This study aims to clarify how technological innovation, ESG investmentESG investment, and digital governance are reconstructing the foundations of capitalism through the convergence of time, energy, and information. Building on George Gilder’s concept that “money is tokenized time,” it redefines the traditional notion of “time is money” into “money (tokens) is time,” interpreting capital as stored and exchangeable time and presenting a new relationship between productivity, sustainability, and ethical value creation. Theoretically, it adopts the perspective of Actor–Network TheoryNetwork Theory (ANT) to analyze interrelationships and empirically examines the interactions among ESG investment, Industrie 4.0, and blockchain technologyblockchain technology through statistical analysis and case studies. A comparative regional analysis revealed that ESG investment, supported by strong policy frameworks and infrastructure, has accelerated the spread of electric vehicles (EVs) in EuropeEurope and the United States, while Japan, Canada, and Australia exhibit weaker linkages due to fragmented capital flows and delayed institutional adaptation. Furthermore, case studies such as TRENDE’s blockchain-based P2PP2P electricity trading and the BISBIS “Project Genesis 2.0” demonstrate how blockchain and IoT technologies enhance the transparency of carboncarbon-credit systems and decentralized energy markets. These findings indicate the emergence of an “information-value economy,” in which environmental data, renewable energy, and financial instruments are tokenized. This model of decentralizeddecentralized network capitalism transforms sustainability from a moral ideal into a data-driven architecture of value co-creation, presenting a new paradigm that integrally reshapes technological innovation, financial systems, and social structures.

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Designing Time: ESG Investment, Blockchain, and the Convergence of Mobility and Energy in the Digital Era

  • Kazuyuki Shimizu

摘要

This study aims to clarify how technological innovation, ESG investmentESG investment, and digital governance are reconstructing the foundations of capitalism through the convergence of time, energy, and information. Building on George Gilder’s concept that “money is tokenized time,” it redefines the traditional notion of “time is money” into “money (tokens) is time,” interpreting capital as stored and exchangeable time and presenting a new relationship between productivity, sustainability, and ethical value creation. Theoretically, it adopts the perspective of Actor–Network TheoryNetwork Theory (ANT) to analyze interrelationships and empirically examines the interactions among ESG investment, Industrie 4.0, and blockchain technologyblockchain technology through statistical analysis and case studies. A comparative regional analysis revealed that ESG investment, supported by strong policy frameworks and infrastructure, has accelerated the spread of electric vehicles (EVs) in EuropeEurope and the United States, while Japan, Canada, and Australia exhibit weaker linkages due to fragmented capital flows and delayed institutional adaptation. Furthermore, case studies such as TRENDE’s blockchain-based P2PP2P electricity trading and the BISBIS “Project Genesis 2.0” demonstrate how blockchain and IoT technologies enhance the transparency of carboncarbon-credit systems and decentralized energy markets. These findings indicate the emergence of an “information-value economy,” in which environmental data, renewable energy, and financial instruments are tokenized. This model of decentralizeddecentralized network capitalism transforms sustainability from a moral ideal into a data-driven architecture of value co-creation, presenting a new paradigm that integrally reshapes technological innovation, financial systems, and social structures.