Fair Finance Asia coalitions uses the Fair Finance Guide International (FFGI) Methodology to assess financial institutions’ sustainability policies against international norms and standards on 9 mandatory themes, namely climate change, corruption, gender equality, human rights, labor rights, nature, tax, arms, and transparency and accountability.

Japanese banks rank the highest against the 9 thematic areas assessed, on average, but still lags far behind their counterparts in other parts of the world. Among all FFA countries, banks had particularly low scores for policies addressing climate change and arms control.