.” FEATURE Forum (WEF) held its 2019 annual meeting, where leaders from around the world assemble to discuss global-scale problems, six of the seven co-chairs were young people aged in their 20s and 30s. Among them was the sole Japanese Akira Sakano, a “Zero Waste” proponent from a small mountain town, played the important role of co-chair at Davos 2019. What is her message to the world? co-chair 29-year-old Akira Sakano. She currently serves as chair of the board of directors of the Zero Waste Academy, an NPO in the small mountain town of Kamikatsu (pop. about 1,500) in Tokushima Prefecture. The organization promotes the Zero selected, Waste movement, which aims to eliminate waste and focuses on resource recovery. Kamikatsu has achieved a town-wide recycling rate of 81%. Sakano belongs to the Osaka Global Shaper Hub, a branch of the WEF-founded Global Shaper Community young comprising 14Young Global Leader Focuses on the Circular Economy
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