IGES

	Our Approach
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	Affiliate Membership
	Branch Offices

At the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), we are putting in place a strategic structure to realise a sustainable society on a global scale. We have set up an Affiliate Members Organisation for those wishing to provide active support to and cooperate with the activities of IGES. We hope to promote understanding of many different aspects of our founding aims and project tasks, and your continued assistance and cooperation are great appreciated.

Full Member Privileges

Priority invitation to Global Environmental Seminars, symposiums etc.

As well as invitations to the Global Environmental Seminars held to consider and act upon global environmental issues along with IGES, full members will get priority invitations to various events sponsored or co-sponsored by IGES. For section projects they will be invited free of participation charge.
(For details of projects currently under way, please visit “News & Events” page on our Website)

Past Open Events

	IPCC Open Meeting: Estimation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - A Basis of Climate Actions (22 August 2011, Yokohama, Japan)
	3rd International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2011): New Asia-Pacific Perspectives towards Rio +20: Implications of the East Japan Disasters (26-27 July 2011, Yokohama, Japan)
	IGES Open Lecture: Mr. Ian Johnson, Secretary-General, The Club of Rome "Real Values and their role in promoting the new economics of Growth and Real Wealth: Sustainability under Scrutiny" (31 May 2011, Tokyo, Japan)

Forwarding of various publications

We will send IGES-published newsletters, annual reports, other written reports from IGES to the location of your choice.

Logo Posting on IGES website (For members of Foundations/Corporations and NGOs)

We will post the logo of foundations, corporations and NGOs in specific areas of the IGES website to show their understanding and support of IGES research activities.

Categories and Membership Fees for Affiliate Members

Affiliate Members are divided into four categories: foundations/corporations, NGOs, private persons, and students. The Admission Fee and yearly contribution fee of each type of member is as follows:

Member Category	Admission Fee	Minimum Annual Fee (1 Unit)
Foundations/Corporations	JPY 50,000	JPY 100,000
NGOs	JPY 15,000	JPY 30,000
Individual Members	JPY 5,000	JPY 10,000
Student Members*	JPY 5,000	JPY 3,000
* When student members lose their student status, their membership will be withdrawn, but if they re-register as individual members, they will be exempt from the Admission Fee.

Application Procedure

As well as filling in the application form

(132KB), please send a fax addressed to the IGES Secretariat (+81-46-855-3709).
For applications to become a student member, please include a copy of your student card.

[To Affiliate Members]
Please let us know by fax, e-mail or telephone when there are any changes in the registration details.

Enquiries

Ms. Kuramasu, Secretariat, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

Phone : +81-46-855-3700 / E-mail: sanjosem@iges.or.jp

Foundations/Corporations


Biso Co. Ltd. (Japanese Only)	Kawasaki City	Mitsubishi Corporation	MITSUI & CO., LTD.


Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center （OECC）	Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.	Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.	TOTO株式会社