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.