In our Newsletter, we explain ARUN’s activities and social investment.
Our readers’ interests vary. Some are interested in social investment,
while others are interested in Cambodia.
Let’s think together about the social investment and its future!
December 2012 ARUN Newsletter
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＜１＞ Forward Satoko Kono, President
＜２＞ Frangipani Opens a New Hotel Mai Ono, Partner Field Report
＜３＞ ARUN 3-Year Anniversary Symposium
＜４＞ Afterword
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＜１＞ Forward Satoko Kono, President
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ARUN is a Limited Liability Company with 84 investors (private and incorporated).
We aim to support social enterprises in Cambodia through investments, while
building a social investment platform originating in Japan.
ARUN LLC. was established in December 2009, and we are celebrating our 3rd
year.
We thank you sincerely for the support and cooperation each of you have given
us for the past years.
This year, ARUN organized the International Symposium on Social Investment,
the first kind in Japan.
It was a great success, with our special guests; Cambodian entrepreneurs ARUN
invests, representatives from the Oikocredit of the Netherlands, the Acumen Fund
of the United States, and the Aavishkaar of the India. We deepened our
understanding of the world trend of social investment, broaden our network and
clarified our homework.
We presented the Social Impact Evaluation Indicator, on which we have been
working since our establishment. At the International Symposium, we received
many comments and interest, and though it is still in the pilot stage, the NPO
Kamonohashi Project is going to try our Indicator with their project in Cambodia
and India.
We are looking forward to receiving their feedback and improving our methods
to measure and evaluate social impacts.
We are also expanding our target, from just one country, Cambodia, to Cambodia’s
neighboring countries and have started research activities in Laos and Myanmar.
In Myanmar, we witnessed some unique growth in social business. This past
summer, when ARUN LAB held the social business competition, Myanmar
students had participated together with Japanese and Cambodian students.
We are excited to see how these new activities are going to unfold.
Next year, on Thursday, February 7th, we are going to hold the 3-Year Anniversary
Symposium.
Dr. Seiichiro Yonekura, Professor of the Hitotsubashi University’s Institute for
Innovation Research and Mr. Daisuke Iwase, Co-founder and Executive Vice
President of the Lifenet Insurance Company will be our guest speakers.
Together with Professor Yonekura who is well known advocate of social business
and Mr. Iwase, ARUN partner who is always encouraging and cheering us on,
we will explore the ways to scale up social investment.
We are looking forward to your participation!
We wish you a happy and healthy New Year, and appreciate your continuing
support.
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＜２＞ Frangipani Opens a New Hotel Field Report by Ms. Ono, Partner
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One of ARUN’s invested companies, Frangipani Villa Co., Ltd., the company that
promote ethical hotel businesses, opened a new hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodian
capital. Mai Ono, our Partner who travels often between Cambodia and Japan,
visited the new hotel. Enjoy the review of this brand-new hotel!
The new hotel is facing Street 178 near the Royal Palace in the central part of
Phnom Penh. Its charm is the view of the Mekong river and the Palace from the
room balconies and the rooftop pool and bar. Each hotel of Frangipani Villa, both
the interior and the exterior, is designed by one of the managing members and also
an architect, Mr. Chan Theborras himself, and has a different concept.
The concept for the Royal Palace Hotel is the harmony between the tradition and
the modern, the East and the West. The hotel blends well in the scenery of the
surrounding area where it stands, and at the same time, gives the traveler a
comfort like his own room.
Once I said to Mr. Theborras that the concept of harmony between tradition and
modern seems to me like a space for a princess, a room for a beloved family
member, rather than a majestic atmosphere. His response was this;
(Continues to the blog article in Japanese with photos:
[http://sifc.seesaa.net/article/305012953.html]
Here is the Hotel Information:
Web site : [http://www.frangipanipalacehotel.com/]
Address : #27, Street 178, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Contact : Tel:855-23-22-04-22, 855-17-35-83-92
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＜３＞ ARUN 3-Year Anniversary Symposium
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ARUN is going to celebrate our 3-Year Anniversary with a Symposium.
ARUN LLC started when those who had been committed to the international
corporation and those who worked in the financial and business world met and
shared an idea to “support the realization of the dreams of the social entrepreneurs
in developing countries with social investment”.
Established in December 2009, we have been engaged in the investments of and
in the hands-on support to four Cambodian social businesses, installation of social
investment monitoring indicators, organizing seminars and international
symposiums to promote social investment. We have learned a lot and continue
to move forward in the journey.
To share our gratitude to ARUN’s supporters and friends who are interested in
our activities, we are going to hold the 3-Year Anniversary Symposium.
We will report our past accomplishments and unveil practical strategies for the
future. We appreciate your various inputs and sharing ideas so we will improve.
We are inviting Dr. Seiichiro Yonekura, Professor of the Institute of the Innovation
Research at Hitotsubashi University, and Mr. Daisuke Iwase, Co-founder and
Executive Vice President of the Lifenet Insurance Company as guest speakers.
We are looking forward to your participation in our milestone occasion!
If you would like to participate, please access the following site and fill out the
registration form by Thursday, January 31st, 2013. Thank you!
[http://goo.gl/sNJpQ]
Symposium Details
Time : 6:30 pm Registration opens
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Symposium
9:15 pm – Reception
Program (tentative)
1. ARUN LLC., Our Past Activities and Accomplishments/Lessons We Learned
Satoko Kono, ARUN President, ARUN Directors and Partners
# The presentation will be on challenges of social investment as the new
financial scheme, ARUN’s accomplishments on hands-on support.
2. Guest Speaker Presentation
“Social Investment From the Viewpoint of Social Business” (tentative)
Dr. Seiichiro Yonekura, Professor at Hitotsubashi University Institute of
Innovation Research
“Social Investment From The Standpoint of the Management” (tentative)
Mr. Daisuke Iwase, Co-founder and Executive Vice President,
Lifenet Insurance Company
#Guest speakers who have been the lantern-bearers of the field will talk
about the attraction and challenges of social investment.
3. Talk Session “Scaling Up Social Investment” (tentative)
Guest speakers and ARUN Directors, Partners
Location
Iki Iki Praza Ichibancho Cascade Hall
12 Ichibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Access
Metro Yurakucho Line Kojimachi Station – #5 Exit, walk 5 minutes
Metro Hanzomon Line Hanzomon Station – #5 Exit, walk 5 minutes
JR, Metro Yurakucho Line, Nanboku Line, Toei Shinjuku Line – Ichigaya Station, Walk 13 minutes
Map
http://www.ikiikiplaza-eiwa.jp/access.html
Fee : 1,000 yen
Registration :
Please access to the following site by Thursday, January 31, 2013 and
fill out the form.
[http://goo.gl/sNJpQ]
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＜４＞ Afterword
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It is the end of the year before we know it. This year, the global businesses have
been paying attention not only to the job creation in the newly developing countries,
but also to the increased unemployment rates in the developed countries. Even,
Apple Inc. in the U.S., whose strength was not to have its own factory, started to
consider factory construction in the United States. It is now obvious that a simple
globalization does not solve problems.
ARUN also needs to advance with bold ideas and practices.
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