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Fair Finance Asia’s Primer: Working Together to Accelerate Sustainable Finance in Asia

Fair Finance Asia’s Primer: Working Together to Accelerate Sustainable Finance in Asia

Fair Finance Asia (FFA) is a network of over 90 civil society organizations (CSOs) in Asia working together to ensure that financial institutions operating in the region uphold social and environmental rights and the well-being of…
FFA Newsletter: April-June 2025

FFA Newsletter: April-June 2025

Joint CSO Statement: Financial Institutions Must Strengthen Human Rights Due Diligence in Cross-Border Climate Finance for Water-Dependent Communities

Joint CSO Statement: Financial Institutions Must Strengthen Human Rights Due Diligence in Cross-Border Climate Finance for Water-Dependent Communities

A woman community activist in Cambodia (Photo: Oxfam’s Mekong Regional Water Governance Program)  On August 26, at World Water Week 2025 in Stockholm, Sweden, Oxfam’s Fair Finance Asia (FFA) and Transboundary Rivers of South Asia…
FFA Newsletter: January-March 2025

FFA Newsletter: January-March 2025

Opinion: No such thing as a just energy transition without gender equality

Opinion: No such thing as a just energy transition without gender equality

A shepherdess watches over her flock of sheep grazing near a coal plant in Jepara, Central Java, Indonesia. Coal burning causes a trail of destruction that is no less harmful than coal mining. Coal powered…
FFA Newsletter: October-December 2024

FFA Newsletter: October-December 2024

Press Release: Serious Rights Violations in Asia’s Transition Minerals Supply Chains Linked to Electric Vehicle Manufacturers and Japanese and ASEAN Banks, Fair Finance Asia Analysis Finds

Press Release: Serious Rights Violations in Asia’s Transition Minerals Supply Chains Linked to Electric Vehicle Manufacturers and Japanese and ASEAN Banks, Fair Finance Asia Analysis Finds

Fair Finance Asia (2024, December). Unearthing the hidden costs: Social and environmental considerations in Asia’s transition minerals mining and supply chains.  PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA, December 20, 2024 – Fair Finance Asia (FFA)’s new report, Unearthing…
Press Release: Asian banks play a critical role in empowering consumers as part of their sustainability agenda, according to Fair Finance Asia

Press Release: Asian banks play a critical role in empowering consumers as part of their sustainability agenda, according to Fair Finance Asia

Fair Finance Asia (2024, December). Empowering Consumers as Drivers of Sustainability in Asia’s Financial Sector. PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA, December 5, 2024 – Fair Finance Asia (FFA) has published a new scorecard assessing to what extent…
Data Visualizations: Enhancing Sustainable Finance in Mekong Hydropower

Data Visualizations: Enhancing Sustainable Finance in Mekong Hydropower

Fair Finance Asia (FFA), with support from data storytelling studio Kontinentalist, has produced two data visualizations that amplify key messages and recommendations from FFA’s new report, Enhancing Sustainable Finance in Mekong Hydropower: Challenges, Opportunities, and…
Opinion: Gender justice must be at the heart of Asia’s energy transition

Opinion: Gender justice must be at the heart of Asia’s energy transition

The women of Hilabaan Island in Dolores, Eastern Samar, Philippines have taken the lead in the maintenance of solar systems in their community (Photo: Oxfam Pilipinas)  In the pursuit of a just energy transition, it…