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Fair Finance Guide Japan Launches 10th Policy Assessment of Japanese Financial Institutions

Fair Finance Guide Japan Launches 10th Policy Assessment of Japanese Financial Institutions

December 15th, 2022, Fair Finance Guide Japan released the set of bank assessment scores for the year 2023. Mizuho significantly improved their ESG policy in asset management, giving them the top overall score of 4.1,…
Fair Finance Asia and Stockholm Environment Institute jointly launch Financing the Just Energy Transition in Asia

Fair Finance Asia and Stockholm Environment Institute jointly launch Financing the Just Energy Transition in Asia

FFA-SEI’s report, "Financing the Just Transition: Powering Asia’s Sustainable Energy Future,” (research partners: Profundo and Strategia Development Research Institute) provides new data on Asia’s readiness not only to shift from fossil fuels to renewables, but…
Fair Finance Pakistan – Campaign to “Cancel the Debt for People of Pakistan”

Fair Finance Pakistan – Campaign to “Cancel the Debt for People of Pakistan”

Fair Finance Cambodia – Empowering Youth to Advocate for Green Finance and Climate Finance

Fair Finance Cambodia – Empowering Youth to Advocate for Green Finance and Climate Finance

KEY FINDINGS AND OBSERVATIONS – “FINANCING THE JUST TRANSITION: POWERING ASIA’S SUSTAINABILITY ENERGY FUTURE”

KEY FINDINGS AND OBSERVATIONS – “FINANCING THE JUST TRANSITION: POWERING ASIA’S SUSTAINABILITY ENERGY FUTURE”

Asian economies are heavily reliant on fossil fuels to meet their energy needs in both the electricity and transport sectors. Major economic powerhouses like India, Japan, and China relied on coal, oil, and fossil gas…
UPCOMING EVENT: C20 2022 TAXATION AND SUSTAINABLE WORKING GROUP SESSION, “THE ROLES OF G20 AND THE FINANCIAL SECTOR IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND JUST ENERGY TRANSITION”

UPCOMING EVENT: C20 2022 TAXATION AND SUSTAINABLE WORKING GROUP SESSION, “THE ROLES OF G20 AND THE FINANCIAL SECTOR IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND JUST ENERGY TRANSITION”

A roundtable discussion with stakeholders from the C20 working groups, civil society organizations, and academia will be held on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at 11:00-13:00 Bali Time (GMT+8) at Sawangan 4 Room, Hilton Hotel, Bali,…
PITFALLS OF RESTORING ENERGY SECURITY WITH COAL POWER PLANTS IN PAKISTAN

PITFALLS OF RESTORING ENERGY SECURITY WITH COAL POWER PLANTS IN PAKISTAN

Aligning sustainability goals through the new Philippines sustainable finance guiding principles

Aligning sustainability goals through the new Philippines sustainable finance guiding principles

Last October 2021, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSPs) launched the Philippine Sustainable Finance Guiding Principles, another formative document for the country’s budding sustainable finance movement. The principles, a guidepost for sustainable economic activities in…
SUSTAINABLE FINANCE TAXONOMY: A GUIDEBOOK FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS

SUSTAINABLE FINANCE TAXONOMY: A GUIDEBOOK FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS

One of the policy initiatives to accelerate action towards the Paris Agreement or the UN Sustainable Development Goals is through the development of a taxonomy that clearly defines what contributing activities, projects, or companies need…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – ASIAN WEB 2021 – TRACKING REGIONAL FINANCIAL FLOWS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – ASIAN WEB 2021 – TRACKING REGIONAL FINANCIAL FLOWS

Fair Finance Asia’s (FFA) updated study, Asian Web 2021 – Tracking Regional Financial Flows, identified and analyzed financial flows across FFA countries, with a focus on five high risk sectors – agriculture, fossil fuel extraction (oil…