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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…
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,…
EDM – “Financing The Just Transition: Powering Asia’s Sustainable Energy Future” Report Launch

EDM – “Financing The Just Transition: Powering Asia’s Sustainable Energy Future” Report Launch

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,…
Press Release: Asia Needs Just Energy Transition, Not ‘Energy Addition,’ says Fair Finance Asia Study

Press Release: Asia Needs Just Energy Transition, Not ‘Energy Addition,’ says Fair Finance Asia Study

BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 8, 2022 – Fair Finance Asia (FFA), in collaboration with Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and research partners Profundo and Strategia Development Research Institute (SDRI), have launched a new report, “Financing the Just…
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

Fair Finance Asia’s Side Events Alongside the 2022 G20 Leaders’ Summit

Fair Finance Asia’s Side Events Alongside the 2022 G20 Leaders’ Summit

On November 14, 2022, Fair Finance Asia (FFA) and partners will conduct back-to-back sessions in Bali, Indonesia: a fireside chat aimed at discussing Asia’s just energy transition, and a Media Lab aimed at generating solutions…
PRESS RELEASE: Strengthen Financial Due Diligence to Protect Women’s Rights in ASEAN, Fair Finance Asia Urges

PRESS RELEASE: Strengthen Financial Due Diligence to Protect Women’s Rights in ASEAN, Fair Finance Asia Urges

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia October 21, 2022 – Fair Finance Asia (FFA) and the Gender Transformative and Responsible Agribusiness Investments in Southeast Asia (GRAISEA) launched a policy brief, “Enabling Stronger Due Diligence in the ASEAN’s Financial…