Category Archives for Labor Rights

FFA’s Joint Side Event Alongside the 56th Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting

FFA’s Joint Side Event Alongside the 56th Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting

Click here to register for online participation On May 4, 2023, Fair Finance Asia (FFA), Oxfam in Asia, and Seoul National University Asia Center (SNUAC) will conduct a public seminar alongside the 56th Asian Development…
Fair Finance Asia Co-Hosts Side Event Alongside the 10th Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development

Fair Finance Asia Co-Hosts Side Event Alongside the 10th Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development

On March 29, 2023, Fair Finance Asia (FFA), Swedwatch, United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR) Regional Office for South East Asia, and Stockholm Environment Institute…
Upcoming Event: Webinar on Financial Actors and Human Rights Due Diligence in the Garments Sector

Upcoming Event: Webinar on Financial Actors and Human Rights Due Diligence in the Garments Sector

On March 9, 2023, Fair Finance India, supported by Fair Finance Asia (FFA), will conduct a webinar that will bring together coalition members from Fair Finance India and the greater FFA and FFI networks, including…
Press Release: Asian Civil Society Networks Raise Critical Questions and Concerns in New Report About the ADB’s Energy Transition Mechanism

Press Release: Asian Civil Society Networks Raise Critical Questions and Concerns in New Report About the ADB’s Energy Transition Mechanism

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia and MANILA, Philippines, January 26, 2023 – Fair Finance Asia (FFA) and NGO Forum on ADB (the Forum) have released a new report, “The Asian Development Bank’s Energy Transition Mechanism: Emerging Social,…
Fair Finance Asia and the NGO Forum on ADB Jointly Launch a Report on the Asian Development Bank’s Energy Transition Mechanism

Fair Finance Asia and the NGO Forum on ADB Jointly Launch a Report on the Asian Development Bank’s Energy Transition Mechanism

On January 26, 2023, Fair Finance Asia (FFA) and NGO Forum on ADB (the Forum) launched a new report, “The Asian Development Bank’s Energy Transition Mechanism: Emerging Social, Environmental and Rights-Based Considerations.” The report raises…
MAPPING GARMENT INDUSTRY FUNDING IN INDIA – AN ANALYSIS OF THE ESG REPORTING OF BANKS

MAPPING GARMENT INDUSTRY FUNDING IN INDIA – AN ANALYSIS OF THE ESG REPORTING OF BANKS

HARVESTING INEQUALITY – THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS’ INVESTMENTS IN ASIA’S AGRIBUSINESSES

HARVESTING INEQUALITY – THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS’ INVESTMENTS IN ASIA’S AGRIBUSINESSES

Fair Finance Asia’s latest study reveals that gender equality is the most ignored issue by financial institutions enabling over 100 of the biggest Asian agricultural conglomerates that employ thousands of Asian women majorly as informal…
PAPER INDUSTRY IN JAPAN – CASES OF RGE GROUP PULP FIELD COMPANIES

PAPER INDUSTRY IN JAPAN – CASES OF RGE GROUP PULP FIELD COMPANIES

A FUTURE WITHOUT COAL: BANKING ON ASIA’S JUST ENERGY TRANSITION

A FUTURE WITHOUT COAL: BANKING ON ASIA’S JUST ENERGY TRANSITION

Fair Finance Asia’s latest study reveals continued growth in Asia’s coal sector even after the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015 due to financing by banks and investors operating in the region. In the…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – A FUTURE WITHOUT COAL: BANKING ON ASIA’S JUST ENERGY TRANSITION

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – A FUTURE WITHOUT COAL: BANKING ON ASIA’S JUST ENERGY TRANSITION

This covers the key findings and recommendations of Fair Finance Asia’s new regional study which focuses on the role of the Asian financial sector in the region’s just energy transition. Overall, the Fair Finance Asia…