July 24, 2017
Sustainable Development&Aid Program
The aim of SDAP is to avoid/minimize social and environmental impacts and to protect human rights and livelihood of affected peoples in development projects funded by Japanese finance institutions.
Reforming of Social and Environmental Policies of Financial Institutions
- JACSES is working for an establishment of a policy to limit coal power sector in Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) through No Coal Go Green Project, which is a joint initiative with other NGOs.
- JACSES is a leading organization of Fair Finance Guide Japan (only in Japanese), which is an research and advocacy activities for improving social and environmental policies of private banks. Fair Finance Guide Japan is a national coalition under the Fair Finance Guide International.
- JACSES is a member of Unfriend Coal Campaign which is a global coalition of NGO’s and social movements that is pressuring insurance companies to get out of the coal business and support the transition to clean energy.
Empowerment and Information Distribution
Recent activities
June 05, 2017
Briefing Paper “The Truth of GPIF’s Investment in Coal Companies” was published
November 05, 2016
Joint Case Study Report “Under Mining Our Future – A Study of Banks’ Investments in Selected Companies Attributable to Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy” was published
May 20, 2016
Pre-G7 International Symposium Climate Change and Energy: Issues of Coal-fire Power Generation was held on May 20, 2016
February 02, 2016
Comments on the Second Draft of World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework was submitted
November 18, 2015
Joint Press Release “OECD countries agree to limit overseas public financingfor coal-fired power plants” was issued
October 15, 2015
Joint NGOs briefing paper “Coal finance: will the OECD lag behind emerging countries because of Japan?” was published
April 24, 2015
Joint Report“Dirty Coal: Breaking the Myth About Japanese-Funded Coal Plants” was published
March 31, 2015
Joint Case Study Report “Transparency and Accountability in the Financial Sector” was published
June 11, 2014
Recommendations for the Revision of World Bank’s Safeguard Policies was released
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