Sustainability Summary

This is an unclaimed profile. UMITO Partners Inc. has not joined Sustainability Tracker to verify their sustainability credentials. We gathered what we could from public sources.

UMITO Partners Inc. Sustainability Profile

Sustainability Summary

This is an unclaimed profile. UMITO Partners Inc. has not joined Sustainability Tracker to verify their sustainability credentials. We gathered what we could from public sources.

What do our labels mean?

UMITO Partners Inc. is a Tokyo-based ocean sustainability firm focused on blue finance, sustainable fisheries, MSC/ASC certification support, and new business development linked to the ocean. Its Blue Frontier Fund invests in early-stage deep-tech companies that support the transition to a regenerative blue economy, with themes including blue bio and food tech, marine biomaterials, and ocean climate tech. The company describes its purpose as harmonising sustainable ties with the ocean and aims to align business viability with positive environmental impact. It also operates UMITO SEAFOOD and publishes UMITO STORIES on ocean-related sustainability topics.

About UMITO Partners Inc.

Status
Unverified

Website
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Employees
5 - 25

Country
Japan

UMITO Partners Inc. Sustainability Actions

Launched Blue Frontier Fund

Blue Frontier Fund is an international impact venture capital initiative jointly developed by UMITO Partners and Beyond Impact. The fund invests in early-stage deep-tech companies across Europe and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) that are enabling the transition to a regenerative blue economy.

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Supports ocean impact themes

The fund invests at the intersection of climate, biodiversity, and food systems, with the ocean as a central platform for transformation. Its investment focus includes B2B Blue Bio & Food Tech, Marine Bio-Materials Tech, and Ocean Climate Tech.

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Managed a fishery FIP

Koichi Ogasawara’s passion for the future of his hometown led to the launch of Hokkaido giant Pacific octopus Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) in April 2019. Over the two years since the project launch, numerous dialogues were held with the region’s fisheries stakeholders to gather data regarding surrounding habitats and bait species, and to determine specific management measures.

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Set octopus management measures

In March 2021, a meeting was held with the Tomamae Barrel Flowing Fishers Subcommittee and a consensus was reached on a specific management measure: “reduction of the number of barrels per expedition from the current 15 barrels to 12 barrels when CPUE drops below 60kg.” The Subcommittee members also agreed to maintain the existing measures of keeping the seasonal fishing ban periods and releasing of octopus that weigh less than 2.5kg.

Provides certification support

UMITO Partners operates across blue finance consulting, sustainable fisheries projects, MSC/ASC certification support, its consumer brand—UMITO SEAFOOD—and new business development support, all to create systemic change and realize a blue economy.

UMITO Partners Inc. Sustainability Commitments

2030

Transition to a regenerative blue economy

Blue Frontier Fund invests in companies that are enabling the transition to a regenerative blue economy, where ecosystem restoration and economic growth reinforce one another.

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Expand ocean innovation links

Blue Frontier Fund bridges the gap by investing in technologies addressing ocean-related global challenges, supporting real-world deployment in fisheries and coastal ecosystems across Japan and APAC, and connecting European scientific innovation with Asia’s market scale.