enechain Corporation announces partnership with Hakuhodo Inc. and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. to promote energy business of “Sei-katsu-sha–Driven Smart Cities”

enechain Corporation (“enechain,” HQ: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Ryo Nozawa, hereinafter called “enechain”), a Tokyo-based energy brokerage firm, today announced a partnership with Hakuhodo Inc. (“Hakuhodo,” HQ: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President & CEO: Masayuki Mizushima, hereinafter called “Hakuhodo”) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (“Mitsui”, Head Office: Tokyo, President & CEO: Tatsuo Yasunaga, hereinafter called “Mitsui”) in the energy sector of “Sei-katsu-sha–Driven Smart Cities”, which Hakuhodo and Mitsui have jointly promoted.

“Sei-katsu-sha–Driven Smart Cities” is a joint project by MIRAI Business Division, a new business developing unit at Hakuhodo, and Energy Solutions Business Unit at Mitsui. The project aims to create a next-generation & sustainable model of smart cities, by encouraging “Sei-katsu-sha” (meaning “citizens” in English) to proactively engage in community development.

enechain will collaborate with Hakuhodo and Mitsui to launch a new service called “shibuya good energy”, as a part of a community-oriented platform “shibuya good pass”.

Through this partnership, enechain will enter into the B2C domain of the energy sector.

Read the press release.