2026.03.18 — CEO Yagi Speaks at QUINTBRIDGE, Osaka
CEO Yagi Speaks at QUINTBRIDGE — Social Good Practitioners Event
Value Way CEO Toshimasa Yagi was a featured speaker at the QUINTBRIDGE Social Good Practitioners Event in Osaka on March 18, 2026.
Event Overview
Held at QUINTBRIDGE (NTT West’s open innovation facility in Osaka), the event brought together social entrepreneurs and practitioners for a pitch-and-discussion format focused on real-world problem solving. The theme: “Your perspective becomes the key to solving problems.”
Yagi’s Presentation
Drawing on over 20 years in the specialty coffee industry as founder of RIO COFFEE, Yagi presented Value Way’s approach to the 2050 Coffee Problem — the projected crisis where climate change, aging farmers, and rising demand threaten global coffee supply.
Key topics included:
- Circular resource design — transforming coffee by-products from waste into value through biochar conversion and compost value chains
- Farm-level traceability — how CoffeeID connects every lot to verified origin, processing, and carbon footprint data
- Regenerative impact measurement — making sustainability claims verifiable and actionable through ISO 14067-compliant carbon footprint calculation
- The business case for regeneration — beyond resource circulation at origin, how coffee grounds recycling in Fukuoka City creates GX market access
About QUINTBRIDGE
QUINTBRIDGE is NTT West’s open innovation facility in Osaka, designed to foster collaboration between startups, corporations, and social entrepreneurs. The Social Good Practitioners series creates horizontal networks among challengers working on societal challenges.