Katsuhiko Kokubu is a Professor at the Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University, Japan. He is currently serving as a Dean of the School. He was also a Vice President of Kobe University from 2019 to 2021, and the Head of the Value School from 2020 to 2022. He completed his PhD in Business Administration at Osaka City University, Professor Kokubu is a leading scholar of sustainable management and accounting, He has published more than 30 books including Sustainability Management and Business Strategy in Asia(World Scientific, 2019). And 300 papers in leading journals including Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Environmental Management, and Sustainable Production and Consumption.