Michael Uehara Email & Phone Number

British Columbia, Canada

British Columbia, Canada

Coastal Shellfish Corporation Coastal Shellfish is a First Nations-owned aquaculture company, producing sustainable Japanese sea scallops in the Great Bear Rainforest of Northern BC. The fully-integrated and self-sustaining business includes a land-based, fully contained hatchery, as well as a shellfish nursery and farm situated in offshore environments where the scallops feed naturally on the abundant algae of the North Pacific Ocean. For 90% of their life cycle these scallops… Show more Coastal Shellfish Corporation Coastal Shellfish is a First Nations-owned aquaculture company, producing sustainable Japanese sea scallops in the Great Bear Rainforest of Northern BC. The fully-integrated and self-sustaining business includes a land-based, fully contained hatchery, as well as a shellfish nursery and farm situated in offshore environments where the scallops feed naturally on the abundant algae of the North Pacific Ocean. For 90% of their life cycle these scallops require no human-supplied food--truly a zero-input system. Coastal Shellfish long-lines are suspended in the water column and cause highly limited bottom disturbance. Coastal Shellfish Corporation has been endorsed by Dr. David Suzuki for its sustainable shellfish production and for its carbon sequestration. Indeed, carbon sequestration in bi-valve shells is considered to be one of the most efficient carbon capture methods.Coastal Shellfish currently employs 30 full-time, year round employees. When the single site in Prince Rupert is fully operational, Coastal Shellfish will have over 100 full time employees. Then as now, over 70% of whom will be First Nations.Our scallop farms provide profit and employment to First Nations communities in a green economy that produces delicious, high-value, pure sustainable seafood. Great Bear Scallops do good by tasting good. Show less

West Vancouver

stand.earth is a nonprofit environmental organization whose mission is to protect Endangered Forests and wild places, wildlife, and human well-being. ForestEthics encourages Sustainable Business Practices and its efforts have transformed the environmental practices of many Fortune 500 companies.

As President and CEO Michael A. Uehara has complete responsibility for the operation of King Pacific Lodge, A Rosewood Resort. A firm believer in sustainable business practices that benefit the triple bottom line Michael has established the lodge as the ultimate in luxury adventure travel and ecotourism. Located in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest on the west cost of British Columbia, Canada, King Pacific Lodge was selected as the best Resort in Canada by Condé Nast Readers’ Choice Awards… Show more As President and CEO Michael A. Uehara has complete responsibility for the operation of King Pacific Lodge, A Rosewood Resort. A firm believer in sustainable business practices that benefit the triple bottom line Michael has established the lodge as the ultimate in luxury adventure travel and ecotourism. Located in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest on the west cost of British Columbia, Canada, King Pacific Lodge was selected as the best Resort in Canada by Condé Nast Readers’ Choice Awards in 2008 and 2009. Beginning with his search in the mid-1990s for the perfect location to establish a wilderness lodge for Honolulu-based Morita Co., Inc., the owner of King Pacific Lodge, he brought a vision to the project that has underlined its success. His vision epitomizes the goals of triple bottom line and sustainable businesses: offer Five Diamond service, dining, comforts and activities; create a breathtaking experience in awe-inspiring wilderness not duplicated anywhere else; and be an uncompromising steward of this spectacular land and supporter of conservancy while developing a close and supportive working relationship with its indigenous First Nations people. Thus he positioned the lodge from the outset as an example of ecotourism and as a culture-friendly business and would not allow the undermining of the natural habitat and traditional indigenous lifestyle that often accompanies the development of tourism. He became a leading regional activist working with several organizations as well as the British Columbia government to establish a protected area here, which was realized in February 2006 with the creation of a 4.4 million acre park called the Great Bear Rainforest with the lodge at its heart. Show less

Award-winning creative director of the Tokyo-based Ketchum Advertising Japan.